2023/24 Europa Conference League top scorer: Ayoub El Kaabi
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
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Olympiacos's Ayoub El Kaabi has finished the UEFA Europa Conference League campaign with 11 goals, including the winner in the final.
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Olympiacos's Ayoub El Kaabi is the top scorer in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League with 11 goals in only nine outings in the competition.
The Greek side only transferred from the UEFA Europa League ahead of the knockout stages, but the Moroccan found his feet in the new competition, with his 11th goal of the campaign the extra-time winner against Fiorentina in the final.
The 30-year-old's haul is a record for a UEFA knockout stage, one more the ten managed by Karim Benzema (2021/22 Champions League), Cristiano Ronaldo (2016/17 Champions League) and Radamel Falcao (2010/11 Europa League).
El Kaabi's 2023/24 scoring records
- Most goals in a UEFA men's club campaign (group stage to final) by an African player: 14
- Most goals in the knockout stage of any single UEFA club competition: 11
- Most goals in a Europa Conference League knockout campaign: 11
- Most goals in a Europa Conference League tie: 5 (vs Aston Villa, semi-finals)
- First Europa Conference League semi-final hat-trick: Aston Villa 2-4 Olympiacos
Top scorers in 2023/24 Europa Conference League
11 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
8 Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
7 Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb)
6 Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)
5 Fredrik Gulbrandsen (Molde)
5 Benjamin Nygren (Nordsjælland)
5 Gift Orban (Gent)
5 Dor Peretz (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
5 Thiago (Club Brugge)
5 Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)
5 Yusuf Yazıcı (LOSC Lille)
El Kaabi's Europa Conference League campaign
15/02 Olympiacos 1-0 Ferencváros ⚽
22/02 Ferencváros 0-1 Olympiacos ⚽
07/03 Olympiacos 1-4 M Tel Aviv ⚽
14/03 M Tel Aviv 1-6 Olympiacos ⚽⚽
11/04 Olympiacos 3-2 Fenerbahçe 🅰️
18/04 Fenerbahçe 1-0 Olympiacos (2-3 on pens)
02/05 Aston Villa 2-4 Olympiacos ⚽⚽⚽
09/05 Olympiacos 2-0 Aston Villa ⚽⚽
29/05 Olympiacos 1-0 Fiorentina ⚽
Most assists in 2023/24 Europa Conference League
5 Leon Bailey (Aston Villa)
5 Fares Chaibi (Frankfurt)
4 Rémy Cabella (Lille)
4 Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa)
4 Fred (Fenerbahçe)
4 Gavriel Kanichowsky (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
4 Daniel Podence (Olympiacos)
4 Michał Skóraś (Club Brugge)
4 Sebastian Szymański (Fenerbahçe)
Most goals and assists combined in 2023/24 Europa Conference League
12 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
9 Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
7 Leon Bailey (Aston Villa)
7 Fares Chaibi (Frankfurt)
7 Dor Peretz (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
7 Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb)
7 Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)
6 Rémy Cabella (Lille)
6 Aleksandar Čavrić (Slovan Bratislava)
6 John McGinn (Aston Villa)
6 Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Brugge)
6 Tarik Tissoudali (Gent)
6 Yusuf Yazıcı (LOSC Lille)
Hat-tricks in the 2023/24 Europa Conference League
Gift Orban (Breidablik 2-3 Gent, 09/11/2023)
Benjamin Nygren (Nordsjælland 6-1 Fenerbahçe, 30/11/2023)
Ayoub El Kaabi (Aston Villa 2-4 Olympiacos, 02/05/2024)
Leading all-time Europa Conference League scorers (group stage to final)
12 Arthur Cabral (Basel/Fiorentina)
12 Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ Alkmaar)
12 Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
11 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
10 Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord)
10 Gift Orban (Gent)
9 Tammy Abraham (Roma)
9 Aleksandar Čavrić (Slovan Bratislava)
9 Hugo Cuypers (Gent)
Europa Conference League top scorers by season (group stage to final)
2023/24 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos) – 11
2022/23 Zeki Amdouni (Basel), Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina) – 7
2021/22 Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord) – 10