Ebony Shoe

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.

Winners

Year	Winner		Second		Third
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
1992	Daniel Amokachi (NGA)	Club Brugge	only the winner declared
1993	Victor Ikpeba (NGA)	RFC Liège	Chidi Nwanu (NGA)	Beveren	Daniel Amokachi (NGA)	Club Brugge
1994	Daniel Amokachi (NGA)	Club Brugge	Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé (CMR)	Charleroi	Roger Lukaku (ZAI)	Seraing
1995	Godwin Okpara (NGA)	Eendracht Aalst	Celestine Babayaro (NGA)	Anderlecht	Yaw Preko (GHA)	Anderlecht
1996	Celestine Babayaro (NGA)	Anderlecht	Michel Ngonge (ZAI)	Harelbeke	Jean-Claude Mukanya (ZAI)	Lommel
1997	Émile Mpenza (BEL) ()	Mouscron	Mbo Mpenza (BEL) ()	Mouscron	Khalilou Fadiga (SEN)	Lommel
1998	Eric Addo (GHA)	Club Brugge	Souleymane Oularé (GUI)	Genk	Khalilou Fadiga (SEN)	Club Brugge
1999	Souleymane Oularé (GUI)	Genk	only the winner ranked; the rest of the top 5 unordered (Fadiga, Keita, É. Mpenza and M. Mpenza)
2000	Hervé Nzelo-Lembi (COD)	Club Brugge	Elos Elonga-Ekakia (COD)	Anderlecht	Souleymane Youla (GUI)	Lokeren
2001	Mido (EGY)	Gent	Hervé Nzelo-Lembi (COD)	Club Brugge	Adékambi Olufadé (TOG)	Lokeren
2002	Moumouni Dagano (BFA)	Genk	Sambégou Bangoura (GUI)	Lokeren	Ibrahim Kargbo (SLE)	RWDM
2003	Aruna Dindane (CIV)	Anderlecht	Sambégou Bangoura (GUI)	Lokeren	Paul Kpaka (SLE)	Germinal Beerschot
2004	Vincent Kompany (BEL) ()	Anderlecht	Aruna Dindane (CIV)	Anderlecht	Mbo Mpenza (BEL) ()	Mouscron
2005	Vincent Kompany (BEL) ()	Anderlecht	Sambégou Bangoura (GUI)	Standard Liège	Aruna Dindane (CIV)	Anderlecht
2006	Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)	Gent	Ibrahim Salou (GHA)	Zulte Waregem	Mohammed Tchité (BDI)	Standard Liège
2007	Mohammed Tchité (BDI)	Anderlecht	Ahmed Hassan (EGY)	Anderlecht	Adékambi Olufadé (TOG)	Gent
2008	Marouane Fellaini (BEL) ()	Standard Liège	Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)	Anderlecht	Mohamed Sarr (SEN)	Standard Liège
2009	Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)	Anderlecht	Copa (CIV)	Lokeren	Nana Asare (GHA)	Mechelen
2010	Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)	Anderlecht	Romelu Lukaku (BEL) ()	Anderlecht	Dorge Kouemaha (CMR)	Club Brugge
2011	Romelu Lukaku (BEL) ()	Anderlecht	Mohammed Tchité (BDI)	Standard Liège	Mehdi Carcela (MAR)	Standard Liège
2012	Dieumerci Mbokani (COD)	Anderlecht	Cheikhou Kouyaté (SEN)	Anderlecht	Mohammed Tchité (BDI)	Standard Liège
2013[3]	Mbaye Leye (SEN)	Zulte Waregem	Cheikhou Kouyaté (SEN)	Anderlecht	Dieumerci Mbokani (COD)	Anderlecht
2014[4]	Michy Batshuayi (BEL) ()	Standard Liège	Hamdi Harbaoui (TUN)	Lokeren	Paul-Jose M'Poku (BEL) ()	Standard Liège
2015[5]	Neeskens Kebano (COD)	Charleroi	Moses Simon (NGA)	Gent	Chancel Mbemba (COD)	Anderlecht
2016	Sofiane Hanni (ALG)	Mechelen	Nana Asare (GHA)	Gent	Frank Acheampong (GHA)	Anderlecht
2017	Youri Tielemans (BEL) ()	Anderlecht	Landry Dimata (BEL) ()	Oostende	Sofiane Hanni (ALG)	Anderlecht
2018	Anthony Limbombe (BEL) ()	Club Brugge	Mehdi Carcela (MAR)	Standard Liège	Ibrahima Seck (SEN)	Genk
2019[6]	Mbwana Samatta (TAN)	Genk	only the winner ranked; the rest of the top 5 unordered (Boli, Carcela, Dimata and Danjuma)
2020[7]	Dieumerci Mbokani (DRC)	Antwerp	Clinton Mata (ANG)	Club Brugge	Simon Deli (CIV)	Club Brugge
2021[8]	Paul Onuachu (NGA)	Genk	Clinton Mata (ANG)	Club Brugge	Théo Bongonda (BEL) ()	Genk
2022[9]	Tarik Tissoudali (MAR)	Gent	Paul Onuachu (NGA)	Genk	Joshua Zirkzee (NED) ()	Anderlecht
2023[10]	Mike Trésor (BEL) ()	Genk	Victor Boniface (NGA)	Union SG	Gift Orban (NGA)	Gent
2024[11]	Kévin Denkey (TOG)	Cercle Brugge	Mohamed Amoura (ALG)	Union SG	Bilal El Khannous (MAR)	Genk

Breakdown of winners

By country of origin

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
Democratic Republic of the Congo	11	1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
Nigeria	6	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021
Morocco	5	2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022
Burundi	2	2007, 2023
Ghana	1	1998
Guinea	1	1999
Egypt	1	2001
Burkina Faso	1	2002
Ivory Coast	1	2003
Senegal	1	2013
Algeria	1	2016
Tanzania	1	2019
Togo	1	2024

By club

Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Anderlecht	10	1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
Club Brugge	5	1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2018
Genk	5	1999, 2002, 2019, 2021, 2023
Gent	3	2001, 2006, 2022
Standard Liège	2	2008, 2014
RFC Liège	1	1993
Eendracht Aalst	1	1995
Mouscron	1	1997
Zulte Waregem	1	2013
Charleroi	1	2015
Mechelen	1	2016
Antwerp	1	2020
Cercle Brugge	1	2024

References

1. "premier trophée pour les Zèbres --"L'Avenier"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
2. https://www.soulierdebene.be/
3. "Mbaye Leye wint de Ebbenhouten Schoen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
4. "Michy Batshuayi krijgt de Ebbenhouten Schoen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
5. "Neeskens Kebano wint de Ebbenhouten Schoen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 11 May 2015.
6. "Tanzania's Mbwana Samatta wins Belgium's Ebony Shoe award". 7 May 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
7. "Antwerp-spits Dieumerci Mbokani wint de Ebbenhouten Schoen". 1 June 2020 – via sporza.be.
8. "No Mbokani: Ebony Shoe will see new name on honour roll". 21 May 2021 – via sporza.be.
9. "Tarik Tissoudali bekroont ijzersterk seizoen met Ebbenhouten Schoen" [Tarik Tissoudali crowns strong season with Ebony Shoe]. 19 May 2022 – via sporza.be.
10. "Genkse assistkoning Mike Trésor is nieuwe Ebbenhouten Schoen, Boniface en Orban mee op podium" [Genk assistking Mike Trésor is new Ebony Shoe, Boniface and Orban also on podium]. 22 May 2023 – via sporza.be.
11. "Topschutter Kevin Denkey bekroont seizoen met Ebbenhouten Schoen: "Wordt moeilijk om bij Cercle te blijven"" [Topscorer Kevin Denkey crowns season with Ebony Shoe: "It will be difficult to stay with Cercle"]. 13 May 2024 – via sporza.be.