Season trivia for Challenger Pro League 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 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 Thibaut Van Acker and Obbi Oularé. Together they were behind 5 goals for Lierse Kempenzonen in the 2023/2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Lennart Mertens, playing for Deinze, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 43 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Deinze-Lierse Kempenzonen.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023/2024 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Jordan Attah Kadiri (Francs Borains) - February 2024
Pape Moussa Fall (RFC Seraing) - March 2024
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 4 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Victory Beniangba (Jong Genk)
Bruny Nsimba (FCV Dender EH)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2023/2024 season was Goduine Koyalipou in Beveren, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Tom Reyners (Beerschot)
Arthur Sales (Lommel)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Thibaut Van Acker, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Lierse Kempenzonen.
Most penalty goals by team
Jong Genk was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored 6 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 4 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Romeo Vermant (Club NXT)
Pape Moussa Fall (RFC Seraing)
Sheldon Bateau (Beveren)
Victory Beniangba (Jong Genk)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 6 teams managed to do, and these were Beveren, Jong Genk, Beerschot, Lierse Kempenzonen, Club NXT and Zulte Waregem.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2023/2024 season in Challenger Pro League. These players each scored 3 own goals and they were Jano Willems (Club NXT) and Levi Malungu (Francs Borains).
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Adriano Bertaccini in RFC Liège scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Goduine Koyalipou in Beveren who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 8 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Arthur Sales in Lommel scored a total of 9 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Challenger Pro League during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Beveren was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Beveren were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 9 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
SL 16 had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Challenger Pro League during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
RFC Seraing managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Lierse Kempenzonen were best at during the 2023/2024 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but SL 16 have managed this in 5 matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in Challenger Pro League.
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