Season trivia for Eliteserien 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 2023 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 Faris Moumbagna and Amahl Pellegrino. Together they were behind 9 goals for Bodø/Glimt in the 2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Jo Inge Berget, playing for Sarpsborg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 31 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Sarpsborg-Rosenborg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Amahl Pellegrino (Bodø/Glimt) - April 2023
Bård Finne (Brann) - May 2023
Amahl Pellegrino (Bodø/Glimt) - September 2023
Most braces by player
Amahl Pellegrino in Bodø/Glimt scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023 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 5 matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Amahl Pellegrino in Bodø/Glimt during the 2023 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2023 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 6 penalties each, and these were Zlatko Tripic (Viking) and Sivert Heltne Nilsen (Brann).
Most penalty goals by team
Brann was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Akor Adams was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2023 season, in total he scored 6 stoppage time goals for his Lillestrøm.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Lillestrøm was the best team, in total they scored 8 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 2023 season in Eliteserien. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Japhet Sery Larsen (Brann) and Nikolai Hopland (Aalesund).
Most own goals by team
Aalesund scored 6 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2023 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Akor Adams in Lillestrøm scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Joachim Soltvedt in Sarpsborg and Brann who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Amahl Pellegrino in Bodø/Glimt scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2023 season, which was the best in the league.
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 Bård Finne (Brann) and Albert Grønbæk (Bodø/Glimt).
Players with most goals in the second half
Amahl Pellegrino in Bodø/Glimt scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eliteserien during the 2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
Viking was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Viking were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Stabæk had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eliteserien during the 2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Stabæk managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2023 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 Viking were best at during the 2023 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Sarpsborg have managed this in 5 matches during the 2023 season, more than any other team in Eliteserien.
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