Season trivia for Chinese Super League 2017
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 2017 Chinese Super League season in China.
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 Aloísio and Ezequiel Lavezzi. Together they were behind 8 goals for Hebei in the 2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017 season:
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-Yanbian Funde.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2017, Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou City) scored 9 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017 season.
Most braces by player
Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017 season was Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Diego Tardelli in Shandong Taishan during the 2017 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017 season was Jonathan Soriano, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Beijing Guoan.
Most penalty goals by team
Beijing Guoan was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Rubén Castro was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Guizhou.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 6 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Shanghai Port and Guizhou.
Most own goals by team
Shanghai Shenhua scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Ricardo Goulart in Guangzhou scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Yin Hongbo in Hebei 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
Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City 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
Eran Zahavi in Guangzhou City scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Chinese Super League during the 2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
Guangzhou was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Shanghai Port and Guangzhou, who had 12 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Liaoning FC had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Chinese Super League during the 2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Tianjin Tigers managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2017 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 Tianjin Tianhai were best at during the 2017 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 Jiangsu Suning have managed this in 4 matches during the 2017 season, more than any other team in Chinese Super League.
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