Season trivia for Bundesliga 2012/2013
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 2012/2013 Bundesliga season in Germany.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2012/2013 season were the players Nils Petersen - Kevin De Bruyne (Werder Bremen) and Stefan Kießling - André Schürrle (Bayer Leverkusen). Together they scored 6 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2012/2013 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Claudio Pizarro, playing for Bayern München, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 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 2012/2013 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) - November 2012
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) - March 2013
Most braces by player
Robert Lewandowski in Borussia Dortmund scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2012/2013 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2012/2013 season was Stefan Kießling in Bayer Leverkusen, in total he did it 12 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Robert Lewandowski in Borussia Dortmund during the 2012/2013 season, in total he did this 11 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2012/2013 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen) and Vedad Ibisevic (Stuttgart).
Most penalty goals by team
Hannover 96 was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2012/2013 season, in total they scored 6 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Sven Schipplock was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2012/2013 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Hoffenheim.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Hoffenheim was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2012/2013 season was Roel Brouwers, 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
Mainz scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2012/2013 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Robert Lewandowski in Borussia Dortmund scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2012/2013 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Stefan Kießling in Bayer Leverkusen who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Robert Lewandowski in Borussia Dortmund scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Bundesliga during the 2012/2013 season.
Most consecutive wins
Bayern München was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2012/2013 season, with a total of 14 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Nürnberg were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2012/2013 season, playing 9 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Hoffenheim had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Bundesliga during the 2012/2013 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Greuther Fürth managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2012/2013 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 Borussia Mönchengladbach, Freiburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hoffenheim and Bayern München, and these teams turned the game around 3 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Freiburg have managed this in 5 matches during the 2012/2013 season, more than any other team in Bundesliga.
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