Season trivia for Veikkausliiga 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 2023 Veikkausliiga season in Finland.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2023 season were the players Ryan Mahuta - Juan Lescano (Haka), Ashley Coffey - Rasmus Karjalainen (Oulu), Topi Keskinen - Bojan Radulovic (HJK) and Harry Sawyer - Peter Michael (VPS). Together they scored 4 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 2023 season:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Bojan Radulovic (HJK) - April 2023
Peter Michael (VPS) - September 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:
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 five matches during the season:
Juan Lescano (Haka)
Darren Smith (Inter Turku)
Peter Michael (VPS)
Jaime Moreno (SJK Seinäjoki)
Urho Nissilä (KuPS)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Bojan Radulovic in HJK during the 2023 season, in total he did this seven times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023 season was Bojan Radulovic, in total he scored five penalties for his HJK.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Bojan Radulovic was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2023 season, in total he scored two stoppage time goals for his HJK.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was three goals, which four teams managed to do, and these were SJK Seinäjoki, HJK, Ilves and KuPS.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2023 season was Aapo Mäenpää, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Veikkausliiga, which he did two times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Peter Michael in VPS scored in 9 consecutive matches during the 2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Peter Michael in VPS 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
Bojan Radulovic in HJK scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Veikkausliiga during the 2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
VPS was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023 season, with a total of 12 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
SJK Seinäjoki were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
VPS had a streak of 5 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Veikkausliiga during the 2023 season.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Oulu were best at during the 2023 season, they came back to win five matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Mariehamn have managed this in five matches during the 2023 season, more than any other team in Veikkausliiga.