Season trivia for Chinese Super League 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 2016 Chinese Super League season in China.
Fastest goalscorer
Gael Kakuta, playing in Hebei, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Hebei-Tianjin Tigers, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Eran Zahavi, playing for Guangzhou City, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 34 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Guangzhou City-Zhejiang Professional.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2016, Wu Lei (Shanghai Port) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2016 season.
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:
Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou)
Roger Martínez (Jiangsu Suning)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016 season was Renatinho in Guangzhou City, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016 season was Marcelo Moreno, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Changchun Yatai.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 3 teams, and the teams that each scored 6 penalty goals were Zhejiang Professional, Cangzhou Mighty Lions and Beijing Guoan.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Sammir (Zhejiang Professional)
Wang Dong (Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic)
Alex Teixeira (Jiangsu Suning)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Jiangsu Suning and Zhejiang Professional.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2016 season was Ersan Gülüm, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Chinese Super League, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Hebei and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Demba Ba in Shanghai Shenhua scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Elkeson in Shanghai Port who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 6 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2016 season were James Chamanga (Liaoning FC) and Alan Kardec (Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic), with a streak of 7 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ricardo Goulart in Guangzhou 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
3 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 9 times, and the players who did this were Marcelo Moreno (Changchun Yatai), Alex Teixeira (Jiangsu Suning) and Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou City).
Most consecutive wins
Guangzhou was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2016 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Guangzhou were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Hebei had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Chinese Super League during the 2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2016 season was 11 matches in a row, and it was Zhejiang Professional and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic 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 Shanghai Shenhua and Shandong Taishan, and these teams turned the game around 3 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Guangzhou City and Henan FC were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 3 different matches during the 2016 season.
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