Season trivia for Eerste Divisie 2022/2023
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 2022/2023 Eerste Divisie season in Netherlands.
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 Ruben van Bommel and Koen Kostons. Together they were behind 9 goals for Maastricht in the 2019/2020 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Apostolos Vellios, playing for Zwolle, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 10 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Zwolle-Den Bosch.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In March 2023, Lennart Thy () scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019/2020 season.
Most braces by player
Lennart Thy in scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2019/2020 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2019/2020 season was Elton Kabangu in , in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 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 2019/2020 season was Yusuf Barasi, in total he scored 6 penalties for his .
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 8 penalty goals were Jong AZ and Almere City.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Dylan Vente was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his .
Most own goals by player
3 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2019/2020 season in Eerste Divisie. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
FC Eindhoven scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2019/2020 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Thomas Verheydt in Den Haag scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Samuel Armenteros in who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Dylan Vente in scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eerste Divisie during the 2019/2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
Zwolle was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Zwolle were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2019/2020 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2019/2020 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Dordrecht and Jong FC Utrecht.
Most matches in a row without a win
Jong Ajax managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 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 VVV-Venlo were best at during the 2019/2020 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but NAC Breda have managed this in 5 matches during the 2019/2020 season, more than any other team in Eerste Divisie.
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