Season trivia for Superettan 2021
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 2021 Superettan season in Sweden.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Adam Egnell, playing for GAIS, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 28 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Brage-GAIS.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In July 2021, Anthony van den Hurk (Helsingborg) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021 season.
Most braces by player
Ajdin Zeljkovic in Örgryte scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021 season was Linus Hallenius in GIF Sundsvall, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 5 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 4 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Anthony van den Hurk (Helsingborg)
Linus Olsson (Landskrona)
Edvin Becirovic (Värnamo)
Ajdin Zeljkovic (Örgryte)
Leonard Pilana (Brage)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2021 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were Leonard Pilana (Brage) and Dijan Vukojevic (Norrby).
Most stoppage time goals by player
Edvin Becirovic was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Värnamo.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Värnamo was the best team, in total they scored 6 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021 season was Arvid Brorsson, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Superettan, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Ajdin Zeljkovic in Örgryte scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Dijan Vukojevic in Norrby who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 8 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Ajdin Zeljkovic in Örgryte scored a total of 11 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Superettan during the 2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2021 season, and those teams were Landskrona and GIF Sundsvall.
Most matches in a row without losing
GIF Sundsvall were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Jönköping Södra managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2021 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Jönköping Södra and AFC Eskilstuna, 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 Falkenberg have managed this in 5 matches during the 2021 season, more than any other team in Superettan.
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