Season trivia for Eliteserien 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 2024 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 Zlatko Tripic and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen. Together they were behind 5 goals for Viking in the 2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sverre Nypan, playing for Rosenborg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 33 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Rosenborg-Lillestrøm.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2024, Henrik Meister (Sarpsborg) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2024 season.
Most braces by player
Kasper Høgh in Bodø/Glimt scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2024 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2024 season was Morten Bjørlo in Fredrikstad, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2024 was shared between 4 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were
Stefan Johansen (Sarpsborg)
Oskar Sivertsen (Kristiansund)
Niklas Castro (Brann)
Zlatko Tripic (Viking)
Most penalty goals by team
Brann was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2024 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Niklas Castro (Brann) and Aune Heggebø (Brann).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Brann was the best team, in total they scored 9 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
3 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2024 season in Eliteserien. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, and the players who achieved this were Morten Bjørlo (Fredrikstad) and Ola Brynhildsen (Molde).
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 7 goals, and the players who did this were Morten Bjørlo (Fredrikstad) and Kristian Eriksen (Molde).
Players with most goals in the second half
Kasper Høgh in Bodø/Glimt scored a total of 11 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eliteserien during the 2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Brann was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2024 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Fredrikstad were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024 season, playing 9 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Lillestrøm had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eliteserien during the 2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Lillestrøm managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 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 Viking were best at during the 2024 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Molde, Lillestrøm and Haugesund were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2024 season.
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