Season trivia for Ekstraklasa 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 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 Maciej Domanski and Ilya Shkurin. Together they were behind 6 goals for Stal Mielec in the 2023/2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Efthimis Koulouris, playing for Pogon Szczecin, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 12 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Pogon Szczecin-Ruch Chorzów.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2024, Dawid Kurminowski (Zaglebie Lubin) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2023/2024 season.
Most braces by player
Erik Exposito in Slask Wroclaw scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023/2024 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2023/2024 season was Ilya Shkurin in Stal Mielec, in total he did it seven times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Jesús Imaz in Jagiellonia Bialystok during the 2023/2024 season, in total he did this six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2023/2024 was shared between two players, all of whom scored seven penalties each, and these were Dani Ramirez (LKS Lódz) and Patryk Dziczek (Piast Gliwice).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by five teams, and the teams that each scored eight penalty goals were Puszcza Niepolomice, LKS Lódz, Jagiellonia Bialystok, Slask Wroclaw and Piast Gliwice.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored three goals in added time, and the players who did so were Imad Rondic (Widzew Lódz) and Erik Exposito (Slask Wroclaw).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Widzew Lódz was the best team, in total they scored twelve goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2023/2024 season was Artur Craciun, 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
three teams each scored three own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Ruch Chorzów, Lech Poznan and Cracovia.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Kamil Grosicki in Pogon Szczecin scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Kamil Grosicki in Pogon Szczecin scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ilya Shkurin in Stal Mielec who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Erik Exposito in Slask Wroclaw scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ekstraklasa during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Slask Wroclaw was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Slask Wroclaw were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
LKS Lódz had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ekstraklasa during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Ruch Chorzów managed the feat of not winning a single match in 20 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 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 Pogon Szczecin were best at during the 2023/2024 season, they came back to win four matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Puszcza Niepolomice have managed this in four matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in Ekstraklasa.