Season trivia for Liga I 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 Liga I season in Romania.
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 George Tucudean and Billel Omrani. Together they were behind 6 goals for CFR Cluj in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Mattia Montini, playing for Dinamo Bucuresti, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Dinamo Bucuresti-Universitatea Craiova.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In August 2018, Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2018/2019 season.
Most braces by player
Alexandru Mitrita in Universitatea Craiova scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was George Tucudean in CFR Cluj, in total he did it ten times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were three players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, five times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2018/2019 was shared between four players, all of whom scored five penalties each, and these were
Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova)
Ianis Hagi (Viitorul Constanta)
Jonathan Rodríguez (Botosani)
Florin Tanase (Steaua Bucharest)
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by two teams, and the teams that each scored eleven penalty goals were Steaua Bucharest and Universitatea Craiova.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, eight players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj)
Diego Fabbrini (Botosani)
Ely Fernandes (GAZ Metan Medias)
Catalin Golofca (Botosani)
Najib Ammari (Dunarea Calarasi)
Alexandru Tudorie (Voluntari)
Diogo Salomão (Dinamo Bucuresti)
Ibrahima Tandia (Sepsi OSK)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was five goals, which three teams managed to do, and these were GAZ Metan Medias, Botosani and Dinamo Bucuresti.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2018/2019 season was Florin Bejan, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Liga I, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Universitatea Craiova scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, and the players who achieved this were Harlem Gnohéré (Steaua Bucharest) and Elvir Koljic (Universitatea Craiova).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Cristian Barbut in Universitatea Craiova 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 2018/2019 season were Florinel Coman (Steaua Bucharest) and Platini (Politehnica Iasi), with a streak of 5 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:
Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova)
Elvir Koljic (Universitatea Craiova)
Loránd Fülöp (Botosani)
George Tucudean (CFR Cluj)
Players with most goals in the second half
George Tucudean in CFR Cluj scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga I during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were three teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2018/2019 season, and those teams were CFR Cluj, Dinamo Bucuresti and GAZ Metan Medias.
Most matches in a row without losing
CFR Cluj were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Concordia Chiajna had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga I during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Concordia Chiajna managed the feat of not winning a single match in 19 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 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 Viitorul Constanta were best at during the 2018/2019 season, they came back to win four matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Universitatea Craiova have managed this in four matches during the 2018/2019 season, more than any other team in Liga I.