Season trivia for Brasileirão 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 Brasileirão season in Brazil.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2017 season were the players Arthur Caike - Reinaldo (Chapecoense) and Bruno Henrique - Ricardo Oliveira (Santos). 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
Marcos Vinícius, playing in Botafogo, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Botafogo-Fluminense, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Everton, playing for Grêmio, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Chapecoense-Grêmio.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2017, Edigar Junio (Bahia) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017 season.
Most braces by player
André Felipe in Sport Recife scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017 season was Jô in Corinthians, in total he did it nine times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by André Felipe in Sport Recife during the 2017 season, in total he did this six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017 season was Henrique Dourado, in total he scored seven penalties for his Fluminense.
Most penalty goals by team
Fluminense was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
André Felipe was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017 season, in total he scored three stoppage time goals for his Sport Recife.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was six goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Vasco da Gama and Sport Recife.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2017 season was Matheus Galdezani, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Brasileirão, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Coritiba scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Edigar Junio in Bahia scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Henrique Dourado in Fluminense who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
two players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 10 times, and the players who did this were André Felipe (Sport Recife) and Jô (Corinthians).
Most consecutive wins
Corinthians was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Corinthians were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017 season, playing 19 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2017 season, there were four teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Coritiba, Vitória, Atlético Goianiense and Sport Recife.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2017 season was 9 matches in a row, and it was Coritiba, Atlético Goianiense, Sport Recife and São Paulo who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Atlético Mineiro were best at during the 2017 season, they came back to win six matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Ponte Preta and Vitória 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 2017 season.