Season trivia for La Liga 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 La Liga season in Spain.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2011/2012 season were the players Dani Alves - Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Pedro Rodriguez - Lionel Messi (Barcelona). Together they scored 9 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 2011/2012 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Cristiano Ronaldo, playing for Real Madrid, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 12 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Real Madrid-Levante.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2011/2012 was 8 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid) - October 2011
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - March 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - March 2012
Most braces by player
Lionel Messi in Barcelona scored (at least) two goals in a match 15 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 Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid, 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 Lionel Messi in Barcelona during the 2011/2012 season, in total he did this 15 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2011/2012 season was Cristiano Ronaldo, in total he scored 12 penalties for his Real Madrid.
Most penalty goals by team
Real Madrid was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total they scored 12 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Rubén Suárez was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Levante.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Real Zaragoza was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2011/2012 season in La Liga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Chechu Dorado (Real Betis) and Alberto Botia (Sporting Gijon).
Most own goals by team
Sporting Gijon scored 5 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
Lionel Messi in Barcelona 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 5 matches in the season 2011/2012, a feat achieved byMesut Özil (Real Madrid) and Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season were Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), with a streak of 9 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Lionel Messi in Barcelona who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 21 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 29 times, and the players who did this were Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 11 consecutive wins in the 2011/2012 season, and those teams were Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Most matches in a row without losing
Barcelona were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2011/2012 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2011/2012 season, there were 3 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Real Zaragoza, Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano.
Most matches in a row without a win
Real Zaragoza managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 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 Real Madrid were best at during the 2011/2012 season, they came back to win 9 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Valencia and Racing Santander 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 2011/2012 season.
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