Season trivia for J1 League 2022
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 2022 J1 League season in Japan.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2022 season were the players Reon Yamahara - Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse), Yuta Higuchi - Arthur Caike (Kashima Antlers) and Yasuto Wakizaka - Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale). Together they scored 5 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
Temma Matsuda, playing in Kyoto Sanga, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Kyoto Sanga-Vissel Kobe, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Leo Ceara, playing for Yokohama F. Marinos, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 7 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Shimizu S-Pulse-Yokohama F. Marinos.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2022, Leo Ceara (Yokohama F. Marinos) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2022 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 3 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
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:
Shuto Machino (Shonan Bellmare)
David Moberg Karlsson (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Peter Utaka (Kyoto Sanga)
Takuma Nishimura (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 8 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 4 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Shuto Machino (Shonan Bellmare)
Adaílton (FC Tokyo)
Ryota Aoki (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
Ayase Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Leo Ceara (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Everaldo (Kashima Antlers)
Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2022 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) and Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale).
Most penalty goals by team
Urawa Red Diamonds was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Yokohama F. Marinos was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Kyoto Sanga scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2022 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2022 season, and the players who achieved this were Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) and Takuma Nishimura (Yokohama F. Marinos).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Mateus in Nagoya Grampus 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
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2022 season were Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) and Mateus (Nagoya Grampus), with a streak of 6 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 6 goals, and the players who did this were:
Yuya Yamagishi (Avispa Fukuoka)
Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale)
Mateus (Nagoya Grampus)
Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol)
Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)
Players with most goals in the second half
Adaílton in FC Tokyo scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in J1 League during the 2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Yokohama F. Marinos was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2022 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Yokohama F. Marinos were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2022 season, playing 9 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2022 season, there were 3 teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were Gamba Osaka, Júbilo Iwata and Vissel Kobe.
Most matches in a row without a win
Vissel Kobe managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2022 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 Kashiwa Reysol were best at during the 2022 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Gamba Osaka have managed this in 5 matches during the 2022 season, more than any other team in J1 League.
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