2023/24 Europa League top scorer: Aubameyang
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Marseille's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the leading scorer in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League ahead of Roma's Romelu Lukaku and Brighton's João Pedro.
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Marseille's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leads the goalscorer rankings for the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League ahead of Roma's Romelu Lukaku and Brighton's João Pedro.
UEFA.com shines a spotlight on the competition's top marksmen and providers, as well as detailing the leading scorers by Europa League season.
Top scorers in this season's Europa League
Aubameyang took his tally to ten in ten outings as Marseille lost 2-1 at Benfica in the quarter-final first leg, extending his all-time Europa League goals record to 34. He surpassed previous holder Radamel Falcao (30) in the knockout round play-offs and will have the chance to add to his tally in the semi-finals after Marseille knocked out Benfica.
Lukaku is second having scored in seven of his 11 matches for Roma, who have also reached the last four, while João Pedro is one further back. The Brighton man ended the group stage as the six-goal leading scorer.
10 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
7 Romelu Lukaku (Roma)
6 João Pedro (Brighton)
5 Victor Boniface (Leverkusen)
5 Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg)
5 Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)
5 Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos)
5 Juninho (Qarabağ)
5 Mohammed Kudus (West Ham)
5 Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)
5 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
5 Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta)
5 Patrik Schick (Leverkusen)
Most assists in this season's Europa League
Marseille pair Jonathan Clauss and Amine Harit top the assist rankings though neither added to their tally in the quarter-final openers.
6 Jonathan Clauss (Marseille)
6 Amine Harit (Marseille)
5 Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
5 Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma)
4 Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)
4 Harvey Elliott (Liverpool)
4 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
4 James Ward-Prowse (West Ham)
4 Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
Most goals and assists combined in this season's Europa League
Aubameyang has been involved in 13 Europa League goals this season, moving clear of a congested field led by Mohamed Salah on nine. Lukaku is on eight along with Aubameyang's Marseille team-mate Clauss with OM's Harit just one further back along with Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz.
13 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
9 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
8 Romelu Lukaku (Roma)
8 Jonathan Clauss (Marseille)
7 Victor Boniface (Leverkusen)
7 Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)
7 Amine Harit (Marseille)
7 Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
How many Europa League hat-tricks have there been this season?
There have been four hat-tricks in the Europa League this season. Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo scored the first against TSC on Matchday 3, with team-mate Michael Gregoritsch hitting the second inside the first 37 minutes of a 5-0 home win over Olympiacos on Matchday 5. Later the same night, Aubameyang notched three against Ajax for Marseille. Benjamin Bourigeaud has scored the only hat-trick of the knockout stages so far in 2023/24.
Vincenzo Grifo (TSC 1-3 Freiburg, 26/10/23)
Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg 5-0 Olympiacos, 30/11/23)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille 4-3 Ajax, 30/11/23)
Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes 3-2 Milan, 22/02/24)
Before this term, there had been 77 trebles in the Europa League era at an average of about five per season. The record for hat-tricks in one season stands at 12, set in 2014/15. There have never been fewer than three hat-tricks in a single campaign (2009/10, 2011/12, 2022/23). Radamel Falcao alone claimed three in 2010/11, an unmatched haul by a player in one campaign.
Europa League top scorers by season (group stage to final)
Radamel Falcao holds the record for most goals in a Europa League campaign, netting a remarkable 17 across 14 appearances for Porto in 2010/11. The Colombian was top scorer again the following season, this time in Atlético de Madrid colours. Just one other player has twice finished top scorer: Aritz Aduriz of Athletic Club in 2015/16 and 2017/18.
2022/23 Victor Boniface (Union SG), Marcus Rashford (Man United) – 6
2021/22 James Tavernier (Rangers) – 7
2020/21 Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Pizzi (Benfica), Borja Mayoral (Roma), Yusuf Yazıcı (LOSC Lille) – 7
2019/20 Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP/Man United) – 8
2018/19 Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) – 11
2017/18 Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club) – 8
2016/17 Edin Džeko (Roma), Giuliano (Zenit) – 8
2015/16 Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club) – 10
2014/15 Alan (Salzburg), Romelu Lukaku (Everton) – 8
2013/14 Jonathan Soriano (Salzburg) – 8
2012/13 Libor Kozák (Lazio) – 8
2011/12 Radamel Falcao (Atlético de Madrid) – 12
2010/11 Radamel Falcao (Porto) – 17
2009/10 Óscar Cardozo (Benfica), Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) – 9