Season trivia for Liga I 2024/2025
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 2024/2025 Liga I season in Romania.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2024/2025 season were the players Louis Munteanu - Béni Nkololo (CFR Cluj) and Vladislav Blanuta - Mamadou Thiam (Universitatea Cluj). 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 2024/2025 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Ianis Stoica, playing for Hermannstadt, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Sepsi OSK-Hermannstadt.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2024/2025 was 4 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova) - August 2024
Darius Olaru (Steaua Bucharest) - December 2024
Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj) - February 2025
Zoran Mitrov (Botosani) - March 2025
Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj) - March 2025
Most braces by player
Louis Munteanu in CFR Cluj scored (at least) two goals in a match six times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2024/2025 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of nine matches during the season:
Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj)
Daniel Bîrligea (Steaua Bucharest/CFR Cluj)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Alexandru Mitrita in Universitatea Craiova during the 2024/2025 season, in total he did this ten times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2024/2025 season was Dan Nistor, in total he scored eight penalties for his Universitatea Cluj.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by three teams, and the teams that each scored eight penalty goals were Universitatea Cluj, Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo Bucuresti.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Alexandru Mitrita was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2024/2025 season, in total he scored four stoppage time goals for his Universitatea Craiova.
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 Hermannstadt and Universitatea Craiova.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2024/2025 season was Gjoko Zajkov, 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
Petrolul Ploiesti scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2024/2025 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were two players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 season, and the players who achieved this were Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj) and Mohammed Kamara (CFR Cluj).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 season were Darius Olaru (Steaua Bucharest), Claudiu Petrila (Rapid Bucuresti), Aurelian Chitu (Hermannstadt) and Alexandru Baluta (Steaua Bucharest), 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
It was Daniel Bîrligea in Steaua Bucharest/CFR Cluj 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
two players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 12 times, and the players who did this were Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova) and Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj).
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2024/2025 season, and those teams were Steaua Bucharest and Otelul Galati.
Most matches in a row without losing
Dinamo Bucuresti were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024/2025 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2024/2025 season, there were two teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Hermannstadt and Politehnica Iasi.
Most matches in a row without a win
Politehnica Iasi managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 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 Universitatea Cluj were best at during the 2024/2025 season, they came back to win six matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Dinamo Bucuresti have managed this in five matches during the 2024/2025 season, more than any other team in Liga I.