Season trivia for Liga I 2020/2021
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 2020/2021 Liga I season in Romania.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2020/2021 season were the players Dennis Man - Olimpiu Morutan (Steaua Bucharest), Ricardo Valente - Ronaldo Deaconu (GAZ Metan Medias) and Florin Tanase - Olimpiu Morutan (Steaua Bucharest). 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
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Andrei Cristea, playing for Politehnica Iasi, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 44 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Politehnica Iasi-Steaua Bucharest.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In April 2021, Cephas Malele (Arges Pitesti) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2020/2021 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored four times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Cephas Malele (Arges Pitesti)
Florin Tanase (Steaua Bucharest)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2020/2021 season was Florin Tanase in Steaua Bucharest, in total he did it nine times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Cephas Malele in Arges Pitesti during the 2020/2021 season, in total he did this nine times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020/2021 season was Cephas Malele, in total he scored eight penalties for his Arges Pitesti.
Most penalty goals by team
Steaua Bucharest was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total they scored twelve of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Erico was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2020/2021 season, in total he scored three stoppage time goals for his Uta Arad.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Viitorul Constanta was the best team, in total they scored six goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
two teams each scored three own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Arges Pitesti and Botosani.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Elvir Koljic in Universitatea Craiova scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Olimpiu Morutan in Steaua Bucharest 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
Florin Tanase in Steaua Bucharest scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 8 goals, and the players who did this were:
Ricardo Valente (GAZ Metan Medias)
Alexandru Cicâldau (Universitatea Craiova)
Florin Tanase (Steaua Bucharest)
Players with most goals in the second half
Florin Tanase in Steaua Bucharest scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga I during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 7 consecutive wins in the 2020/2021 season, and those teams were Universitatea Craiova and Steaua Bucharest.
Most matches in a row without losing
Arges Pitesti were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020/2021 season, there were three teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Politehnica Iasi, Dinamo Bucuresti and GAZ Metan Medias.
Most matches in a row without a win
Dinamo Bucuresti managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Arges Pitesti and Clinceni, and these teams turned the game around three times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Politehnica Iasi have managed this in five matches during the 2020/2021 season, more than any other team in Liga I.