Season trivia for Eliteserien 2016
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 2016 Eliteserien season in Norway.
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 Trond Olsen and Fitim Azemi. Together they were behind 6 goals for Bodø/Glimt in the 2016 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Christian Gytkjaer, playing for Rosenborg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 16 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Lillestrøm-Rosenborg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2016, Christian Gytkjaer (Rosenborg) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2016 season.
Most braces by player
Christian Gytkjaer in Rosenborg scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016 season was Christian Gytkjaer in Rosenborg, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Christian Gytkjaer in Rosenborg during the 2016 season, in total he did this 5 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2016 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 3 penalties each, and these were Marcus Pedersen (Strømsgodset) and Filip Kiss (Haugesund).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 4 teams, and the teams that each scored 4 penalty goals were Strømsgodset, Bodø/Glimt, Haugesund and Rosenborg.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Mike Jensen was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2016 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Rosenborg.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Rosenborg was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2016 season in Eliteserien. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Kent-Are Antonsen (Tromsø) and Mikkel Kirkeskov (Aalesund).
Most own goals by team
Tromsø scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2016 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Fred Friday in Lillestrøm scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Eidur Gudjohnsen in Molde 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
It was Christian Gytkjaer in Rosenborg who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Christian Gytkjaer in Rosenborg scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eliteserien during the 2016 season.
Most matches in a row without losing
Rosenborg were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016 season, playing 26 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Bodø/Glimt had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eliteserien during the 2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Start managed the feat of not winning a single match in 24 consecutive matches during the 2016 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 Aalesund, Odd Grenland and Brann, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
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