Season trivia for Liga I 2025/2026
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 2025/2026 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 Issouf Macalou and Jovo Lukic. Together they were behind 6 goals for Universitatea Cluj in the 2025/2026 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Lorenzo Biliboc, playing in CFR Cluj, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Universitatea Cluj-CFR Cluj, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Patrick, playing for Otelul Galati, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 30 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Otelul Galati-CFR Cluj.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In February 2026, Mouhamadou Drammeh (Universitatea Cluj) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2025/2026 season.
Most braces by player
Jovo Lukic in Universitatea Cluj scored (at least) two goals in a match five times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2025/2026 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 seven matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Alex Dobre in Rapid Bucuresti during the 2025/2026 season, in total he did this seven times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2025/2026 season was Florin Tanase, in total he scored eleven penalties for his Steaua Bucharest.
Most penalty goals by team
Steaua Bucharest was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2025/2026 season, in total they scored twelve of their goals from penalties.
Most own goals by team
Metaloglobus scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2025/2026 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Aurelian Chitu in Hermannstadt scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Jovo Lukic in Universitatea Cluj who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 10 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
six players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 8 times, and the players who did this were Adel Bettaieb (Arges Pitesti), Assad Al Hamlawi (Universitatea Craiova), Andrei Cordea (CFR Cluj), Sergiu Bus (Hermannstadt), Jovo Lukic (Universitatea Cluj) and Alex Dobre (Rapid Bucuresti).
Most consecutive wins
CFR Cluj was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2025/2026 season, with a total of 11 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
CFR Cluj were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2025/2026 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Metaloglobus had a streak of 10 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Liga I during the 2025/2026 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Hermannstadt managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2025/2026 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 Botosani and Universitatea Craiova, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Steaua Bucharest have managed this in seven matches during the 2025/2026 season, more than any other team in Liga I.