Season trivia for Superleague 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 Superleague season in Greece.
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 Ezequiel Ponce and Rodrigo Galo. Together they were behind 5 goals for AEK Athens in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Mateo Garcia, playing in Aris, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Apollon Smyrnis-Aris, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Ahmed Hassan, playing for Olympiacos, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 24 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Olympiacos-OFI Crete.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018/2019 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Ezequiel Ponce (AEK Athens) - January 2019
Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos) - January 2019
Ahmed Hassan (Olympiacos) - February 2019
Most braces by player
Efthimis Koulouris in Atromitos scored (at least) two goals in a match 3 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Efthimis Koulouris in Atromitos, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ezequiel Ponce in AEK Athens during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Jeronimo Barrales, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Lamia.
Most penalty goals by team
Panathinaikos was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored 7 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 Mattias Johansson (Panathinaikos) and Hamza Younés (Aris).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Aris was the best team, in total they scored 7 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2018/2019 season in Superleague. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Jagos Vukovic (Olympiacos) and Banana Yaya (Panionios).
Most own goals by team
3 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Panetolikos, Apollon Smyrnis and Panionios.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, and the players who achieved this were Ezequiel Ponce (AEK Athens) and Giorgos Masouras (Panionios and Olympiacos).
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Vieirinha in PAOK Thessaloniki scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Efthimis Koulouris in Atromitos 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
Ahmed Hassan in Olympiacos scored a total of 9 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Superleague during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
PAOK Thessaloniki was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Olympiacos were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Apollon Smyrnis had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Superleague during the 2018/2019 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 2018/2019 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 PAOK Thessaloniki were best at during the 2018/2019 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
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