Season trivia for Allsvenskan 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 2017 Allsvenskan season in Sweden.
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 Magnus Eriksson and Gustav Engvall. Together they were behind 6 goals for Djurgården in the 2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Johan Blomberg, playing in AIK, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Jönköping Södra-AIK, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Nahir Besara, playing for Örebro, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 25 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Örebro-IFK Göteborg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2017, Nahir Besara (Örebro) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017 season.
Most braces by player
Magnus Eriksson in Djurgården scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017 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 5 matches during the season:
Mohammed Buya Turay (AFC Eskilstuna)
Ahmed Yasin (Häcken)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Mikael Boman (IFK Göteborg)
Karl Holmberg (IFK Norrköping)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were Magnus Eriksson (Djurgården) and Brwa Nouri (Östersund).
Most penalty goals by team
Östersund was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Philip Haglund (Sirius) and Lasse Nilsson (Elfsborg).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Hammarby was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2017 season was Eric Björkander, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Allsvenskan, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, and the players who achieved this were Magnus Eriksson (Djurgården) and Dzenis Kozica (Jönköping Södra).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Magnus Eriksson in Djurgården scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 6 goals, and the players who did this were:
Magnus Eriksson (Djurgården)
Nasiru Mohammed (Häcken)
Karl Holmberg (IFK Norrköping)
Saman Ghoddos (Östersund)
Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg)
Nicolás Stefanelli (AIK)
Players with most goals in the second half
3 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 8 times, and the players who did this were Issam Jebali (Elfsborg), Magnus Eriksson (Djurgården) and Karl Holmberg (IFK Norrköping).
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 4 consecutive wins in the 2017 season, and those teams were IFK Norrköping and Malmö FF.
Most matches in a row without losing
IFK Norrköping were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017 season, playing 10 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Sirius had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Allsvenskan during the 2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Halmstad managed the feat of not winning a single match in 16 consecutive matches during the 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 IFK Göteborg, Hammarby and Elfsborg, 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 GIF Sundsvall have managed this in 4 matches during the 2017 season, more than any other team in Allsvenskan.
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