Season trivia for Süper Lig 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 Süper Lig season in Turkey.
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 José Sosa and Mario Gomez. Together they were behind 7 goals for Besiktas in the 2015/2016 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Servet Cetin, playing in Mersin Idman Yurdu, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Mersin Idman Yurdu-Kasimpasa, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Ezequiel Scarione, playing for Kasimpasa, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 29 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Kasimpasa-Mersin Idman Yurdu.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2015/2016 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Mario Gomez (Besiktas) - October 2015
Raul Rusescu (Ankaraspor) - February 2016
Mario Gomez (Besiktas) - April 2016
Aatif Chahechouhe (Sivasspor) - May 2016
Most braces by player
Mario Gomez in Besiktas scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Mario Gomez in Besiktas, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor)
Robin van Persie (Fenerbahce)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Selcuk Inan, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Galatasaray.
Most penalty goals by team
Galatasaray was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Leonard Kweuke was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total he scored 4 stoppage time goals for his Çaykur Rizespor.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Antalyaspor was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
4 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2015/2016 season in Süper Lig. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Dusko Tosic (Besiktas)
Milan Mitrovic (Mersin Idman Yurdu)
Andreas Isaksson (Kasimpasa)
Simon Kjær (Fenerbahce)
Most own goals by team
Kasimpasa scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2015/2016 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Samuel Eto'o in Antalyaspor scored in 8 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Nani in Fenerbahce who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 11 goals, and the players who did this were Eren Derdiyok (Kasimpasa) and Mario Gomez (Besiktas).
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 16 times, and the players who did this were Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor) and Mario Gomez (Besiktas).
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2015/2016 season, and those teams were Fenerbahce and Besiktas.
Most matches in a row without losing
Ankaraspor were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Eskisehirspor had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Süper Lig during the 2015/2016 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2015/2016 season was 10 matches in a row, and it was Sivasspor, Gaziantepspor, Kayserispor and Eskisehirspor who managed that dubious achievement.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Konyaspor, Kasimpasa, Eskisehirspor, Bursaspor, Antalyaspor and Galatasaray, and these teams turned the game around 3 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Mersin Idman Yurdu have managed this in 6 matches during the 2015/2016 season, more than any other team in Süper Lig.
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