2023/24 Europa League top scorer: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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Marseille's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the leading scorer in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League ahead of Roma's Romelu Lukaku, Gianluca Scamacca of Atalanta and Brighton's João Pedro.
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Marseille's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang topped the goalscorer rankings for the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League ahead of Roma's Romelu Lukaku.
UEFA.com shines a spotlight on the competition's top marksmen and providers, as well as detailing all the hat-tricks and the leading scorers by Europa League season.
Top scorers in 2023/24 Europa League
Aubameyang struck ten in Marseille's run to the semi-finals, surpassing Radamel Falcao (30) as the 34-goal all-time Europa League leading scorer.
Lukaku finished second having scored in seven for Roma, who also reached the last four while Gianluca Scamacca, the striker for 2024 Europa League winners Atalanta, and Brighton's João Pedro ended on six goals.
Ademola Lookman's showpiece hat-trick against Leverkusen in Dublin – the first three-goal salvo in a one-off UEFA Cup/Europa League final – took the Nigerian to five for the campaign.
10 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
7 Romelu Lukaku (Roma)
6 João Pedro (Brighton)
6 Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta)
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 Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
5 Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)
5 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
5 Patrik Schick (Leverkusen)
Most assists in the 2023/24 Europa League
Marseille pair Jonathan Clauss and Amine Harit topped the assist rankings with six apiece, one more than Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo, Kostas Fortounis of Olympiacos and Roma forward Stephan El Shaarawy.
6 Jonathan Clauss (Marseille)
6 Amine Harit (Marseille)
5 Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
5 Alejandro Grimaldo (Leverkusen)
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)
4 Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta)
Most goals and assists combined in 2023/24 Europa League
Aubameyang was involved in 13 Europa League goals this season, finishing clear of a congested field led by Mohamed Salah on nine. Lukaku ended on eight along with Aubameyang's Marseille team-mate Clauss and Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz.
13 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
9 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
8 Jonathan Clauss (Marseille)
8 Romelu Lukaku (Roma)
8 Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
7 Victor Boniface (Leverkusen)
7 Alejandro Grimaldo (Leverkusen)
7 Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)
7 Amine Harit (Marseille)
7 Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta)
How many Europa League hat-tricks were there in 2023/24?
There were five hat-tricks in the 2023/24 Europa League. 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 victory over Olympiacos. Later on Matchday 5, Aubameyang notched three against Ajax for Marseille. Rennes' Benjamin Bourigeaud scored three versus Milan in the knockout round play-offs before Lookman's historic final hat-trick.
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)
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen, 22/05/24)
There have been 82 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.
2023/24 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille) – 10
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