Season trivia for 2. Bundesliga 2014/2015
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2014/2015 2. Bundesliga season in Germany.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Florian Niederlechner and Marc Schnatterer. Together they were behind 7 goals for Heidenheim in the 2014/2015 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2014/2015 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Aziz Bouhaddouz, playing for Sandhausen, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between RB Leipzig-Sandhausen.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2014, Simon Terodde (Bochum) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2014/2015 season.
Most braces by player
Rouwen Hennings in Karlsruher SC scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2014/2015 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 6 matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Sebastian Polter in Union Berlin during the 2014/2015 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2014/2015 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Edmond Kapllani (FSV Frankfurt) and Jürgen Gjasula (VfR Aalen).
Most penalty goals by team
VfR Aalen was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2014/2015 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Andrew Wooten (Sandhausen) and Benjamin Kessel (Eintracht Braunschweig).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Ingolstadt was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2014/2015 season in 2. Bundesliga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Philipp Ziereis (St. Pauli) and André Hainault (VfR Aalen).
Most own goals by team
VfR Aalen scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2014/2015 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Dominik Stroh-Engel in Darmstadt scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Marc Schnatterer in Heidenheim who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 season were Marc Schnatterer (Heidenheim) and Sebastian Polter (Union Berlin), with a streak of 6 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Rouwen Hennings in Karlsruher SC who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 8 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Sebastian Polter in Union Berlin scored a total of 11 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in 2. Bundesliga during the 2014/2015 season.
Most consecutive wins
Eintracht Braunschweig was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2014/2015 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Darmstadt were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2014/2015 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Erzgebirge Aue had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in 2. Bundesliga during the 2014/2015 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
FSV Frankfurt managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2014/2015 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Union Berlin were best at during the 2014/2015 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Bochum, Nürnberg, Eintracht Braunschweig, 1860 München and Greuther Fürth were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 3 different matches during the 2014/2015 season.
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