Season trivia for Eredivisie 2021/2022
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 2021/2022 Eredivisie season in Netherlands.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2021/2022 season were the players Jesper Karlsson - Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ Alkmaar) and Sébastien Haller - Dusan Tadic (Ajax). 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
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sébastien Haller, playing for Ajax, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 35 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Ajax-Twente.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2021/2022 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Loïs Openda (Vitesse) - October 2021
Loïs Openda (Vitesse) - December 2021
Loïs Openda (Vitesse) - May 2022
Most braces by player
Loïs Openda in Vitesse scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021/2022 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 season was Ricky van Wolfswinkel in Twente, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Jørgen Strand Larsen in Groningen during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2021/2022 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 5 penalties each, and these were Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Twente) and Jesper Karlsson (AZ Alkmaar).
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 6 penalty goals were Ajax and AZ Alkmaar.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Cyriel Dessers was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total he scored 5 stoppage time goals for his Feyenoord.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Feyenoord was the best team, in total they scored 9 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
3 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2021/2022 season in Eredivisie. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Dusan Tadic in Ajax scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Sébastien Haller in Ajax scored or assisted in 6 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Ricky van Wolfswinkel in Twente who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Sébastien Haller in Ajax scored a total of 12 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eredivisie during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Ajax was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
AZ Alkmaar were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Willem II had a streak of 10 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eredivisie during the 2021/2022 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Willem II managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 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 AZ Alkmaar were best at during the 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Fortuna Sittard have managed this in 5 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Eredivisie.
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