Season trivia for SuperSport HNL 2023/2024
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 2023/2024 SuperSport HNL season in Croatia.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2023/2024 season were the players Toni Fruk - Niko Jankovic (Rijeka) and Benedik Mioc - Tomislav Strkalj (Slaven Belupo). 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
The fastest goal scorers during the season 2023/2024 were these players, all of whom scored in minute 3 of any match of the season:
Fastest hat-trick
Josip Drmic, playing for Dinamo Zagreb, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 31 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between NK Rudes-Dinamo Zagreb.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023/2024 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Ramón Miérez (Osijek) - April 2024
Duje Cop (Lokomotiva Zagreb) - May 2024
Most braces by player
Duje Cop in Lokomotiva Zagreb scored (at least) two goals in a match four times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023/2024 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2023/2024 season was Ramón Miérez in Osijek, in total he did it nine times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ramón Miérez in Osijek during the 2023/2024 season, in total he did this six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Igor Postonjski, in total he scored five penalties for his Varazdin.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by two teams, and the teams that each scored seven penalty goals were Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, five players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Vedran Jugovic (Osijek)
Sandro Kulenovic (Dinamo Zagreb/Lokomotiva Zagreb)
Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)
Ante Matej Juric (Gorica)
Marin Soticek (Lokomotiva Zagreb)
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Dinamo Zagreb was the best team, in total they scored eight goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Hajduk Split scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2023/2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Mijo Caktas in Osijek scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Ramón Miérez in Osijek scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ramón Miérez in Osijek who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 9 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
two players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 9 times, and the players who did this were Fran Brodic (Dinamo Zagreb/Varazdin) and Ramón Miérez (Osijek).
Most consecutive wins
Dinamo Zagreb was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 11 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Rijeka were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
NK Rudes had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in SuperSport HNL during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
NK Rudes managed the feat of not winning a single match in 24 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 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 2023/2024 season, they came back to win four matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but NK Rudes have managed this in five matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in SuperSport HNL.