Season trivia for Liga I 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 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 Darius Olaru and Florinel Coman. Together they were behind 7 goals for Steaua Bucharest in the 2023/2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Alexandru Mitrita, playing for Universitatea Craiova, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 20 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Farul Constanta-Universitatea Craiova.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023/2024 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Aurelian Chitu (U Craiova 1948) - August 2023
Daniel Paraschiv (Hermannstadt) - September 2023
Darius Olaru (Steaua Bucharest) - September 2023
Albion Rrahmani (Rapid Bucuresti) - September 2023
Darius Olaru (Steaua Bucharest) - January 2024
Albion Rrahmani (Rapid Bucuresti) - February 2024
Florinel Coman (Steaua Bucharest) - February 2024
Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova) - March 2024
Ionut Cojocaru (Farul Constanta) - April 2024
Daniel Bîrligea (CFR Cluj) - April 2024
Philip Otele (CFR Cluj) - May 2024
Most braces by player
Albion Rrahmani in Rapid Bucuresti scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023/2024 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2023/2024 season was Florinel Coman in Steaua Bucharest, in total he did it nine times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, six times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Albion Rrahmani (Rapid Bucuresti)
Juri Cisotti (Otelul Galati)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Dan Nistor, in total he scored seven penalties for his Universitatea Cluj.
Most penalty goals by team
Steaua Bucharest was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored ten of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, eleven players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Ionut Larie (Farul Constanta)
Adnan Aganovic (Sepsi OSK)
Ante Roguljic (Universitatea Craiova)
Borisav Burmaz (Rapid Bucuresti)
Karlo Muhar (CFR Cluj)
Eduard Florescu (Botosani)
Dan Nistor (Universitatea Cluj)
Baba Alhassan (Hermannstadt)
Gheorghe Grozav (Petrolul Ploiesti)
Gabriel Debeljuh (Sepsi OSK)
Juri Cisotti (Otelul Galati)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was six goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Petrolul Ploiesti and Botosani.
Most own goals by team
Rapid Bucuresti scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2023/2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, and the players who achieved this were Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova) and Daniel Paraschiv (Hermannstadt).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Ciprian Deac in CFR Cluj 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
Constantin Budescu in Petrolul Ploiesti and Farul Constanta scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Darius Olaru in Steaua Bucharest who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Alexandru Mitrita in Universitatea Craiova scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Liga I during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2023/2024 season, and those teams were Rapid Bucuresti and Steaua Bucharest.
Most matches in a row without losing
Hermannstadt were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Sepsi OSK had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga I during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Botosani managed the feat of not winning a single match in 20 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 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 CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova, and these teams turned the game around six times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
U Craiova 1948 and Voluntari were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in six different matches during the 2023/2024 season.