Season trivia for Süper Lig 2016/2017
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 2016/2017 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 Edin Visca and Márcio Mossoro. Together they were behind 5 goals for Istanbul Basaksehir in the 2016/2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016/2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Vágner Love, playing for Alanyaspor, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Alanyaspor-Karabükspor.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2016/2017 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas) - January 2017
Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor) - April 2017
Vágner Love (Alanyaspor) - May 2017
Most braces by player
Vágner Love in Alanyaspor scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016/2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2016/2017 season was Serdar Gürler in Genclerbirligi, 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, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor)
Riad Bajic (Konyaspor)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2016/2017 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 6 penalties each, and these were Cenk Tosun (Besiktas) and Vágner Love (Alanyaspor).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 8 penalty goals were Alanyaspor and Besiktas.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Eren Derdiyok (Galatasaray/Kasimpasa) and Emre Akbaba (Antalyaspor/Alanyaspor).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Fenerbahce was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2016/2017 season was Kenneth Omeruo, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Süper Lig, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
3 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Akhisar Belediyespor, Alanyaspor and Besiktas.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Ricardo Vaz Te in Akhisar Belediyespor scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2016/2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Vágner Love in Alanyaspor 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
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 11 times, and the players who did this were Cenk Tosun (Besiktas) and Vágner Love (Alanyaspor).
Most consecutive wins
Fenerbahce was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2016/2017 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Istanbul Basaksehir were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016/2017 season, playing 17 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Gaziantepspor had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Süper Lig during the 2016/2017 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
The longest winless run in the 2016/2017 season was 9 matches in a row, and it was Adanaspor and Gaziantepspor 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 Istanbul Basaksehir and Galatasaray, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Kayserispor have managed this in 4 matches during the 2016/2017 season, more than any other team in Süper Lig.
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