Season trivia for Challenger Pro League 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 Challenger Pro League season in Belgium.
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 Youssef Challouk and Bafodé Dansoko. Together they were behind 5 goals for Deinze in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Joachim Carcela, playing in Royal Excel Mouscron, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Lierse Kempenzonen-Royal Excel Mouscron, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Kévin Hoggas, playing for Beveren, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 40 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Virton-Beveren.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2021, Lennart Mertens (Deinze) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Daniel Maderner in Beveren scored (at least) two goals in a match 3 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021/2022 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 4 matches during the season:
Souleymane Anne (Virton)
Dylan De Belder (Deinze)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 4 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 4 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2021/2022 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 3 penalties each, and these were Ján Bernát (Westerlo) and Nicolas Rommens (RWDM).
Most penalty goals by team
Westerlo was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 6 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Daniel Maderner was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Beveren.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 3 goals, which 3 teams managed to do, and these were Beveren, Westerlo and Lierse Kempenzonen.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Pietro Perdichizzi, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Challenger Pro League, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Lierse Kempenzonen scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2021/2022 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Erdon Daci in Westerlo scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Teddy Chevalier in Royal Excel Mouscron scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Kévin Hoggas in Beveren 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
Erdon Daci in Westerlo scored a total of 9 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Challenger Pro League during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 4 consecutive wins in the 2021/2022 season, and those teams were Westerlo and Royal Excel Mouscron.
Most matches in a row without losing
Westerlo were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 9 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Virton had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Challenger Pro League during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Virton managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Virton have managed this in 5 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Challenger Pro League.
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