Season trivia for Ligat HaAl 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 Ligat HaAl season in Israel.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020/2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Eliran Atar, playing for Beitar Jerusalem, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 42 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Hapoel Hadera-Beitar Jerusalem.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020/2021 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa) - November 2020
Yonatan Cohen (Maccabi Tel Aviv) - December 2020
Most braces by player
Nikita Rukavytsya in Maccabi Haifa scored (at least) two goals in a match three times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2020/2021 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 five matches during the season:
Lucio Maranhão (Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona)
Eugene Ansah (Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona)
Dolev Haziza (Maccabi Haifa)
Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa)
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:
Liel Abada (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2020/2021 was shared between two players, all of whom scored four penalties each, and these were Omri Altman (Hapoel Tel Aviv) and Omer Fadida (Hapoel Kfar Saba).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by two teams, and the teams that each scored eight penalty goals were Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, six players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Liran Serdal (Hapoel Haifa)
Tai Baribo (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Liel Abada (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Eugene Ansah (Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona)
Uri Magbo (Beitar Jerusalem)
Yonatan Cohen (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Maccabi Tel Aviv was the best team, in total they scored seven goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020/2021 season was Idan Nachmias, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Ligat HaAl, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Maccabi Haifa scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2020/2021 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Nikita Rukavytsya in Maccabi Haifa scored in 8 consecutive matches during the 2020/2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Nikita Rukavytsya in Maccabi Haifa who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 11 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Liel Abada in Maccabi Petah Tikva scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligat HaAl during the 2020/2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
Maccabi Tel Aviv was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020/2021 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Maccabi Tel Aviv were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2020/2021 season, playing 22 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Hapoel Kfar Saba had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Ligat HaAl during the 2020/2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Bnei Yehuda managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 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 Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and these teams turned the game around three times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Hapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Haifa and Bnei Yehuda were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in three different matches during the 2020/2021 season.