Euro 2020: Serie A outshines the rest of Europe for goalscorers

Ian Watson

Italy are flying in the Euros and Serie A has contributed as many goals as the Premier League and La Liga combined. Forza Italia!

Not only are Italy the form side heading into the European Championships quarter-finals, Serie A has contributed the most goals and the highest number of goalscorers to the tournament.

As we enter the last eight, here’s how the leagues measure up…

 

Serie A – 30 goals, 18 scorers
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) – 5 goals
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) – 3 goals
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) – 2 goals
Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) – 2 goals
Matteo Pessina (Atalanta) – 2 goals
Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) – 2 goals
Alvaro Morata (Juventus) – 2  goals
Joakim Maehle (Atalanta) – 2 goals
Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria) – 1 goal
Robin Gosens (Atalanta) – 1 goal
Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) – 1 goal
Karol Linetty (Torino) – 1 goal
Federico Chiesa (Juventus) – 1 goal
Aleksey Miranchuk (Atalanta) – 1 goal
Goran Pandev (Genoa) – 1 goal
Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) – 1 goal
Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) – 1 goal
Aaron Ramsey (Juventus) – 1 goal

 

Bundesliga – 25 goals, 15 scorers
Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) – 4 goals
Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) – 4 goals
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 3 goals
Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) – 2 goals
Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) – 2 goals
Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund) – 1 goal
Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) – 1 goal
Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg) – 1 goal
Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart) – 1 goal
Wouter Weghorst (Wolfsburg) – 1 goal
Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim) – 1 goal
Joel Pohjanpalo (Union Berlin) – 1 goal
Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach) – 1 goal
Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) – 1 goal
Stefan Lainer (Borussia Monchengladbach) – 1 goal

 


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Premier League – 20 goals, 14 scorers
Ferran Torres (Manchester City) – 2 goals
Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham) – 2 goals
Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool) – 2 goals
Kai Havertz (Chelsea) – 2 goals
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – 3 goals
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 1 goal
Diogo Jota (Liverpool) – 1 goal
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) – 1 goal
Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) – 1 goal
Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds) – 1 goal
Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) – 1 goal
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) – 1 goal
Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 1 goal
Oleksandr Zinchenenko (Manchester City) – 1 goal

 


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La Liga – 10 goals, 6 scorers
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 4 goals
Memphis Depay (Barcelona) – 2 goals
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) – 1 goal
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) – 1 goal
Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona) – 1 goal
Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) – 1 goal

 

Ligue 1 – 7 goals, 3 scorers
Georginio Wijnaldum (PSG) – 3 goal
Pablo Sarabia (PSG) – 2 goals
Kasper Dolberg (Nice) – 2 goals

 


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Russia Premier League – 3 goals, 3 scorers
Artem Dzyuba (Zenit) – 1 goal
Viktor Claesson (Krasnodar) – 1 goal
Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow) – 1 goal

Liga NOS – 3 goals, 1 scorers
Haris Seferovic (Benfica) – 3 goals

Fortuna Liga Hungary – 2 goals, 2 scorers
Andras Schafer (Dunajská Streda) – 1 goal
Attila Fiola (Fehervar) – 1 goal

Turkish League – 2 goals, 2 scorers
Adam Szalai (Fenerbahce) – 1 goal
Irfan Kahveci (Fenerbahce) – 1 goal

HNL Croatia – 2 goals, 2 scorers
Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb) – 1 goal
Mario Gavranovic (Dinamo Zagreb) – 1 goal

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Championship – 2 goals, 2 scorers
Kieffer Moore (Cardiff) – 1 goal
Connor Roberts (Swansea) – 1 goal

Belgian Pro League – 2 goals, 1 scorer
Roman Yaremchuk (Gent) – 2 goals

Eredivisie – 2 goals, 1 scorer
Denzel Dumfries (PSV) – 2 goals

SPL – 1 goal
Callum McGregor (Celtic) – 1 goal

Chinese Super League – 1 goal
Marko Arnautovic (Shanghai Port) – 1 goal

Czech Liga – 1 goal
Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague) – 1 goal

Ukraine Premier League – 1 goal
Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro) – 1 goal