Ebony Shoe Award

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 Belgian national team manager, sport journalists, and honorary juror(s).

As of 2014, Mbark Boussoufa (3 wins), Daniel Amokachi (2 wins) and Vincent Kompany (2 wins) 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 Oulare (GUI)	Genk	Khalilou Fadiga (SEN)	Club Brugge
1999	Souleymane Oulare (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-González (MAR)	Standard Liège
2012	Dieumerci Mbokani (COD)	Anderlecht	Cheikhou Kouyaté (SEN)	Anderlecht	Mohammed Tchité (BDI)	Standard Liège
2013[2]	Mbaye Leye (SEN)	Zulte Waregem	Cheikhou Kouyaté (SEN)	Anderlecht	Dieumerci Mbokani (COD)	Anderlecht
2014[3]	Michy Batshuayi (BEL) ()	Standard Liège	Hamdi Harbaoui (TUN)	Lokeren	Paul-Jose M'Poku (BEL) ()	Standard Liège
2015[4]	Neeskens Kebano (COD)	Charleroi	Moses Simon (NGA)	Gent	Chancel Mbemba (COD)	Anderlecht
2016	Winner to be announced on 9 May 2016, the five nominees are Acheampong, Asare, Diaby, Gounongbe, Hanni

References

1. premier trophée pour les Zèbres --"L'Avenier"
2. "Mbaye Leye wint de Ebbenhouten Schoen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 13 May 2013.
3. "Michy Batshuayi krijgt de Ebbenhouten Schoen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 5 May 2014.
4. "Neeskens Kebano wint de Ebbenhouten Schoen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 11 May 2015.