Season trivia for Superettan 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 2020 Superettan season in Sweden.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2020 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Bubacarr Jobe, playing for Örgryte, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 27 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Örgryte-Öster.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2020 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Pontus Engblom (GIF Sundsvall) - June 2020
Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (Halmstad) - September 2020
Johan Bertilsson (Degerfors) - September 2020
Mikael Boman (Halmstad) - October 2020
Pontus Engblom (GIF Sundsvall) - October 2020
Victor Edvardsen (Degerfors) - October 2020
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 5 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Johan Bertilsson (Degerfors)
Pontus Engblom (GIF Sundsvall)
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 6 matches during the season:
Samuel Nnamani (AFC Eskilstuna)
Mikael Boman (Halmstad)
Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (Halmstad)
Johan Bertilsson (Degerfors)
Victor Edvardsen (Degerfors)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Pontus Engblom in GIF Sundsvall during the 2020 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2020 season was Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Halmstad.
Most penalty goals by team
Halmstad was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2020 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Kerfala Cissoko (Dalkurd) and Abdelrahman Boudah (Norrby).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Norrby was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2020 season was Fredrik Liverstam, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Superettan, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
Akropolis scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2020 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mikael Boman in Halmstad scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2020 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Johan Bertilsson in Degerfors who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Pontus Engblom in GIF Sundsvall scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Superettan during the 2020 season.
Most consecutive wins
Degerfors was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2020 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2020 season, there were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were GIF Sundsvall and Örgryte.
Most matches in a row without a win
GAIS managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 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 Jönköping Södra were best at during the 2020 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but AFC Eskilstuna have managed this in 6 matches during the 2020 season, more than any other team in Superettan.
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