Season trivia for Eredivisie 2010/2011
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 2010/2011 Eredivisie season in Netherlands.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2010/2011 season were the players Mads Junker - Willem Janssen (Roda) and Björn Vleminckx - John Goossens (NEC Nijmegen). Together they scored 8 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2010/2011 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, playing for AZ Alkmaar, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between AZ Alkmaar-VVV-Venlo.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In October 2010, Jonathan Reis (PSV Eindhoven) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2010/2011 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 5 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht)
Mads Junker (Roda)
Björn Vleminckx (NEC Nijmegen)
Dmitri Bulykin (Den Haag)
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 7 matches during the season:
Andreas Granqvist (Groningen)
Björn Vleminckx (NEC Nijmegen)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Theo Janssen (Twente/Ajax)
Dmitri Bulykin (Den Haag)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2010/2011 season was Willy Overtoom, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Heracles Almelo.
Most penalty goals by team
Heracles Almelo was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2010/2011 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 4 teams managed to do, and these were Excelsior, PSV Eindhoven, NAC Breda and Heracles Almelo.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2010/2011 season was Alje Schut, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Eredivisie, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Willem II scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2010/2011 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 9 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Mounir El Hamdaoui (Ajax)
Matthew Amoah (NAC Breda)
Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven)
Björn Vleminckx (NEC Nijmegen)
Andreas Lasnik (Willem II)
Bas Dost (Heerenveen)
Georginio Wijnaldum (Feyenoord)
Luc Castaignos (Feyenoord)
Jonathan Reis (PSV Eindhoven)
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Balázs Dzsudzsák in PSV Eindhoven 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
Willy Overtoom in Heracles Almelo scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Mads Junker in Roda who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Björn Vleminckx in NEC Nijmegen scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eredivisie during the 2010/2011 season.
Most consecutive wins
Twente was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2010/2011 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Twente were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2010/2011 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Willem II had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eredivisie during the 2010/2011 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Willem II managed the feat of not winning a single match in 19 consecutive matches during the 2010/2011 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 Twente were best at during the 2010/2011 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Willem II have managed this in 10 matches during the 2010/2011 season, more than any other team in Eredivisie.
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