Season trivia for Eerste Divisie 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 Eerste Divisie season in Netherlands.
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 Devin Haen and Nick Doodeman. Together they were behind 8 goals for Willem II 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
Dean Zandbergen, playing for VVV-Venlo, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 12 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between VVV-Venlo-Dordrecht.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2025/2026 was 7 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Byron Burgering (Almere City) - September 2025
Dean Zandbergen (VVV-Venlo) - April 2026
Most braces by player
Dean Zandbergen in VVV-Venlo 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 first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of eight matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, seven times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Tim van der Leij (RKC Waalwijk)
Romano Postema (FC Emmen)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2025/2026 season was Anthony van den Hurk, in total he scored five penalties for his Roda.
Most penalty goals by team
Roda was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2025/2026 season, in total they scored seven 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 Eerste Divisie. These players each scored two own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
three teams each scored four own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Jong AZ, FC Eindhoven and Maastricht.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Harrie Kuster in RKC Waalwijk scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Reuven Niemeijer in De Graafschap who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Romano Postema in FC Emmen scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eerste Divisie during the 2025/2026 season.
Most consecutive wins
Den Haag was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2025/2026 season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Den Haag were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2025/2026 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2025/2026 season, there were nine teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Dordrecht, FC Eindhoven, TOP Oss, Jong AZ, Jong PSV, VVV-Venlo, Maastricht, Jong Ajax and Jong FC Utrecht.
Most matches in a row without a win
Jong Ajax managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 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 teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were De Graafschap and TOP Oss, and these teams turned the game around five times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Jong PSV have managed this in six matches during the 2025/2026 season, more than any other team in Eerste Divisie.