Season trivia for Bundesliga 2010/2011
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 2010/2011 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 Mario Gomez and Thomas Müller. Together they were behind 8 goals for Bayern München in the 2010/2011 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2010/2011 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Arjen Robben, playing for Bayern München, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 15 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Bayern München-Hamburg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2010/2011 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Theofanis Gekas (Eintracht Frankfurt) - October 2010
Mario Gomez (Bayern München) - November 2010
Raúl (Schalke 04) - November 2010
Milivoje Novakovic (Köln) - April 2011
Mario Gomez (Bayern München) - April 2011
Most braces by player
Mario Gomez in Bayern München scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2010/2011 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2010/2011 season was Mario Gomez in Bayern München, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Papiss Cissé (Freiburg)
Raúl (Schalke 04)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2010/2011 season was Arturo Vidal, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Bayer Leverkusen.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 3 teams, and the teams that each scored 6 penalty goals were Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) and Jakub Biaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Werder Bremen 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 2010/2011 season was Per Mertesacker, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Bundesliga, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 3 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Franck Ribéry in Bayern München who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Thomas Müller in Bayern München scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mario Gomez in Bayern München who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 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 14 times, and the players who did this were Papiss Cissé (Freiburg) and Mario Gomez (Bayern München).
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 7 consecutive wins in the 2010/2011 season, and those teams were Mainz and Borussia Dortmund.
Most matches in a row without losing
Borussia Dortmund were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2010/2011 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
St. Pauli had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Bundesliga during the 2010/2011 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2010/2011 season was 9 matches in a row, and it was Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt 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 Mainz were best at during the 2010/2011 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Borussia Mönchengladbach have managed this in 7 matches during the 2010/2011 season, more than any other team in Bundesliga.
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