Season trivia for Ligat HaAl 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 Ligat HaAl season in Israel.
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 Adi Yona and Yarden Shua. Together they were behind 6 goals for Beitar Jerusalem 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
Frantzdy Pierrot, playing for Maccabi Haifa, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 32 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between FC Ashdod-Maccabi Haifa.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2023, Elad Madmon (Hapoel Hadera) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2023/2024 season.
Most braces by player
Dean David in Maccabi Haifa scored (at least) two goals in a match six 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 first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of seven matches during the season:
Elad Madmon (Hapoel Hadera)
Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Frantzdy Pierrot in Maccabi Haifa during the 2023/2024 season, in total he did this nine times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Eran Zahavi, in total he scored seven penalties for his Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Most penalty goals by team
Maccabi Tel Aviv was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored nine of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored three goals in added time, and the players who did so were Dean David (Maccabi Haifa) and Liran Rotman (Maccabi Netanya).
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was five goals, which two teams managed to do, and these were Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Netanya.
Most own goals by team
two teams each scored three own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Eran Zahavi in Maccabi Tel Aviv scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Frantzdy Pierrot in Maccabi Haifa who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Dean David in Maccabi Haifa scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Ligat HaAl during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were two teams that had 10 consecutive wins in the 2023/2024 season, and those teams were Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Most matches in a row without losing
Maccabi Haifa were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2023/2024 season, there were six teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were Maccabi Petah Tikva, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Jerusalem and FC Ashdod.
Most matches in a row without a win
Hapoel Petah Tikva managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 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 Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Haifa, and these teams turned the game around four times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa 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 2023/2024 season.