Season trivia for Cypriot First Division 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 Cypriot First Division season in Cyprus.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Ivan Trichkovski, playing for AEK Larnaca, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between AEK Larnaca-Ermis Aradippou.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol) - December 2020
Nicolas Diguiny (Apollon Limassol) - January 2021
Joe Garner (APOEL Nicosia) - February 2021
Tomás Wágner (Nea Salamis Famagusta) - April 2021
Kévin Berigaud (Pafos) - May 2021
Onisiforos Rousias (Ermis Aradippou) - May 2021
Most braces by player
Berat Sadik in Doxa Katokopias scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Nicolas Diguiny in Apollon Limassol, in total he did it ten times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, six times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Ivan Trichkovski (AEK Larnaca)
Onni Valakari (Pafos)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Onni Valakari, in total he scored seven penalties for his Pafos.
Most penalty goals by team
Anorthosis was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored twelve of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, three players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Apollon Limassol was the best team, in total they scored five goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Ermis Aradippou scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were six players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Kévin Berigaud (Pafos)
Onisiforos Rousias (Ermis Aradippou)
Vasilis Mantzis (Olympiakos Nicosia)
Tornike Okriashvili (Anorthosis)
Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol)
Giorgi Kvilitaia (Anorthosis)
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 10 goals, and the players who did this were Berat Sadik (Doxa Katokopias) and Nicolas Diguiny (Apollon Limassol).
Players with most goals in the second half
Onisiforos Rousias in Ermis Aradippou scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Cypriot First Division during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 6 consecutive wins in the 2020/2021 season, and those teams were Apollon Limassol and Omonia Nicosia.
Most matches in a row without losing
Omonia Nicosia were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 20 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020/2021 season, there were three teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Olympiakos Nicosia, Nea Salamis Famagusta and Enosis Neon Paralimni.
Most matches in a row without a win
Ethnikos Achnas managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Olympiakos Nicosia and Nea Salamis Famagusta, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Ermis Aradippou have managed this in five matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in Cypriot First Division.