Ricardo Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy (Spanish: Trofeo Ricardo Zamora) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.^[1]

Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora is the trophy's namesake.

Ricardo Zamora, with two Argentine goalkeepers on the cover of El Gráfico in 1926

In the inaugural year of the award, the winning goalkeeper had to play at least 15 league matches in the current season. In 1964, the limit for matches a goalkeeper had to play was raised to 22. In 1983, it was raised to 28 matches, including the rule that the goalkeeper had to play at least 60 minutes in match for it to count.

In the last couple of years the list of goalkeepers who would have won the trophy prior to 1958 has been published. For these seasons, a limit of matches that the goalkeeper had to play has been applied. For the leagues with only 10 teams the limit of matches was 14, for those of 12 teams it was 17 and for those of 14 the limit was 20 matches. For those leagues of 16 teams it is 22 – as originally established for the trophy from 1964 to 1983.

Rules

• For a goalkeeper to be eligible for the trophy he should play at least 28 matches, considered calculable, during the league season. For a match to be considered calculable the goalkeeper should play, at least, 60 minutes of said match.
• The winner shall be the goalkeeper who has the lowest coefficient, worked out to the second decimal place (hundredths). This is calculated by dividing all goals conceded in the league (including those matches which aren't calculable i.e. those in which the goalkeeper has played less than 60 minutes) by the total number of calculable matches.
• The trophy can be won by more than one goalkeeper if they have the same coefficient. In which case each goalkeeper shall be awarded a trophy.
• Each week MARCA shall publish a provisional league table. Until one or more goalkeepers reach the 28 calculable matches the league table shall reward those goalkeepers who have played the most calculable matches, and within those, the one who has the lowest coefficient.

Primera División

Winners

Season	Player	Club	Matches played	Goals conceded	Coefficient
1929	Ricardo Zamora	Espanyol	15	24	1.60
1929–30	Gregorio Blasco	Athletic Bilbao	15	20	1.33
1930–31	Tomás Zarraonaindia	Arenas Getxo	14	27	1.92
1931–32	Ricardo Zamora	Real Madrid	17	15	0.88
1932–33			18	17	0.94
1933–34	Gregorio Blasco	Athletic Bilbao	14	21	1.50
1934–35	Joaquín Urquiaga	Real Betis	21	19	0.90
1935–36	Gregorio Blasco	Athletic Bilbao	21	30	1.47
From 1936 to 1939 no league matches were played due to the Spanish Civil War.
1939–40	Fernando Tabales	Atlético Madrid	21	29	1.38
1940–41	José María Echevarría	Athletic Bilbao	18	21	1.16
1941–42	Juan Acuña	Deportivo La Coruña	26	37	1.42
1942–43			25	31	1.24
1943–44	Ignacio Eizaguirre	Valencia	26	32	1.23
1944–45			22	28	1.27
1945–46	José Bañón	Real Madrid	25	29	1.16
1946–47	Raimundo Lezama	Athletic Bilbao	23	29	1.26
1947–48	Juan Velasco	Barcelona	26	31	1.19
1948–49	Marcel Domingo	Atlético Madrid	24	28	1.16
1949–50	Juan Acuña	Deportivo La Coruña	22	29	1.31
1950–51			26	36	1.38
1951–52	Antoni Ramallets	Barcelona	28	40	1.42
1952–53	Marcel Domingo	Espanyol	27	34	1.25
1953–54	Luis Menéndez Sánchez	Atlético Madrid	22	24	1.09
1954–55	Juan Alonso	Real Madrid	24	24	1.00
1955–56	Antoni Ramallets	Barcelona	29	24	0.82
1956–57			29	35	1.20
1957–58	Gregorio Vergel	Valencia	28	28	1.00
1958–59	Antoni Ramallets	Barcelona	28	23	0.82
1959–60			27	24	0.88
1960–61	José Vicente Train	Real Madrid	30	25	0.83
1961–62	José Araquistáin		25	19	0.76
1962–63	José Vicente Train		27	26	0.96
1963–64			15	10	0.66
1964–65	Antonio Betancort		24	15	0.62
1965–66	José Manuel Pesudo	Barcelona	22	15	0.68
1966–67	Antonio Betancort	Real Madrid	22	15	0.68
1967–68			22	19	0.86
1968–69	Salvador Sadurní	Barcelona	30	18	0.60
1969–70	José Ángel Iribar	Athletic Bilbao	30	20	0.66
1970–71[2]	Abelardo González	Valencia	30	19	0.63
	Roberto Rodríguez Aguirre	Atlético Madrid	28	17	0.60
1971–72	Juan Antonio Deusto	Málaga	28	23	0.82
1972–73[2]	Mariano García Remón	Real Madrid	27	20	0.74
	Miguel Reina	Barcelona	34	21	0.66
1973–74	Salvador Sadurni		30	22	0.73
1974–75[a]			24	19	0.79
	Jorge D'Alessandro	Salamanca	34	29	0.85
1975–76	Miguel Ángel González	Real Madrid	32	23	0.71
1976–77[a]	Miguel Reina	Atlético Madrid	30	29	0.96
	Jorge D'Alessandro	Salamanca	31	30	0.97
1977–78	Pedro María Artola	Barcelona	28	23	0.82
1978–79	José Luis Manzanedo	Valencia	25	26	1.04
1979–80	Luis Arconada	Real Sociedad	34	20	0.59
1980–81			34	29	0.85
1981–82			34	33	0.97
1982–83	Agustín Rodríguez	Real Madrid	29	22	0.75
1983–84	Javier Urruticoechea	Barcelona	33	26	0.78
1984–85	Juan Carlos Ablanedo	Sporting Gijón	33	22	0.66
1985–86			34	27	0.79
1986–87	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona	43	29	0.67
1987–88	Francisco Buyo	Real Madrid	35	23	0.65
1988–89	José Manuel Ochotorena	Valencia	37	25	0.67
1989–90	Juan Carlos Ablanedo	Sporting Gijón	31	25	0.80
1990–91	Abel Resino	Atlético Madrid	33	17	0.51
1991–92	Francisco Buyo	Real Madrid	35	27	0.77
1992–93[4]	Francisco Liaño	Deportivo La Coruña	37	31	0.83
	Santiago Cañizares	Celta Vigo	36	30	0.83
1993–94	Francisco Liaño	Deportivo La Coruña	38	18	0.47
1994–95	Pedro Jaro	Real Betis	38	25	0.65
1995–96	José Francisco Molina	Atlético Madrid	42	32	0.76
1996–97	Jacques Songo'o	Deportivo La Coruña	37	28	0.76
1997–98	Toni Jiménez	Espanyol	37	31	0.84
1998–99	Carlos Roa	Mallorca	35	29	0.83
1999–2000	Martín Herrera	Alavés	38	37	0.97
2000–01	Santiago Cañizares	Valencia	37	34	0.92
2001–02			31	23	0.74
2002–03	Pablo Cavallero	Celta Vigo	34	27	0.79
2003–04	Santiago Cañizares	Valencia	37	25	0.68
2004–05	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	35	25	0.71
2005–06	José Manuel Pinto	Celta Vigo	36	28	0.78
2006–07	Roberto Abbondanzieri	Getafe	37	30	0.81
2007–08	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	36	32	0.89
2008–09	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	35	31	0.89
2009–10			38	24	0.63
2010–11			32	16	0.50
2011–12			35	28	0.80
2012–13	Thibaut Courtois	Atlético Madrid	37	29	0.78
2013–14			37	24	0.65
2014–15	Claudio Bravo	Barcelona	37	19	0.51
2015–16	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	38	18	0.47
2016–17			29	21	0.72
2017–18			37	22	0.59
2018–19			37	27	0.73
2019–20	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	34	20	0.59
2020–21	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	38	25	0.66
2021–22	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla	31	24	0.77
2022–23	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	38	20	0.52
2023–24	Unai Simón	Athletic Bilbao	36	33	0.92

Statistics

Wins by player

Víctor Valdés is the shared record holder (along with Antoni Ramallets and Jan Oblak) with five awards, and won the trophy four consecutive times from 2009 to 2012.

Player	Titles	Seasons
Antoni Ramallets	5	1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60
Victor Valdés	5	2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Jan Oblak	5	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Juan Acuña	4	1941–42, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1950–51
Santiago Cañizares	4	1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04
Ricardo Zamora	3	1929, 1931–32, 1932–33
Gregorio Blasco	3	1929–30, 1933–34, 1935–36
José Vicente Train	3	1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
Salvador Sadurní	3	1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75
Luis Arconada	3	1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82
Juan Carlos Ablanedo	3	1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90
Thibaut Courtois	3	2012–13, 2013–14, 2019–20
Ignacio Eizaguirre	2	1943–44, 1944–45
Marcel Domingo	2	1948–49, 1952–53
Antonio Betancort	2	1964–65, 1966–67
Jorge D'Alessandro	2	1974–75, 1976–77
Francisco Buyo	2	1987–88, 1991–92
Miguel Reina	2	1972–73, 1976–77
Iker Casillas	1	2007–08
Claudio Bravo	1	2014–15
Yassine Bounou	1	2021–22
Marc-André ter Stegen	1	2022–23
Unai Simón	1	2023–24

Wins by club

Club	Players	Total
Barcelona	11	21
Real Madrid	12	18
Atlético Madrid	9	14
Valencia	6	9
Deportivo La Coruña	3	7
Athletic Bilbao	5	7
Real Sociedad	1	3
Sporting Gijón	1	3
Celta Vigo	3	3
Espanyol	3	3
Salamanca	1	2
Real Betis	2	2
Arenas Getxo	1	1
Alavés	1	1
Getafe	1	1
Málaga	1	1
Mallorca	1	1
Sevilla	1	1

Wins by country

Country	Players	Total
Spain	47	78
Argentina	5	6
Slovenia	1	5
Belgium	1	3
France	1	2
Cameroon	1	1
Chile	1	1
Germany	1	1
Morocco	1	1

Segunda División

Winners

Season	Player	Club	Matches played	Goals conceded	Coefficient
1985–86	Joaquín Ferrer	Murcia	37	30	0.81
1986–87	Javier Echevarría	Sestao	43	27	0.62
	José Antonio Gallardo[b]	Málaga	18	13	0.92
1987–88	Joaquín Ferrer	Figueres	30	23	0.76
1988–89	Ezzaki Badou	Mallorca	28	15	0.53
1989–90	Miguel Bastón	Burgos	38	24	0.63
1990–91	Francisco Liaño	Sestao	38	27	0.71
1991–92	José Ignacio Garmendia	Eibar	38	22	0.58
1992–93	Mauro Ravnić	Lleida	38	19	0.50
1993–94	Toni Jiménez	Espanyol	38	25	0.66
1994–95	Francisco Leal	Mérida	38	19	0.50
1995–96	José Ignacio Garmendia	Eibar	36	30	0.83
1996–97	Emilio López	Badajoz	37	22	0.61
1997–98	Francisco Leal	Alavés	39	22	0.56
1998–99	Željko Cicović	Las Palmas	34	25	0.73
1999–2000	Nuno Espírito Santo	Mérida	41	31	0.75
2000–01	César Quesada	Recreativo Huelva	38	23	0.61
2001–02	Manuel Almunia	Eibar	35	19	0.56
2002–03	Andreas Reinke	Murcia	40	21	0.53
2003–04	Toño	Recreativo Huelva	28	19	0.68
2004–05	Armando Ribeiro	Cádiz	40	26	0.65
2005–06	Roberto Fernández	Sporting Gijón	38	31	0.82
2006–07	Alberto López	Valladolid	35	28	0.80
2007–08	Carlos Sánchez	Castellón	33	27	0.82
2008–09	David Cobeño	Rayo Vallecano	40	35	0.88
	Claudio Bravo	Real Sociedad	32	28	0.88
2009–10	Vicente Guaita	Recreativo Huelva	30	24	0.80
2010–11	Andrés Fernández	Huesca	31	26	0.84
2011–12	Jaime Jiménez	Valladolid	40	36	0.90
2012–13	Manu Herrera	Elche	39	25	0.64
2013–14	Xabi Irureta	Eibar	40	27	0.67
2014–15	Iván Cuéllar	Sporting Gijón	36	21	0.58
2015–16	Isaac Becerra	Girona	42	28	0.67
2016–17	Raúl Fernández	Levante	33	22	0.67
2017–18	Alberto Cifuentes	Cádiz	42	29	0.69
2018–19	Rui Silva	Granada	40	27	0.68
2019–20	Munir	Málaga	38	29	0.76
2020–21	Diego López	Espanyol	40	25	0.63
2021–22	Fernando	Almería	41	33	0.80
2022–23	Raúl Fernández	Granada	29	19	0.66
2023–24	Diego Conde	Leganés	39	26	0.67

Statistics

Wins by player

Player	Titles	Seasons
Raúl Fernández	2	2016–17, 2022–23
Joaquín Ferrer	2	1985–86, 1987–88
José Ignacio Garmendia	2	1991–92, 1995–96
Francisco Leal	2	1994–95, 1997–98

Wins by club

Club	Players	Total
Eibar	3	4
Recreativo Huelva	3	3
Cádiz	2	2
Espanyol	2	2
Granada	2	2
Málaga	2	2
Mérida	2	2
Murcia	2	2
Sestao	2	2
Sporting Gijón	2	2
Valladolid	2	2
Alavés	1	1
Almería	1	1
Badajoz	1	1
Burgos	1	1
Castellón	1	1
Elche	1	1
Figueres	1	1
Girona	1	1
Huesca	1	1
Las Palmas	1	1
Levante	1	1
Lleida	1	1
Mallorca	1	1
Rayo Vallecano	1	1
Real Sociedad	1	1

Wins by country

Country	Players	Total
Spain	29	33
Morocco	2	2
Portugal	2	2
Yugoslavia	2	2
Chile	1	1
Germany	1	1

See also

• Don Balón Award
• Pichichi Trophy
• Zarra Trophy
• Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano
• Miguel Muñoz Trophy
• Ballon d'Or

Notes

1. Due to an error in the application of the rules, the Argentine goalkeeper Jorge D'Alessandro — who was the rightful winner of the trophy — did not receive this award at the time. It was finally officially awarded to him in 2019.^[3]
2. Gallardo was the provisional winner and the award was given after his death.^[5]

References

1. Similar to goals against average in ice hockey or earned run average in baseball.
2. In the 1970–71 season and the 1972–73 season, Marca awarded two trophies; one to the team with the lowest coefficient and another to the team that had conceded the fewest goals.
3. D'Alessandro recibe 45 años después el Trofeo Zamora a mejor portero de la Liga (D'Alessandro receives Zamora Trophy for the best League goalkeeper 45 years later); Marca, 16 December 2019 (in Spanish)
4. In the 1992–93 season two goalkeepers tied when calculating the average with a precision of two decimals. The tie-breaker was the number of matches played, which favoured Liaño. On the other side, the calculation of the third decimal favoured Cañizares. Marca resolved to award two trophies.
5. "José Antonio Gallardo dies after eight days in coma". El País. Retrieved 29 October 2016.