Season trivia for Liga I 2022/2023
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 2022/2023 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 Doru Popadiuc and Daniel Popa. Together they were behind 7 goals for Chindia Targoviste in the 2022/2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2022/2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Marko Dugandzic, playing for Rapid Bucuresti, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 14 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Rapid Bucuresti-Sepsi OSK.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2022/2023 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Doru Popadiuc (Chindia Targoviste) - October 2022
Marko Dugandzic (Rapid Bucuresti) - May 2023
Louis Munteanu (Farul Constanta) - May 2023
Most braces by player
Sebastian Mailat in Botosani scored (at least) two goals in a match six times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2022/2023 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2022/2023 season was Marko Dugandzic in Rapid Bucuresti, in total he did it ten times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Marko Dugandzic in Rapid Bucuresti during the 2022/2023 season, in total he did this seven times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2022/2023 season was Marko Dugandzic, in total he scored twelve penalties for his Rapid Bucuresti.
Most penalty goals by team
Rapid Bucuresti was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored 13 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, four players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Daniel Florea (Voluntari)
Sekou Camara (Botosani)
Elvir Koljic (Universitatea Craiova)
Marius Stefanescu (Sepsi OSK)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Botosani was the best team, in total they scored six goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2022/2023 season was André Duarte, 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
two teams each scored four own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were U Craiova 1948 and Steaua Bucharest.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Andrea Compagno in U Craiova 1948 and Steaua Bucharest scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Cristian Manea in CFR Cluj scored or assisted in 5 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 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 10 goals, and the players who did this were:
Marko Dugandzic (Rapid Bucuresti)
Andrea Compagno (Steaua Bucharest/U Craiova 1948)
Sebastian Mailat (Botosani)
Players with most goals in the second half
Marko Dugandzic in Rapid Bucuresti scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga I during the 2022/2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2022/2023 season, and those teams were Steaua Bucharest and Farul Constanta.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Hermannstadt, Farul Constanta and U Craiova 1948, who had 10 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2022/2023 season, there were three teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Petrolul Ploiesti, Mioveni and Voluntari.
Most matches in a row without a win
Arges Pitesti managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 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 Farul Constanta were best at during the 2022/2023 season, they came back to win eight matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Sepsi OSK and Chindia Targoviste were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in four different matches during the 2022/2023 season.