Season trivia for Superliga 2015/2016
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 2015/2016 Superliga season in Denmark.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2015/2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Morten Duncan Rasmussen, playing for Aarhus, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 21 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Nordsjælland-Aarhus.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2016, Morten Duncan Rasmussen (Midtjylland/Aarhus) scored 9 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2015/2016 season.
Most braces by player
Lukas Spalvis in Aalborg scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2015/2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2015/2016 season was Rasmus Festersen in Odense, in total he did it 7 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Nicolai Jørgensen (FC København)
Johan Absalonsen (SønderjyskE)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2015/2016 season was Johan Absalonsen, in total he scored 4 penalties for his SønderjyskE.
Most penalty goals by team
SønderjyskE was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total they scored 4 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Morten Duncan Rasmussen was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2015/2016 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Midtjylland/Aarhus.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Aarhus was the best team, in total they scored 5 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 2015/2016 season in Superliga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Kasper Pedersen (Aalborg) and Jens Jønsson (Aarhus).
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 season, and the players who achieved this were Morten Duncan Rasmussen (Midtjylland and Aarhus) and Thomas Enevoldsen (Aalborg).
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 7 goals, and the players who did this were Lukas Spalvis (Aalborg) and Rasmus Festersen (Odense).
Players with most goals in the second half
Morten Duncan Rasmussen in Midtjylland/Aarhus scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Superliga during the 2015/2016 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 5 consecutive wins in the 2015/2016 season, and those teams were Aalborg and SønderjyskE.
Most matches in a row without losing
FC København were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2015/2016 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most matches in a row without a win
Hobro managed the feat of not winning a single match in 16 consecutive matches during the 2015/2016 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 SønderjyskE were best at during the 2015/2016 season, they came back to win 5 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Esbjerg have managed this in 5 matches during the 2015/2016 season, more than any other team in Superliga.
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