Season trivia for Süper Lig 2019/2020
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 2019/2020 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 Anthony Nwakaeme and Alexander Sørloth. Together they were behind 7 goals for Trabzonspor in the 2019/2020 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2019/2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Daniel Candeias, playing for Genclerbirligi, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 36 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Antalyaspor-Genclerbirligi.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2019, Olarenwaju Kayode (Gaziantep) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2019/2020 season.
Most braces by player
Papiss Cissé 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 2019/2020 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2019/2020 season was Alexander Sørloth in Trabzonspor, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Mustapha Yatabare in Sivasspor during the 2019/2020 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2019/2020 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 6 penalties each, and these were Adis Jahovic (Antalyaspor/Yeni Malatyaspor) and Burak Yilmaz (Besiktas).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 11 penalty goals were Galatasaray and Trabzonspor.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Alexander Sørloth was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2019/2020 season, in total he scored 5 stoppage time goals for his Trabzonspor.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Sivasspor was the best team, in total they scored 9 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Kayserispor scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2019/2020 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, and the players who achieved this were Papiss Cissé (Alanyaspor) and Bogdan Stancu (Genclerbirligi).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Edin Visca in Istanbul Basaksehir who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Alexander Sørloth in Trabzonspor scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Alexander Sørloth in Trabzonspor who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Adis Jahovic in Antalyaspor/Yeni Malatyaspor scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Süper Lig during the 2019/2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
Galatasaray was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2019/2020 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Istanbul Basaksehir and Trabzonspor, who had 16 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2019/2020 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Yeni Malatyaspor and Ankaragücü.
Most matches in a row without a win
Ankaragücü managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2019/2020 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 Fenerbahce were best at during the 2019/2020 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Konyaspor and Trabzonspor were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2019/2020 season.
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