The 2020 calendar year will go down in history as the year of the corona pandemic. The effects on almost all areas of life were glaring. Even professional football was not safe from the virus. It took great efforts and good concepts to keep the game going.
The postponements of the EURO and the Olympic football tournament to 2021 were probably the most obvious impact of the pandemic on world football. It is to the federations, clubs and first of all players to be credited that most of the other top competitions could be decided on the field. The year 2020 was not a normal one, but one that also left sporty scent brands. fussball.news looks back on a calendar year in records.
Most titles: FC Bayern (five)
Where could a review of the year begin if not with the German record champions? The people of Munich turned out to be title hamsters who knew how to use every single chance at silverware. And at times they played their way into a frenzy under the successful coach Hansi Flick, which demanded at least respect, if not admiration, from even the greatest rivals.
Most goals: Robert Lewandowski (45)
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In addition to the great successes as a team at FC Bayern, there were also well-deserved individual awards. The most important of them: Robert Lewandowski deservedly won the title of World Player of the Year at the FIFA The Best Awards in mid-December. At the same time, with 45 goals in 40 competitive games for Munich, he secured the unofficial title of international top scorer for 2020. Four goals behind him is Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.
Most goals in one game: Eight players (4 each)
With all due respect for the goal scorers in lower-class leagues and competitions, this record only applies to the top European leagues and international club competitions. In Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain, the Champions League and the Europa League, a total of eight players achieved the feat of scoring four times in one game in the 2020 calendar year.
The illustrious list: Michail Antonio (West Ham United), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea FC), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), Andrej Kramaric (TSG Hoffenheim), Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) and Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur).
The most scoring game: FC Bayern vs. FC Barcelona (8: 2)
The Bayern Festival continues happily. Once again, these statistics are limited to the five major leagues and the two UEFA club competitions. More than ten goals were not scored anywhere this year. Munich’s 8-2 win over Barca is not only going down in history for this reason, it is also an absolute low in the Catalans’ recent past.
The most expensive transfer: Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea)
Since the pandemic mainly affected the wallets of the clubs, outrageously expensive transfers remained the absolute exception in the summer. The most expensive deal brought Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea. According to reports, the Blues pay up to 100 million euros for the talent of the century, including some bonus payments. Incidentally, in his first months in London, the national player fell well short of the gigantic expectations.
Most own goals: Four players (3 each)
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Finally, a statistic in which FC Bayern is as far away from the top as FC Schalke 04 is from the championship. In the 2020 calendar year, no less than four professionals around the world managed the feat of having hit their own network three times. Particularly impressive: Rocky Bushiri from KV Mechelen in Belgium only needed 13 games! His fellow sufferers are Eloge Yao (currently without a club), Eduard Zhevnerov (FK Smolevichi, Belarus) and Aleksey Tataev (FK Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic).
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