Season trivia for Ekstraklasa 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 Ekstraklasa season in Poland.
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 Jesús Jiménez and Igor Angulo. Together they were behind 6 goals for Gornik Zabrze in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Ivan Runje, playing in Jagiellonia Bialystok, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Jagiellonia Bialystok-Legia Warszawa, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Artur Sobiech, playing for Lechia Gdansk, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 18 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Pogon Szczecin-Lechia Gdansk.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018/2019 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Marcin Robak (Slask Wroclaw) - October 2018
Jesús Imaz (Wisla Kraków/Jagiellonia Bialystok) - April 2019
Most braces by player
Igor Angulo in Gornik Zabrze scored (at least) two goals in a match seven times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 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 seven matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Igor Angulo in Gornik Zabrze during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this twelve times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Filip Starzynski, in total he scored ten penalties for his Zaglebie Lubin.
Most penalty goals by team
Zaglebie Lubin was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored ten of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were Javi Hernández (Cracovia) and Dominik Furman (Wisla Plock).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was five goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Wisla Plock and Arka Gdynia.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2018/2019 season was Aleksandar Miljkovic, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ekstraklasa, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Miedz Legnica scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, and the players who achieved this were Zdenek Ondrásek (Wisla Kraków) and Airam Cabrera (Cracovia).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Henrik Ojamaa in Miedz Legnica who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 9 goals, and the players who did this were Marcin Robak (Slask Wroclaw) and Elia Soriano (Korona Kielce).
Players with most goals in the second half
Igor Angulo in Gornik Zabrze scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ekstraklasa during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Cracovia was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Lechia Gdansk were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2018/2019 season, there were two teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Zaglebie Sosnowiec and Arka Gdynia.
Most matches in a row without a win
Arka Gdynia managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 Legia Warszawa were best at during the 2018/2019 season, they came back to win five matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Pogon Szczecin have managed this in four matches during the 2018/2019 season, more than any other team in Ekstraklasa.