2017 HJK season

HJK
2017 season
Chairman Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager Mika Lehkosuo
Stadium Sonera Stadium
Veikkausliiga 1st
Finnish Cup Final
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round vs KF Shkëndija
Top goalscorer League: Alfredo Morelos (11)
All: Alfredo Morelos (16)
Highest home attendance League: 10,500 (31 July 2017 vs HIFK, Veikkausliiga)
Lowest home attendance League: 2,912 (23 July 2017 vs PS Kemi, Veikkausliiga)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 109th competitive season.[1] HJK are Finlands most successful football club in terms of titles, with 27 Finnish Championships, 12 Finnish Cup titles, 5 Finnish League Cup titles, one appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stages and one appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stages.[2][3]

After finishing 2nd in the 2016 Veikkausliiga season, HJK entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Squad

As of 23 July 2017[4]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
21 Thomas Dähne Germany GK January 4, 1994 Germany RB Leipzig
29 Markus Uusitalo Finland GK May 15, 1997 Finland VPS
35 Jesse Koivistoinen Finland GK December 31, 1997 Finland Klubi-04
Defenders
4 Hannu Patronen Finland DF May 23, 1984 Norway Sogndal
8 Rafinha Brazil DF June 29, 1982 Belgium Gent
15 Ville Jalasto Finland DF April 19, 1986 Norway Stabæk
16 Aapo Halme Finland DF May 22, 1998 Finland Klubi-04
18 Roni Peiponen Finland DF April 9, 1997 Loan from Norway Molde
25 Valtteri Vesiaho Finland DF February 10, 1997 Finland Klubi-04
32 Faith Friday Obilor Nigeria DF March 5, 1991 Finland Inter Turku
33 Henrik Ölander Finland DF October 29, 1997 Finland Klubi-04
66 Juha Pirinen Finland DF October 22, 1991 Finland RoPS
Midfielders
7 Moshtagh Yaghoubi Finland MF November 8, 1994 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
10 Atomu Tanaka Japan MF October 4, 1987 Japan Albirex Niigata
14 Sebastian Dahlström Finland MF November 5, 1996 Finland Klubi-04
19 Lucas Lingman Finland MF January 25, 1998 Finland Klubi-04
20 Vincent Onovo Nigeria MF December 10, 1995 Finland Inter Turku
22 Anthony Annan Ghana MF July 21, 1986 Norway Stabæk
27 Filip Valenčič Slovenia MF January 7, 1992 Finland PS Kemi
36 Eetu Vertainen Finland MF May 11, 1999 Finland Klubi-04
Rasmus Schüller Finland MF June 18, 1991 Loan from United States Minnesota United
Forwards
9 Demba Savage The Gambia FW June 17, 1988 Sweden Häcken
11 Jean-Jacques Bougouhi Ivory Coast FW June 12, 1992 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg
17 Ousman Jallow The Gambia FW October 21, 1988 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar
31 Akseli Pelvas Finland FW February 8, 1989 Sweden Falkenbergs FF
38 Enoch Banza Finland FW February 4, 2000 Finland Klubi-04
77 Evans Mensah Ghana FW February 9, 1998 Ghana Inter Allies

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
34 Finland FW Lassi Lappalainen (on loan at RoPS until end of season)
No. Position Player


Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
4 Finland DF Hannu Patronen (from Norway Sogndal)
7 Finland MF Moshtagh Yaghoubi (from Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala)[5]
9 The Gambia FW Demba Savage (from Sweden Häcken)[6]
11 Colombia FW Alfredo Morelos (from Colombia Independiente Medellín, previously on loan)
32 Nigeria DF Faith Friday Obilor (from Finland Inter Turku)[7]
66 Finland DF Juha Pirinen (from Finland RoPS)[8]
77 Ghana FW Evans Mensah (from Ghana International Allies, previously on loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Nigeria DF Taye Taiwo (to Switzerland Lausanne-Sport)[9][10]
5 Kosovo DF Lum Rexhepi (to Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles)
6 Finland MF Obed Malolo (to Finland SJK)
7 Finland FW Nikolai Alho (to Sweden Halmstads)[11]
9 Finland FW Mikael Forssell (to Finland HIFK)
13 Finland MF Toni Kolehmainen (to Poland Wisła Puławy)
14 Serbia DF Ivan Tatomirović (to Finland RoPS)[12]
25 Finland GK Jiri Koski (to Finland KTP)
27 Finland DF Sebastian Sorsa (to Finland KuPS)[13]
28 Finland MF Saku Ylätupa (loan to Finland RoPS)[14]
90 Nigeria FW Nnamdi Oduamadi (loan return to Italy A.C. Milan)

Trial: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
27 Brazil MF Lucas Kaufmann

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
11 Ivory Coast FW Jean-Jacques Bougouhi (from Russia Ural Yekaterinburg)[15]
27 Slovenia MF Filip Valenčič (from Finland PS Kemi)[16]
28 Finland MF Saku Ylätupa (loan return from Finland RoPS)
Finland MF Rasmus Schüller (loan from United States Minnesota United)[17]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
11 Colombia FW Alfredo Morelos (to Scotland Rangers)[18]
28 Finland MF Saku Ylätupa (to Netherlands Ajax)[19]
34 Finland FW Lassi Lappalainen (loan to Finland RoPS)[20]

Friendlies

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

The 2017 Veikkausliiga season begins 5 April 2017 and ends on 28 October 2017.[21]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HJK 21 13 7 1 49 9 +40 46 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Lahti 21 8 11 2 28 15 +13 35 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 KuPS 21 9 6 6 31 22 +9 33
4 VPS 21 8 9 4 29 28 +1 33
5 Ilves 21 8 7 6 21 21 0 31
6 SJK 21 8 5 8 23 31 8 29
7 Inter Turku 21 7 6 8 32 27 +5 27
8 IFK Mariehamn 21 6 9 6 29 32 3 27
9 RoPS 21 7 4 10 26 34 8 25
10 PS Kemi Kings 22 6 6 10 27 33 6 24
11 HIFK 21 3 8 10 18 33 15 17 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 JJK Jyväskylä 22 2 6 14 18 46 28 12 Relegation to the Ykkönen
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2017. Source: Veikkausliiga (in Finnish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
21 13 7 1 49 9  +40 46 8 2 0 27 2  +25 5 5 1 22 7  +15

Last updated: 10 August 2017.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
GroundHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHHHA
Result W W D W D L W W D D W W W W W D D W W D W

Last updated: 10 August 2017.
Source: See Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
HJK 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 15
FC Honka 5 4 0 1 11 3 +8 12
GrIFK 5 1 2 2 6 9 3 5
HIFK 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 4
IF Gnistan 5 1 1 3 2 8 6 4
KTP 5 0 2 3 2 11 9 2

Knockout Stage

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 10 August 2017

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalVeikkausliiga Finnish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
4 DF Finland Hannu Patronen 21 3 14 3 4 0 3 0
6 DF Finland Juha Pirinen 18 0 10 0 4+1 0 3 0
7 MF Finland Moshtagh Yaghoubi 22 5 13+2 2 4 2 3 1
8 DF Brazil Rafinha 29 2 17+2 1 6 1 4 0
9 FW The Gambia Demba Savage 22 1 9+7 1 1+1 0 4 0
10 MF Japan Atomu Tanaka 19 4 14 2 4+1 2 0 0
11 FW Ivory Coast Jean-Jacques Bougouhi 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Finland Sebastian Dahlström 25 3 11+5 1 6 2 2+1 0
15 DF Finland Ville Jalasto 26 2 16+2 2 5 0 3 0
16 DF Finland Aapo Halme 13 1 8+3 1 1 0 1 0
17 FW The Gambia Ousman Jallow 21 1 4+9 0 0+4 0 3+1 1
19 MF Finland Lucas Lingman 5 0 0+4 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 MF Nigeria Vincent Onovo 23 2 9+6 2 4 0 3+1 0
21 GK Germany Thomas Dähne 21 0 14 0 4 0 3 0
22 MF Ghana Anthony Annan 25 1 17+2 1 1+1 0 4 0
25 DF Finland Valtteri Vesiaho 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 MF Slovenia Filip Valenčič 7 3 4+1 3 0 0 0+2 0
29 GK Finland Markus Uusitalo 11 0 7 0 3 0 1 0
31 FW Finland Akseli Pelvas 31 17 15+5 9 6+1 6 4 2
32 DF Nigeria Faith Friday Obilor 23 1 13 1 7 0 2+1 0
36 MF Finland Eetu Vertainen 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
38 FW Finland Enoch Banza 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Ghana Evans Mensah 31 9 16+4 7 7 2 1+3 0
Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:
38 DF Finland Samu Laitinen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left HJK during the season:
6 MF Finland Obed Malolo 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Colombia Alfredo Morelos 19 16 11+1 11 3+4 5 0 0
27 MF Brazil Lucas Kaufmann 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
28 MF Finland Saku Ylätupa 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
34 MF Finland Lassi Lappalainen 7 1 0+1 0 1+4 1 0+1 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Europa League Total
1 FWFinland31Akseli Pelvas96217
2 FWColombia11Alfredo Morelos115016
3 FWGhana77Evans Mensah7209
4 MFFinland7 Moshtagh Yaghoubi2215
5 Own goal2114
MFJapan10Atomu Tanaka2204
7 DFFinland4 Hannu Patronen3003
MFSlovenia27Filip Valenčič3003
MFFinland14Sebastian Dahlström1203
10MFNigeria20Vincent Onovo2002
DFFinland15Ville Jalasto2002
DFBrazil8 Rafinha1102
13FWThe Gambia9 Demba Savage1001
DFFinland16Aapo Halme1001
FWThe Gambia17Ousman Jallow0011
MFGhana22Anthony Annan1001
DFNigeria32Faith Friday Obilor1001
FWFinland34Lassi Lappalainen0101
TOTALS 4922576

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Europa League Total
YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card
4 FinlandDFHannu Patronen20000121
6 FinlandDFJuha Pirinen11100021
7 FinlandMFMoshtagh Yaghoubi91000091
8 BrazilDFRafinha50100060
10JapanMFAtomu Tanaka10000010
11ColombiaFWAlfredo Morelos30100040
15FinlandDFVille Jalasto00101020
16FinlandDFAapo Halme10210031
20NigeriaMFVincent Onovo10001020
22GhanaMFAnthony Annan40101060
31FinlandFWAkseli Pelvas20000020
32NigeriaDFFaith Friday Obilor20100030
34FinlandMFLassi Lappalainen10000010
77GhanaFWEvans Mensah20100030
TOTALS 34 2 9 1 3 1 46 4

Notes

  1. Connah's Quay Nomads will play their home match at Nantporth, Bangor, instead of their regular stadium Deeside Stadium, Connah's Quay.[22]
  2. Shkëndija play their home matches at Stadion Mladost, Strumica, instead of their regular stadium Ecolog Arena, Tetovo.

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