Season trivia for Bundesliga 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 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 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Together they were behind 6 goals for Borussia Dortmund in the 2015/2016 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2015/2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Robert Lewandowski, playing for Bayern München, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 4 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Bayern München-Wolfsburg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In September 2015, Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2015/2016 season.
Most braces by player
Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Borussia Dortmund during the 2015/2016 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Moritz Hartmann, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Ingolstadt.
Most penalty goals by team
Ingolstadt was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Borussia Dortmund.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Borussia Dortmund was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
3 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2015/2016 season in Bundesliga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
Stuttgart scored 7 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2015/2016 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Borussia Dortmund scored in 8 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Karim Bellarabi in Bayer Leverkusen 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
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Borussia Dortmund scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Thomas Müller in Bayern München who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 10 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München scored a total of 22 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Bundesliga during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
Bayern München was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2015/2016 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Borussia Dortmund were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Hannover 96 had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Bundesliga during the 2015/2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2015/2016 season was 8 matches in a row, and it was Darmstadt, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hannover 96 and Hoffenheim who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
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