- News release
Van der Elst scores milestone goal and starts season in spectacular fashion
Sat 13 Sep 18:45
Women 4 - 3
Amsterdam D1
Hurley D1
Last weekend saw the start of a new season in the Tulp Hoofdklasse and, as we are used to in recent years, Fay van der Elst immediately played a starring role. Amsterdam's striker appears to have a patent on lightning starts.
Amsterdam's women won 4-3 over Hurley in the opening weekend, thanks in part to two goals from goalgetter Van der Elst. She tipped in twice from close range, once on a cross from Freeke Moes and once after a pass from Katerina Langedijk.
A scoring Van der Elst in the early stages of the season is now as natural as an echo bouncing back into the mountains. If we list goal scorers in the first month of the league (September) from 2022, we see that no one scores more often than Van der Elst. It is her trademark to shoot flistically from the starting blocks.
Most goals in the month of September since 2022-2023
- Fay van der Elst (Amsterdam) - 13 goals
- Yibbi Jansen (SCHC) - 11 goals
- Pien Dicke (SCHC) - 8 goals
- Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) - 8 goals
- Luna Fokke (Kampong) - 8 goals
Milestone
Van der Elst reached a milestone with her two goals against Hurley, by the way. She lifted her premier league production for Amsterdam to exactly 50 goals. The striker scored 25 times in six seasons at Wagener Stadium and also 25 times on foreign soil. Rotterdam is currently her favourite opponent with eight goals.
