Season trivia for Jupiler Pro League 2016/2017
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 2016/2017 Jupiler Pro League season in Belgium.
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 Lukasz Teodorczyk and Sofiane Hanni. Together they were behind 8 goals for Anderlecht in the 2016/2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Jelle Vossen, playing for Club Brugge, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 25 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Club Brugge-Mechelen.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2016/2017 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Nikolaos Karelis (Genk) - October 2016
Jelle Vossen (Club Brugge) - November 2016
Most braces by player
Idriss Saadi in Kortrijk scored (at least) two goals in a match 4 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016/2017 season was Mbaye Leye in Zulte Waregem, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Jelle Vossen in Club Brugge during the 2016/2017 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016/2017 season was Jelle Vossen, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Club Brugge.
Most penalty goals by team
Oostende was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2016/2017 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Henry Onyekuru was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2016/2017 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Eupen.
Most own goals by team
Royal Excel Mouscron scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2016/2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, and the players who achieved this were Nikolaos Karelis (Genk) and Lukasz Teodorczyk (Anderlecht).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Hervé Kage in Kortrijk who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Orlando Sá in Standard Liège who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Lukasz Teodorczyk in Anderlecht scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Jupiler Pro League during the 2016/2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2016/2017 season, and those teams were Anderlecht and Club Brugge.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Anderlecht and Club Brugge, who had 13 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Kortrijk had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Jupiler Pro League during the 2016/2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Royal Excel Mouscron managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 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 Anderlecht were best at during the 2016/2017 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Royal Excel Mouscron and Westerlo were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 5 different matches during the 2016/2017 season.
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