Season trivia for J1 League 2023
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 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 Yan Matheus and Anderson Lopes. Together they were behind 9 goals for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 2023 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2023 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Shuto Machino, playing for Shonan Bellmare, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 19 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Shonan Bellmare-Gamba Osaka.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2023 was 5 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Shuto Machino (Shonan Bellmare) - April 2023
Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) - April 2023
Douglas Vieira (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) - April 2023
Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) - May 2023
Most braces by player
Anderson Lopes in Yokohama F. Marinos scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2023 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2023 season was Yuya Osako in Vissel Kobe, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 2 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 6 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Patric (Kyoto Sanga)
Most penalty goals by player
The title of the league's best penalty taker in 2023 was shared between 2 players, all of whom scored 6 penalties each, and these were Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) and Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds).
Most penalty goals by team
Urawa Red Diamonds was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2023 season, in total they scored 7 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 3 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 7 goals, which 3 teams managed to do, and these were Kawasaki Frontale, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2023 season in J1 League. These players each scored 3 own goals and they were Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) and Eduardo (Yokohama F. Marinos).
Most own goals by team
Yokohama FC scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2023 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2023 season, and the players who achieved this were Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) and Yuki Ohashi (Shonan Bellmare).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Yuki Yamamoto in Gamba Osaka 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
Yuya Osako in Vissel Kobe scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2023 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Anderson Lopes in Yokohama F. Marinos who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Yuya Osako in Vissel Kobe scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in J1 League during the 2023 season.
Most consecutive wins
Yokohama F. Marinos was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2023 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Urawa Red Diamonds were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2023 season, playing 10 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Kyoto Sanga had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in J1 League during the 2023 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Shonan Bellmare managed the feat of not winning a single match in 15 consecutive matches during the 2023 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 Avispa Fukuoka and Urawa Red Diamonds, 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 Sagan Tosu have managed this in 4 matches during the 2023 season, more than any other team in J1 League.
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