Europa League top scorers: Vitor Oliveira and Santiago Gimenez lead the goalscoring charts
Teams are going to battle it out to achieve European glory when they take the field for Europa League fixtures, with the title triumph allowing automatic qualification to next season's Champions League providing extra motivation for the teams in the running.
Vitor Oliviera's (S.C Braga) and Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord) are the joint leading goalscorers of the Europa League with 4 goals a piece . The duo are being chased by the likes of Lorenzo Pelligrini (Roma), Cody Gakpo (PSV), and Michy Batshuayi (PSV) who are also among the top scorers in the competition in the 2022-23 season. Their teams will be relying on them to provide the goods on a consistent basis if they are to challenge for the title.
Who will end up as the leading marksman? GOAL delivers a full breakdown of the most in-form Europa League players in front of goal.
Europa League 2022-23 top scorers
Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliviera | S.C. Braga | 4 |
=1 | Santiago Gimenez | Feyenoord | 4 |
3 | Michy Batshuayi | PSV | 3 |
=3 | Victor Boniface | Union SG | 3 |
=3 | Michael Gregoritsch | SC Freiburg | 3 |
| =3 | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma | 3 |
=3 | Cody Gakpo | PSV | 3 |
| =3 | Guelor Kanga | Crvena Zvezda | 3 |
=3 | Joey Veerman | PSV Eindhoven | 3 |
=3 | Marcus Rashford | Manchester United | 3 |
=3 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco | 3 |
=3 | Gustav Isaksen | FC Midtjylland | 3 |
| =3 | Anastasios Bakasetas | Trabzonspor | 3 |
=3 | Kristoffer Zachariassen | Ferencvaros | 3 |
=3 | Martin Terrier | Stade Rennais F.C | 3 |
=3 | Owusu Kwabena | Qarabag | 3 |
| =3 | Kevin Vollland | Monaco | 3 |
=3 | Rick | Ludogorets | 3 |
19 | Alireza Jahanbaksh | Feyenoord | 2 |
=19 | Alexander Sorloth | Real Sociedad | 2 |
=19 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | 2 |
=19 | Vincenzo Grifo | SC Freiburg | 2 |
=19 | Luiz Henrique | Real Betis | 2 |
=19 | William Boving | SK Sturm Graz | 2 |
=19 | Gustaf Nilsson | Union S.G | 2 |
=19 | David Hancko | Feyenoord | 2 |
=19 | Mahmoud Trezeguet | Trabzonspor | 2 |
=19 | Matias Vecino | Lazio | 2 |
=19 | Viktor Tsyhankov | Dynamo Kiev | 2 |
=19 | Andrea Belotti | Roma | 2 |
=19 | Tokmac Nguen | Ferencvaros | 2 |
=19 | Eddie Nketiah | Arsenal | 2 |
=19 | Erik Sviatchenko | FC Midtjylland | 2 |
=19 | Marko Vesovic | Qarabag | 2 |
=19 | Willian Jose | Real Betis | 2 |
=19 | Sergio Canales | Real Betis | 2 |
=19 | Stefan Mitrovic | FK Crvena Zvezda | 2 |
=19 | Yorbe Vertessen | PSV | 2 |
Who finished as the Europa League top scorer in 2021-22?
Eintracht Frankfurt had a memorable run en route lifting the Europa League trophy in the 2021-22 season, defeating Rangers 5-4 on penalties after the score remained 1-1 at the end of the extra time.
They became only the third team in UEFA Europa League history to win the competition without losing a single game from group stage to the final. That unbeaten run included a historic 3-2 win against Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
Rangers, the runners-up, had a great tournament too. Led by their dynamic captain James Tavernier, the Scottish side defeated tough teams such as Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig to reach their first European final in 14 years.
Although Tavernier operated from right-back, he scored 7 goals in 15 appearances in the tournament, winning the Golden Boot award in the process.