Season trivia for SuperSport HNL 2022/2023
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 2022/2023 SuperSport HNL season in Croatia.
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 Martin Baturina and Luka Ivanusec. Together they were behind 6 goals for Dinamo Zagreb in the 2022/2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Prince Ampem, playing in Rijeka, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Slaven Belupo-Rijeka, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2022/2023 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Mijo Caktas (Osijek) - October 2022
Ramón Miérez (Osijek) - April 2023
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored three times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)
Ramón Miérez (Osijek)
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 eight matches during the season:
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, six times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2022/2023 season was Marko Livaja, in total he scored six penalties for his Hajduk Split.
Most penalty goals by team
Rijeka was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2022/2023 season, in total they scored seven of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, four players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Mateo Maric (Lokomotiva Zagreb)
Darwin Matheus (Istra 1961)
Niko Domjanic (Varazdin)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Dinamo Zagreb was the best team, in total they scored six goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2022/2023 season was Marcos Mina, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in SuperSport HNL, which he did two times.
Most own goals by team
Osijek scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2022/2023 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were three players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Sandro Kulenovic in Lokomotiva Zagreb scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 6 goals, and the players who did this were:
Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)
Sandro Kulenovic (Lokomotiva Zagreb)
Josip Drmic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Matija Frigan (Rijeka)
Players with most goals in the second half
Marko Livaja in Hajduk Split scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in SuperSport HNL during the 2022/2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
Dinamo Zagreb was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2022/2023 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split, who had 13 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2022/2023 season, there were two teams that had 5 consecutive losses, and those teams were HNK Sibenik and Gorica.
Most matches in a row without a win
Gorica managed the feat of not winning a single match in 18 consecutive matches during the 2022/2023 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 Dinamo Zagreb were best at during the 2022/2023 season, they came back to win six matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Osijek and Lokomotiva Zagreb were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in three different matches during the 2022/2023 season.