Season trivia for Veikkausliiga 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 2024 Veikkausliiga season in Finland.
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 Kouamé Botué and Matias Tamminen. Together they were behind 4 goals for Inter Turku in the 2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
The fastest goal scorers during the season 2024 were these players, all of whom scored in minute 2 of any match of the season:
Fastest hat-trick
Luke Plange, playing for HJK, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 16 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between HJK-SJK Seinäjoki.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2024, Ashley Coffey (Oulu) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2024 season.
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:
Darren Smith (Inter Turku)
Roope Riski (Ilves)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were eight players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, four times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Adam Larsson (Mariehamn)
Michael López (Lahti)
Joakim Latonen (Gnistan)
Ashley Coffey (Oulu)
Evangelos Patoulidis (Haka)
Jaime Moreno (SJK Seinäjoki)
Mads Borchers (VPS)
Luke Plange (HJK)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2024 season was Mads Borchers, in total he scored five penalties for his VPS.
Most penalty goals by team
VPS was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2024 season, in total they scored seven of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, two players scored two goals in added time, and the players who did so were Jaime Moreno (SJK Seinäjoki) and Luke Plange (HJK).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, HJK was the best team, in total they scored five goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Mariehamn scored three own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Ashley Coffey in Oulu scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Axel Kouame in Inter Turku who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The players who were involved in goals in the most consecutive matches during the 2024 season were Jaime Moreno (SJK Seinäjoki), Ashley Coffey (Oulu) and Oiva Jukkola (Ilves), with a streak of 5 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Kasper Paananen in SJK Seinäjoki who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 6 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Joakim Latonen in Gnistan scored a total of 8 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Veikkausliiga during the 2024 season.
Most matches in a row without losing
KuPS were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024 season, playing 11 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Ekenäs IF had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Veikkausliiga during the 2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Lahti managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Inter Turku and Ekenäs IF 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 2024 season.