Season trivia for 2. Bundesliga 2016/2017
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 2016/2017 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 Emiliano Insúa and Simon Terodde. Together they were behind 6 goals for Stuttgart in the 2016/2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Reinhold Yabo, playing for Arminia Bielefeld, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 11 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Arminia Bielefeld-Eintracht Braunschweig.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2016/2017 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Simon Terodde (Stuttgart) - November 2016
Simon Terodde (Stuttgart) - April 2017
Most braces by player
Simon Terodde in Stuttgart scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016/2017 season was Simon Terodde in Stuttgart, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Aziz Bouhaddouz in St. Pauli during the 2016/2017 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was Dimitrij Nazarov, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Erzgebirge Aue.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 7 penalty goals were 1860 München and Erzgebirge Aue.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 3 teams managed to do, and these were Hannover 96, Eintracht Braunschweig and Stuttgart.
Most own goals by player
3 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2016/2017 season in 2. Bundesliga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
Arminia Bielefeld scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2016/2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Fabian Klos in Arminia Bielefeld scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Edgar Prib in Hannover 96 who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Simon Terodde in Stuttgart who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Simon Terodde in Stuttgart scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in 2. Bundesliga during the 2016/2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
Union Berlin was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2016/2017 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Eintracht Braunschweig, Greuther Fürth and Union Berlin, who had 9 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2016/2017 season, there were 6 teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Greuther Fürth, Erzgebirge Aue, Nürnberg, St. Pauli, Karlsruher SC and 1860 München.
Most matches in a row without a win
St. Pauli managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Eintracht Braunschweig and Hannover 96, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Karlsruher SC have managed this in 5 matches during the 2016/2017 season, more than any other team in 2. Bundesliga.
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