Season trivia for Eerste Divisie 2018/2019
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 2018/2019 Eerste Divisie season in Netherlands.
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 Mart Remans and Mario Engels. Together they were behind 6 goals for Roda in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2018/2019 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Elton Kabangu, playing for FC Eindhoven, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between FC Eindhoven-Dordrecht.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2018/2019 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Mario Engels (Roda) - November 2018
Hüseyin Dogan (TOP Oss) - November 2018
Danilo (Jong Ajax) - April 2019
Most braces by player
Mario Engels in Roda scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2018/2019 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Mario Engels in Roda, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Ferdy Druijf in NEC Nijmegen/Jong AZ during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Ferdy Druijf, in total he scored 11 penalties for his NEC Nijmegen/Jong AZ.
Most penalty goals by team
Jong PSV was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total they scored 10 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 4 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Joël Zwarts (Dordrecht)
Vincent Vermeij (Den Bosch)
Mitchell van Rooijen (Jong FC Utrecht)
Ricardo Kip (Almere City)
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2018/2019 season was Antonio Stankov, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Eerste Divisie, which he did 3 times.
Most own goals by team
Dordrecht scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Lars Veldwijk in Sparta Rotterdam scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 4 matches in the season 2018/2019, a feat achieved byBranco van den Boomen (FC Eindhoven) and Robin Maulun (Cambuur)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Aitor Cantalapiedra in Twente scored or assisted in 9 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ferdy Druijf in NEC Nijmegen/Jong AZ who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 17 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Hüseyin Dogan in TOP Oss scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eerste Divisie during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Twente was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 10 wins in a row.
Most consecutive losses
Jong FC Utrecht had a streak of 11 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eerste Divisie during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Jong FC Utrecht managed the feat of not winning a single match in 17 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Jong PSV and NEC Nijmegen, and these teams turned the game around 6 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Helmond Sport and Jong FC Utrecht were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 5 different matches during the 2018/2019 season.
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