IFFHS STATISTICS - XXth CENTURY WORLD RECORD
Picture : Josef Bican playing for Slavia Prague established the World Record of XXth Century.
Josef Bican 19-game scoring streak: World record of XX century
The legendary Czech striker Josef Bican is world record holder of XX Century on the length of goal-scoring series in the national top division.
He established this record during the season 1939-40 playing for Slavia Prague in the Gauliga Bohemia and Moravia (Czech league under the German occupation during World War II).
Bican started his streak on the first league round on 3 September 1939 and then scored in every game until 19th round (19 May 1940).
He failed to score only in the game of 20th round vs Kladno (1-1).
Over his scoring run, Bican scored 47 goals. He made hat-tricks in 5 consecutive league games.
His series was all-time longest in the world until 2013 when Lionel Messi finally beat his record (21 games in Spanish league).
Below, the details of great Bican series.
| JOSEF BICAN | GOAL-SCORING SERIES | ||
| IN BOHEMIA | AND MORAVIA LEAGUE 1939-1940 | ||
| Date | Game | Goals | |
| 1 | 03/09/1939 | SK Plzeň (3-1) | 1 |
| 2 | 10/09/1939 | Židenice (3-1) | 1 |
| 3 | 24/09/1939 | Pardubice (6-2) | 1 |
| 4 | 01/10/1939 | Bata Zlín (2-2) | 2 |
| 5 | 08/10/1939 | Prostějov (4-4) | 3 |
| 6 | 15/10/1939 | Viktoria Plzeň (2-1) | 2 |
| 7 | 29/10/1939 | Viktoria Žižkov (2-2) | 1 |
| 8 | 05/11/1939 | Slezska Ostrava (1-1) | 1 |
| 9 | 19/11/1939 | Kladno (14-1) | 4 |
| 10 | 26/11/1939 | Sparta (3-1) | 3 |
| 11 | 04/12/1939 | Náchod (11-5) | 3 |
| 12 | 10/03/1940 | SK Plzeň (8-1) | 4 |
| 13 | 17/03/1940 | Židenice (7-0) | 5 |
| 14 | 31/03/1940 | Pardubice (3-1) | 2 |
| 15 | 07/04/1940 | Bata Zlín (10-1) | 6 |
| 16 | 14/04/1940 | Prostějov (5-2) | 4 |
| 17 | 28/04/1940 | Viktoria Plzeň (2-2) | 1 |
| 18 | 05/05/1940 | Viktoria Žižkov (7-1) | 2 |
| 19 | 19/05/1940 | Slezska Ostrava (5-1) | 1 |