Season trivia for 2. Bundesliga 2025/2026
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 2025/2026 2. Bundesliga season in Germany.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and therefor the information below is not necessarily the final version.
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 Mateusz Zukowski and Baris Atik. Together they were behind 6 goals for FC Magdeburg in the 2025/2026 season.
Fastest hat-trick
Mateusz Zukowski, playing for FC Magdeburg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Greuther Fürth-FC Magdeburg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2025/2026 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Ivan Prtajin (Kaiserslautern) - September 2025
Mateusz Zukowski (FC Magdeburg) - February 2026
Filip Bilbija (SC Paderborn) - April 2026
Most braces by player
Mateusz Zukowski in FC Magdeburg scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2025/2026 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 eight matches during the season:
Cédric Itten (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Kenan Karaman (Schalke 04)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Noel Futkeu in Greuther Fürth during the 2025/2026 season, in total he did this six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2025/2026 was shared between three players, all of whom scored five penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Arminia Bielefeld was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2025/2026 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2025/2026 season was Florian Le Joncour, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in 2. Bundesliga, which he did three times.
Most own goals by team
SV Elversberg scored five own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2025/2026 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Filip Bilbija in SC Paderborn scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Alexander Bernhardsson in Holstein Kiel who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Baris Atik in FC Magdeburg scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Noel Futkeu in Greuther Fürth who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 10 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Marvin Wanitzek in Karlsruher SC scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in 2. Bundesliga during the 2025/2026 season.
Most consecutive wins
SC Paderborn was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2025/2026 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Darmstadt were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2025/2026 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2025/2026 season, there were two teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were FC Magdeburg and Bochum.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2025/2026 season was 9 matches in a row, and it was SC Preußen Münster and Dynamo Dresden who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Schalke 04, SC Paderborn and Arminia Bielefeld, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Arminia Bielefeld and Dynamo Dresden were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in four different matches during the 2025/2026 season.