Ebony Shoe

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Moroccan Mbark Boussoufa won the Ebony Shoe a record three times

The Ebony Shoe award (Dutch: Ebbenhouten schoen, French: Soulier d'ébène[1]) is a football award in Belgium given annually to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League. The jury is composed of the coaches of league clubs, the Belgium national team manager, sport journalists, and one or more honorary jurors.[2]

As of 2020, Mbark Boussoufa (3 wins), Daniel Amokachi (2 wins), Vincent Kompany (2 wins) and Dieumerci Mbokani (2) are the only players to have won the trophy more than once.[3]

History

The Ebony Shoe was created in 1992 by Cerina de Rosen, Fely Samuna, Bernard Malaba Tshienda, Eugene Bunga and Moro Mukota in association with the African Culture Promotion. The reasoning for it was because it was felt by a number of African students in Belgium that football players of African origin were being overlooked for individual awards.[3] It was based upon the Golden Shoe award that already existed. Eligibility was determined as a player being born in Africa or being of African descent for those born outside of Africa.[3] It also led to the inspiration of the creation of Le Lion Belge (Belgian Lion Award) by for the best player of Magrebian origin, also using a panel of journalists and honorary jurors to determine the winner.[3] For a number of players, it is the first individual award they have received in their careers.[4]

Selection for the award is made by a panel of club managers from Belgium's top three divisions, the Belgium national football team manager as well as journalists, judges and honorary jurors.[5] The award is made in two parts. Three quarters of the way through a season, a vote is held to determine the five player shortlist with a second vote being held after the season has finished to decide which of the shortlisted players had won the Ebony Shoe.[3]

In 2021, Paul Onuachu won the Ebony Shoe, becoming the first Nigerian to win it in 25 years while also winning the Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year and being the top scorer in Belgium.[6] In 2023, La Tribune discussed which winner had the most impact, with Vincent Kompany and Mbark Boussoufa being named as the two that had.[7]

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
Player Club Player Club Player Club
1992 Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge only the winner declared
1993 Template:Flagathlete RFC Liège Template:Flagathlete Beveren Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge
1994 Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete Charleroi Template:Flagathlete Seraing
1995 Template:Flagathlete Eendracht Aalst Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht
1996 Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Harelbeke Template:Flagathlete Lommel
1997 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Mouscron Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Mouscron Template:Flagathlete Lommel
1998 Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete Genk Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge
1999 Template:Flagathlete Genk only the winner ranked; the rest of the top 5 unordered (Fadiga, Keita, É. Mpenza and M. Mpenza)
2000 Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Lokeren
2001 Template:Flagathlete Gent Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete Lokeren
2002 Template:Flagathlete Genk Template:Flagathlete Lokeren Template:Flagathlete RWDM
2003 Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Lokeren Template:Flagathlete Germinal Beerschot
2004 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Mouscron
2005 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht
2006 Template:Flagathlete Gent Template:Flagathlete Zulte Waregem Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège
2007 Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Gent
2008 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Standard Liège Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège
2009 Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Lokeren Template:Flagathlete Mechelen
2010 Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge
2011 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège
2012 Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège
2013[8] Template:Flagathlete Zulte Waregem Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht
2014[9] Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Standard Liège Template:Flagathlete Lokeren Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Standard Liège
2015[10] Template:Flagathlete Charleroi Template:Flagathlete Gent Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht
2016 Template:Flagathlete Mechelen Template:Flagathlete Gent Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht
2017 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Anderlecht Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Oostende Template:Flagathlete Anderlecht
2018 Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete Standard Liège Template:Flagathlete Genk
2019[11] Template:Flagathlete Genk only the winner ranked; the rest of the top 5 unordered (Boli, Carcela, Dimata and Danjuma)
2020[12] Template:Flagathlete Antwerp Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge
2021[13] Template:Flagathlete Genk Template:Flagathlete Club Brugge Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Genk
2022[14] Template:Flagathlete Gent Template:Flagathlete Genk Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Anderlecht
2023[15] Template:Flagathlete (Template:Flagicon) Genk Template:Flagathlete Union SG Template:Flagathlete Gent
2024[16] Template:Flagathlete Cercle Brugge Template:Flagathlete Union SG Template:Flagathlete Genk
2025[17] Template:Flagathlete Genk Template:Flagathlete Union SG Template:Flagathlete Genk

Breakdown of winners

By country of origin

Country Number of wins Winning years
Template:Flagicon Democratic Republic of the Congo
11
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
Template:Flagicon Nigeria
7
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2025
Template:Flagicon Morocco
5
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022
Template:Flagicon Burundi
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2007, 2023
Template:Flagicon Ghana
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1998
Template:Flagicon Guinea
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1999
Template:Flagicon Egypt
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2001
Template:Flagicon Burkina Faso
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2002
Template:Flagicon Ivory Coast
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2003
Template:Flagicon Senegal
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2013
Template:Flagicon Algeria
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2016
Template:Flagicon Tanzania
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2019
Template:Flagicon Togo
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2024

By club

Club Number of wins Winning years
Anderlecht
10
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
Genk
6
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1999, 2002, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
Club Brugge
5
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2018
Gent
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2001, 2006, 2022
Standard Liège
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2008, 2014
RFC Liège
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1993
Eendracht Aalst
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1995
Mouscron
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1997
Zulte Waregem
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2013
Charleroi
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2015
Mechelen
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2016
Antwerp
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2020
Cercle Brugge
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2024

References

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