Season trivia for J1 League 2017
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 2017 J1 League season in Japan.
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 Kengo Kawamata and Hayao Kawabe. Together they were behind 8 goals for Júbilo Iwata in the 2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Leandro, playing for Kashima Antlers, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 32 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Albirex Niigata-Kashima Antlers.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2017 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) - April 2017
Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) - July 2017
Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) - July 2017
Most braces by player
Kenyu Sugimoto in Cerezo Osaka scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017 season was Shinzo Koroki in Urawa Red Diamonds, in total he did it 8 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Yoshito Okubo in FC Tokyo during the 2017 season, in total he did this 6 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2017 was shared between 3 players, all of whom scored 4 penalties each, and these were
Most penalty goals by team
Sagan Tosu was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 6 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Shun Nagasawa (Gamba Osaka)
Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Yoshito Okubo (FC Tokyo)
Mateus (Omiya Ardija)
Tatsuya Hasegawa (Kawasaki Frontale)
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 Gamba Osaka and Urawa Red Diamonds.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2017 season was Daigo Nishi, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in J1 League, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Kashima Antlers and Albirex Niigata.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Kenyu Sugimoto in Cerezo Osaka scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Cristiano in Kashiwa Reysol 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 2017 season were Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) and Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka), with a streak of 6 matches in a row with at least one goal and/or assist.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Shinzo Koroki in Urawa Red Diamonds 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
Yu Kobayashi in Kawasaki Frontale scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in J1 League during the 2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
Kashiwa Reysol was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Yokohama F. Marinos were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017 season, playing 14 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2017 season, there were 3 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Omiya Ardija, Albirex Niigata and Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.
Most matches in a row without a win
Albirex Niigata managed the feat of not winning a single match in 16 consecutive matches during the 2017 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 Cerezo Osaka and Kashima Antlers, and these teams turned the game around 6 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Vissel Kobe have managed this in 6 matches during the 2017 season, more than any other team in J1 League.
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