Season trivia for Eredivisie 2011/2012
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 2011/2012 Eredivisie season in Netherlands.
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 Luciano Narsingh and Bas Dost. Together they were behind 16 goals for Heerenveen in the 2011/2012 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2011/2012 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Bas Dost, playing for Heerenveen, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 10 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Heerenveen-Den Haag.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2011/2012 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Dries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven) - August 2011
Bas Dost (Heerenveen) - December 2011
Most braces by player
Bas Dost in Heerenveen scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2011/2012 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2011/2012 season was Bas Dost in Heerenveen, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Bas Dost in Heerenveen during the 2011/2012 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2011/2012 season was John Guidetti, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Feyenoord.
Most penalty goals by team
Feyenoord was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Luuk de Jong was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Twente.
Most own goals by team
Excelsior scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2011/2012 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Luuk de Jong in Twente scored in 8 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2011/2012, a feat achieved byDries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven) and Siem De Jong (Ajax)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Luuk de Jong in Twente scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Bas Dost in Heerenveen who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 15 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Bas Dost in Heerenveen scored a total of 17 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eredivisie during the 2011/2012 season.
Most consecutive wins
AZ Alkmaar was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2011/2012 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Heerenveen and PSV Eindhoven, who had 13 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
VVV-Venlo had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eredivisie during the 2011/2012 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Excelsior managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 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 Utrecht were best at during the 2011/2012 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 De Graafschap have managed this in 5 matches during the 2011/2012 season, more than any other team in Eredivisie.
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