1 - ADO Den Haag this Keuken Kampioen Divisie campaign:
🥇 High Turnovers (300)
🥇 Shot-ending High Turnovers (62)
🥇 Pressed Sequences (418)
🥇 Average starting distance (46.1 metres)
🥇 Passes Per Defensive Action (7.9)
🥇 Possession Won Final Third (160)
Gegenpressing.
9 - AZ have qualified for the KNVB Cup final for the ninth time in club history, while doing so in back-to-back editions for the third time, after 1981-1982 and 2017-2018. Repeat.
6 - N.E.C. have qualified for the KNVB Cup Final for the sixth time in club history, doing so twice in the last three years. Cupfighters.
0 - For the second consecutive season, the KNVB Cup final will not feature a team from the traditional top-3, a first since 1962-1964 (3 consecutive finals without Ajax, PSV or Feyenoord). Toppled.
1 - Lucas Jetten is the first Jong Ajax player to find the net after the Jetten government was sworn in on Monday. Affairs.
4 - Lasse Nordås is the first player in history to score four goals on his first three Eredivisie starts for sc Heerenveen. Bicycle.
1 - In what is just their 32nd European game in club history, Noah FC are the first Armenian side to ever find the net against a Dutch team. Deluge.
2+2 - Galatasaray - Juventus is the first match in UEFA Champions League history where both teams have a Dutch player score more than once, with Noa Lang the first player to score twice on his Champions League debut for Galatasaray. Lions.
16y120d - Mohamed Abdalla is the youngest player to ever find the net for Jong Ajax (16 years and 120 days). Crèche.
5 - Donyell Malen is the first player to score 5+ goals in his first five Serie A games for Roma since Gabriel Batistuta in 2000 (6). Shape.
1 - The 1-2 win at Excelsior was AZ's first win in Eredivisie history after entering injury time of the second half with a disadvantage (1-0 down). Penetrative.
2 - PSV suffered their first defeat against FC Volendam since 8 May 1994, with this the first time they lose two games against promoted sides in a single Eredivisie campaign since 1967-68. Surprised.
18y319d - Bendegúz Kovács is the youngest substitute on record (since 2008-09) to score a hattrick in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie (18 years and 319 days). Phenomenon.
51" - In their first-ever match under Jérémy Taravel, RSC Anderlecht scored after just 51 seconds, the fastest the club found the net in an official game in all competitions under any new (interim) manager this century. Effect.
11 - AZ are the first club since the introduction of professional football in 1954 to remain unbeaten in 11 consecutive matches against Ajax (W7 D4). Rivalry.
9 - FC Utrecht have failed to win nine league games in a row (D5 L4) for the first time since 1996. Fragile.
29,194 - 37-year-old Tjaronn Chery scored against 42-year-old Remko Pasveer in N.E.C. - Heracles Almelo, their joint age of 29,194 days is the oldest for any goal scorer and goal keeper in Eredivisie history. Geraniums.
10⁶ - Bryan Linssen is the first player to ever score at least ten goals for six different Eredivisie sides (VVV-Venlo, Heracles Almelo, FC Groningen, Vitesse, Feyenoord and N.E.C.). Collection.
2 - Telstar have reached the semi-final of the KNVB Cup for the second time in club history, after doing so in 1992. Lions.
3/3 - The last five players to score three goals in their first-ever three KNVB Cup matches for PSV:
Esmir Bajraktarevic 🆕
Ivan Perisic
Davy Pröpper
Gastón Pereiro
Luuk de Jong
Cheers.
4.49 – FC Twente scored just one goal from 4.49 Expected Goals against AZ, the biggest negative difference in Dutch professional football this season. Waste.
10 – AZ have reached the semi-final of the KNVB Beker for the tenth time in the last 15 seasons, more often than any other club over this period. Specialists.
7.7 - Since making his Keuken Kampioen Divisie debut in February 2024, Ayodele Thomas attempted more dribbles per 90 minutes than any other player with 2000+ minutes in the competition (7.7). Energetic.
78.5% - Among all players with at least 20 aerial duels in the Japanese J2 League this season, Rion Ichihara recorded the highest aerial success rate (78.5% - 106 of 135 aerials won). Soaring.
23y259d - Youngest Dutch players to ever score a Serie A goal for Lazio:
Ricardo Kishna - 20 years and 230 days
Bobby Adekanye - 20 years and 353 days
Wesley Hoedt - 22 years and 168 days
Kenneth Taylor - 23 years and 259 days ⚽️
Celestial.
12 - Since returning to Vitesse ahead of the 2024-25 season, Alexander Büttner scored more goals for the club than any other player (12). Icon.
17 - Yannick Eduardo has been directly involved in 17 goals in his 22 Keuken Kampioen Divisie matches for FC Dordrecht (12 goals, 5 assists), the most for any player in his first 22 league games for the club on record (since 2015-16). Checkout.
19 - After 19 minutes, this is the third-earliest a Dutch side have ever trailed by 3-0 in a European game, after DOS Utrecht against Barcelona in 1965 (within 17 minutes) and PSV against St. Etienne in 1979 (within 5 minutes). Carnage.
10 - FC Utrecht are the first Dutch team to trail by two goals within the first ten minutes of play in a European game since Feyenoord against Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League in September 2017. Shambles.
18y271d - Thijs Kraaijeveld is the youngest player to make his starting debut for Feyenoord in a European tournament (18 years and 271 days) since Tyrell Malacia against Napoli in December 2017 (18 years and 111 days). Occasion.
