Season trivia for Allsvenskan 2023
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 2023 Allsvenskan season in Sweden.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2023 season were the players Jusef Erabi - Nahir Besara (Hammarby) and Joakim Persson - Tashreeq Matthews (Sirius). Together they scored 5 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
The fastest goal scorers during the season 2023 were these players, all of whom scored in minute 2 of any match of the season:
Fastest hat-trick
Ioannis Pittas, playing for AIK, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 14 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between AIK-Värnamo.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2023, Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2023 season.
Most braces by player
Isaac Kiese Thelin in Malmö FF scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023 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 7 matches during the season:
Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF)
Simon Skrabb (Kalmar FF)
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:
Viktor Djukanovic (Hammarby)
Joakim Persson (Sirius)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2023 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Bénie Traoré (Häcken) and Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 3 teams, and the teams that each scored 5 penalty goals were Djurgården, Häcken and Malmö FF.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 4 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Viktor Djukanovic (Hammarby)
Wessam Abou Ali (Sirius)
Amor Layouni (Häcken)
Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Sirius was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2023 season was Niklas Dahlström, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Allsvenskan, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were IFK Norrköping and Varberg.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Isaac Kiese Thelin in Malmö FF scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Thomas Santos in IFK Göteborg 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 Bénie Traoré in Häcken who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 7 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 10 times, and the players who did this were Viktor Djukanovic (Hammarby) and Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF).
Most matches in a row without losing
Elfsborg were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Varberg had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Allsvenskan during the 2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Varberg managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2023 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 Norrköping, Häcken and Sirius, 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 Brommapojkarna have managed this in 5 matches during the 2023 season, more than any other team in Allsvenskan.
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