Season trivia for Challenger Pro League 2025/2026
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 2025/2026 Challenger Pro League season in Belgium.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and therefor the information below is not necessarily the final version.
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 Lennart Mertens and Christian Brüls. Together they were behind 6 goals for Beveren in the 2025/2026 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2025/2026 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Yentl Van Genechten, playing for Eupen, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 30 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between KSC Lokeren-Temse-Eupen.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2025/2026 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Thierry Ambrose (Kortrijk) - August 2025
Ralf Seuntjens (Lommel) - December 2025
Lennart Mertens (Beveren) - March 2026
Most braces by player
Lennart Mertens in Beveren scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2025/2026 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2025/2026 season was Ralf Seuntjens in Lommel, in total he did it nine times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Lennart Mertens in Beveren during the 2025/2026 season, in total he did this eight times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2025/2026 was shared between two players, all of whom scored five penalties each, and these were Édouard Soumah-Abbad (RFC Seraing) and Thierry Ambrose (Kortrijk).
Most penalty goals by team
RSCA Futures was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2025/2026 season, in total they scored eight of their goals from penalties.
Most own goals by player
three players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2025/2026 season in Challenger Pro League. These players each scored two own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
Patro Eisden scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2025/2026 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, and the players who achieved this were Usman Simbakoli (RWDM) and Ralf Seuntjens (Lommel).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Jearl Margaritha in Beveren who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ralf Seuntjens in Lommel scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ralf Seuntjens in Lommel who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Lennart Mertens in Beveren scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Challenger Pro League during the 2025/2026 season.
Most consecutive wins
Beveren was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2025/2026 season, with a total of 13 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Beveren were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2025/2026 season, playing 32 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Olympic Charleroi had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Challenger Pro League during the 2025/2026 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Club NXT managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 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 Beveren were best at during the 2025/2026 season, they came back to win six matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but RWDM have managed this in six matches during the 2025/2026 season, more than any other team in Challenger Pro League.