Season trivia for Primeira Liga 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 Primeira Liga season in Portugal.
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 Viktor Gyökeres and Pedro Gonçalves. Together they were behind 8 goals for Sporting 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
Simon Banza, playing for Braga, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 7 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Braga-Portimonense.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023/2024 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Rafa Mújica (Arouca) - December 2023
Francisco Trincão (Sporting) - January 2024
Rafa Silva (Benfica) - February 2024
Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting) - March 2024
Jhonder Cadiz (FC Famalicão) - April 2024
Most braces by player
Viktor Gyökeres in Sporting scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 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 Viktor Gyökeres in Sporting, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting)
Paulinho (Sporting)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2023/2024 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting) and Héctor Hernández (Chaves).
Most penalty goals by team
Rio Ave was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total they scored 8 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Marcos Leonardo was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2023/2024 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Benfica.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2023/2024 season was Filipe Relvas, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Primeira Liga, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Portimonense scored 5 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
Simon Banza in Braga scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season, a feat achieved byÁngel Di Maria (Benfica) and Nuno Santos (Sporting)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Pedro Gonçalves in Sporting scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Viktor Gyökeres in Sporting who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 16 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Simon Banza in Braga scored a total of 18 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Primeira Liga during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
Sporting was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Benfica were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 22 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Arouca had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Primeira Liga during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Boavista managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 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 art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Braga were best at during the 2023/2024 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Estoril have managed this in 5 matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in Primeira Liga.
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