# 2017 SJK season

The 2017 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 10th competitive season, and fourth in the Veikkausliiga. After finishing 3rd in the 2016 Veikkausliiga season, SJK entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

## Squad

    As of 19 July 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Joel Mero |
| 3 | DF | AND | Marc Vales |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka (on loan from Brann) |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergi Arimany |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecky |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Kaine Sheppard |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo |
| 20 | DF | FIN | Arttu Aromaa |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Diego Bardanca |
| 25 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Chema Antón |
| 31 | GK | FIN | Paavo Valakari |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu (captain) |
| 37 | FW | COD | Aristote Mboma |
| 58 | MF | KOS | Mehmet Hetemaj |
| 80 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli |
| 99 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo |
| — | GK | BRA | Luís Fernando |
| — | MF | COL | Cristian Echavarría |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka (loan from Brann) |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Anatole Abang (loan from New York Red Bulls) |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecky (from Bohemians 1905) |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo (from HJK) |
| 21 | DF | URU | Facundo Guichón (from UCAM Murcia) |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Diego Bardanca (from Real Jaén) |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Chema Antón (from Eldense) |
| 37 | FW | COD | Aristote M'Boma (from AC Oulu) |
| 80 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli (from Inter Turku) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | MF | FIN | Jere Koponen (to Inter Turku) |
| 2 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Gana Kane (to Sandefjord) |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala (to Häcken) |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto (to VfB Oldenburg) |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Jussi Vasara (Retired) |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam (to Ilves) |
| 13 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski (loan to SC Paderborn) |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Toni Lehtinen |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Teemu Penninkangas (to Ilves) |
| 19 | DF | FIN | Youness Rahimi (to Ilves) |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aimar (to Cornellà) |
| 27 | FW | FIN | Aleksis Lehtonen |
| 53 | DF | FIN | Joona Ala-Hukkala |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Joel Mero (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergi Arimany (from Leioa) |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Kaine Sheppard (from Heidelberg United) |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman (from Aston Villa) |
| 99 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo (from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| — | FW | COL | Cristian Echavarría (from Independiente Medellín) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Anatole Abang (loan return to New York Red Bulls) |
| 13 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski (to SKN St. Pölten, previously on loan to SC Paderborn) |
| 21 | MF | URU | Facundo Guichón |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Lahti | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 49 | |
| 6 | SJK | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 47 | |
| 7 | RoPS | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 42 | |
| 8 | VPS | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 39 | |
* ↑ Since HJK, winners of the 2016–17 Finnish Cup, qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the next best-placed team (in this case to the fourth-placed team).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 October 2017. Source: See Results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | W |

#### Results
### Finnish Cup
#### Sixth Round

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FF Jaro | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 12 |
| VPS | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 12 |
| SJK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 9 |
| FC Jazz | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 6 |
| MuSa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 |
| SJK Akatemia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 October 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Joel Mero | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AND | Marc Vales | 30 | 1 | 16+3 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka | 29 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen | 29 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen | 35 | 3 | 20+5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergi Arimany | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions | 39 | 14 | 26+3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecký | 30 | 2 | 12+9 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Kaine Sheppard | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga | 41 | 3 | 28+2 | 0 | 8+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme | 27 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo | 24 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FIN | Arttu Aromaa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Diego Bardanca | 25 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi | 20 | 4 | 7+10 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Chema Antón | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | FIN | Paavo Valakari | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | COD | Aristote M'Boma | 32 | 8 | 17+5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | FIN | Emil Lidman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | KOS | Mehmet Hetemaj | 32 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | FIN | Aatu Kujanpää | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli | 33 | 4 | 25+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players from Kerho 07 who appeared: ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | FIN | Onni Valakari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde | 12 | 4 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Anatole Abang | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SVN | Denis Kramar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | URU | Facundo Guichón | 17 | 4 | 8+5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Billy Ions | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | | 37 | Aristote M'Boma | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | | 58 | Mehmet Hetemaj | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 80 | Erfan Zeneli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 26 | Jesse Sarajärvi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 21 | Facundo Guichón | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 25 | Elias Ahde | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | | 8 | Johannes Laaksonen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 15 | Matti Klinga | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | 11 | Tomas Hradecký | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Dani Hatakka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 2 | Joel Mero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | | 9 | Sergi Arimany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | 19 | Obed Malolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | 99 | Vahid Hambo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 18 | Jarkko Hurme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 3 | Juhani Ojala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 3 | Marc Vales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 42 | 26 | 0 | 68 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 33 | Mihkel Aksalu | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | GK | | 31 | Paavo Valakari | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Joel Mero | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | DF | Marc Vales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Richie Dorman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Dani Hatakka | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | | DF | Timo Tahvanainen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Johannes Laaksonen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Billy Ions | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Tomas Hradecký | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Matti Klinga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Joonas Sundman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Jarkko Hurme | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Obed Malolo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | | DF | Diego Bardanca | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | | GK | Mihkel Aksalu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | | FW | Aristote M'Boma | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Mehmet Hetemaj | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | | MF | Erfan Zeneli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | | FW | Vahid Hambo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | | FW | Anatole Abang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Facundo Guichón | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 75 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 2 |