Season trivia for Eredivisie 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 Eredivisie season in Netherlands.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2015/2016 season were the players Davy Klaassen - Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax) and Joris van Overeem - Vincent Janssen (AZ Alkmaar). Together they scored 6 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 2015/2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Vincent Janssen, playing for AZ Alkmaar, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 29 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between AZ Alkmaar-Feyenoord.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2015/2016 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Anwar El Ghazi (Ajax) - August 2015
Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord) - October 2015
Vincent Janssen (AZ Alkmaar) - January 2016
Most braces by player
Vincent Janssen in AZ Alkmaar scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Vincent Janssen in AZ Alkmaar, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Luuk de Jong in PSV Eindhoven during the 2015/2016 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Sébastien Haller, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Utrecht.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 7 penalty goals were AZ Alkmaar and Utrecht.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Hakim Ziyech (Twente) and Stefan Nijland (Zwolle).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Zwolle was the best team, in total they scored 5 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 2015/2016 season in Eredivisie. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
6 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Cambuur, PSV Eindhoven, Den Haag, De Graafschap, NEC Nijmegen and Twente.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Vincent Janssen in AZ Alkmaar scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Arkadiusz Milik in Ajax who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 14 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Vincent Janssen in AZ Alkmaar scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eredivisie during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
PSV Eindhoven was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2015/2016 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
PSV Eindhoven were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 21 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Cambuur managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 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 2015/2016 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 2015/2016 season, more than any other team in Eredivisie.
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