"The Pichichi Trophy" in the Spanish "La Liga" and its winners

Abstract

One of the most weighty and popular playing roles in football is the striker. The main indicator that determines the level of a player in this position is the ratio of the number of goals scored by him in the opponent's goal for a certain period of time or matches. Purpose: On the basis of theoretical analysis, to establish the winners of the best scorer award of the Spanish Football Championship - "Trophy of Pichichi". Methods: analysis, synthesis and comparison. Results of the study. From 1953 to 2024, the "Pichichi Trophy" (the award to the top scorer of the Spanish "La Liga") was awarded to 41 footballers, representing 18 clubs, from 17 countries. Among them, including: 16 representatives from Spain, seven from Brazil, three from Argentina, two each from Uruguay and the Netherlands. A number of countries such as France, Mexico, Italy, Portugal, Ukraine have one representative each. In turn, the most representatives who have ever won this title have in their club: SC "Real Madrid" - 12 players, SC "Barcelona" - 10 players, 7 - in SC "Atletico Madrid", in SC "Valencia" " and SC "Athletic" Bilbao - 3 such athletes each. A number of clubs have two and one Pichichi Award winners each. Conclusions. Given the history, prestige and high level of competition of the Spanish adult soccer championship "La Liga", to get the "Pichichi Trophy", which is awarded to the best striker of the draw, is an extremely difficult task. For more than 70 years of history of this award only a few dozen players from less than two dozen Spanish soccer clubs were able to win the title of the best striker of the Spanish championship. This fact confirms the scale, popularity and aspiration of the best strikers in the world to win the "Pichichi Trophy".