Season trivia for Superleague 2017/2018
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 2017/2018 Superleague season in Greece.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2017/2018 season were the players Karim Ansarifard - Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) and Aleksandar Prijovic - Dimitris Pelkas (PAOK Thessaloniki). Together they scored 5 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017/2018 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Nicolas Diguiny, playing for Atromitos, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 40 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Atromitos-Platanias.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2017/2018 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos) - January 2018
Pedro Conde (Giannina) - February 2018
Most braces by player
Aleksandar Prijovic in PAOK Thessaloniki scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017/2018 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017/2018 season was Abiola Dauda in Atromitos, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Aleksandar Prijovic in PAOK Thessaloniki during the 2017/2018 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017/2018 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Olympiacos was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Aleksandar Prijovic was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2017/2018 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his PAOK Thessaloniki.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Atromitos and PAOK Thessaloniki.
Most own goals by team
Apollon Smyrnis scored 3 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017/2018 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Karim Ansarifard in Olympiacos scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Karim Ansarifard in Olympiacos who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 7 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Aleksandar Prijovic in PAOK Thessaloniki scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Superleague during the 2017/2018 season.
Most consecutive wins
PAOK Thessaloniki was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017/2018 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
PAOK Thessaloniki were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017/2018 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Platanias had a streak of 12 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Superleague during the 2017/2018 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Apollon Smyrnis managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2017/2018 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 Olympiacos and Levadiakos, and these teams turned the game around 3 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Platanias, Kerkyra and Apollon Smyrnis were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 3 different matches during the 2017/2018 season.
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