Season trivia for Eredivisie 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 Eredivisie 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 Joey Veerman and Luuk de Jong. Together they were behind 7 goals for PSV Eindhoven in the 2023/2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023/2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Steven Bergwijn, playing for Ajax, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 9 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Ajax-Almere City.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In September 2023, Santiago Giménez (Feyenoord) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2023/2024 season.
Most braces by player
Luuk de Jong in PSV Eindhoven scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 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 first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 8 matches during the season:
Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven)
Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Vangelis Pavlidis in AZ Alkmaar during the 2023/2024 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2023/2024 season was Luuk de Jong, in total he scored 6 penalties for his PSV Eindhoven.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 7 penalty goals were PSV Eindhoven and Heerenveen.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 5 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Yankuba Minteh (Feyenoord)
Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Twente)
Thomas Robinet (Almere City)
Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven)
Rober (NEC Nijmegen)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 6 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Feyenoord and NEC Nijmegen.
Most own goals by player
3 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2023/2024 season in Eredivisie. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Most own goals by team
Zwolle scored 4 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
Vangelis Pavlidis in AZ Alkmaar scored in 9 consecutive matches during the 2023/2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Joey Veerman in PSV Eindhoven who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 13 goals, and the players who did this were Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) and Brian Brobbey (Ajax).
Players with most goals in the second half
Vangelis Pavlidis in AZ Alkmaar scored a total of 19 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Eredivisie during the 2023/2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
PSV Eindhoven was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023/2024 season, with a total of 17 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
PSV Eindhoven were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023/2024 season, playing 26 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Excelsior had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Eredivisie during the 2023/2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Volendam managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 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 teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were PSV Eindhoven and Heracles Almelo, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Excelsior have managed this in 7 matches during the 2023/2024 season, more than any other team in Eredivisie.
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