# 2019 FC Honka season

The 2019 season was FC Honka's 11th season in the Veikkausliiga. On 3 November 2019, Honka secured a spot in the Europa League 2020–21 first round of qualification by winning IFK Mariehamn 3 - 1 on aggregate in the European competition play-off finals.

## Squad

    As of 9 August 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 12 | Rasmus Leislahti | GK | (2000-06-16)16 June 2000 (aged 19) | Klubi 04 |
| 13 | Tim Murray | GK | (1987-07-30)30 July 1987 (aged 32) | Ekenäs IF |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Gideon Baah | DF | (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 28) | FC Gomel |
| 4 | Robert Ivanov | DF | (1994-09-19)19 September 1994 (aged 25) | FC Viikingit |
| 5 | Henri Aalto | DF | (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 30) | VfB Oldenburg |
| 7 | Jonas Levänen | DF | (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 25) | VPS |
| 16 | Konsta Rasimus | DF | (1990-12-15)15 December 1990 (aged 28) | PK-35 Vantaa |
| 22 | Joona Rahikka | DF | (1999-01-29)29 January 1999 (aged 20) | KäPa |
| 23 | Mikko Sumusalo | DF | (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 29) | HJK |
| 24 | Nasiru Banahene | DF | (2000-07-08)8 July 2000 (aged 19) | MTK Budapest |
| 28 | Tommi Saarinen | DF | (1995-01-31)31 January 1995 (aged 24) | Pallohonka |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Javi Hervás | MF | (1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 30) | Mérida A.D. |
| 10 | Lucas Kaufmann | MF | (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 28) | Ekenäs IF |
| 11 | Juha Hakola | MF | (1987-10-27)27 October 1987 (aged 32) | VPS |
| 20 | Erik Bakker | MF | (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 29) | De Graafschap |
| 21 | Joel Perovuo | MF | (1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 34) | HJK |
| 33 | Duarte Tammilehto (captain) | MF | (1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 29) | FC Lahti |
| 45 | Robbie Azodo | MF | (2001-04-23)23 April 2001 (aged 18) | PK Keski-Uusimaa |
| 68 | Armend Kabashi | MF | (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 23) | TuS Erndtebrück |
| 77 | Doni Arifi | MF | (2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 17) | Honka Akatemia |
| 85 | Matias Viitanen | MF | (2001-02-27)27 February 2001 (aged 18) | Honka Akatemia |
| Forwards ||||||
| 14 | Borjas Martín | FW | (1987-06-28)28 June 1987 (aged 32) | Sabadell |
| 15 | Martin Salin | FW | (2002-01-02)2 January 2002 (aged 17) | Honka Akatemia |
| 18 | Elmo Heinonen | FW | (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 22) | Salon Palloilijat |
| 19 | Arlind Sejdiu | FW | (2001-08-11)11 August 2001 (aged 18) | Honka Akatemia |
| 51 | Anton Tuominen | FW | (2001-02-09)9 February 2001 (aged 18) | Honka Akatemia |
| 80 | Demba Savage | FW | (1988-06-17)17 June 1988 (aged 31) | BB Erzurumspor |
| 99 | Macoumba Kandji | FW | (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 34) | Sanat Naft |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | GK | FIN | Atte Paunio (on loan at FC Jazz until end of season) |

## Transfers
### Winter
#### In

| Position | Name | From | Fee |
| GK | Rasmus Leislahti | Klubi 04 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Gideon Baah | FC Gomel | Undisclosed |
| DF | Mikko Sumusalo | HJK | Undisclosed |
| DF | Joona Rahikka | KäPa | Undisclosed |
| MF | Abel Suárez | Linense | Undisclosed |
| MF | Juha Hakola | VPS | Undisclosed |
| MF | Saku Heiskanen | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Undisclosed |
| FW | Robbie Azodo | Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa | Undisclosed |
| FW | Luis Silva | Real Salt Lake | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| Position | Name | To | Fee |
| GK | Davor Taleski | AEL | Undisclosed |
| DF | Ahmed El Amrani | Skeid | Undisclosed |
| DF | Željko Savić | TPS | Undisclosed |
| DF | Jatuli Laevuo | | Undisclosed |
| MF | Antti Mäkijärvi | KTP | Undisclosed |
| MF | Joni Korhonen | AC Oulu | Undisclosed |
| MF | Armend Kabashi | | Undisclosed |
| FW | Masar Ömer | | Undisclosed |
| FW | Kasperi Liikonen | KTP | Undisclosed |
| FW | Alex Nimely | | Undisclosed |
| FW | Youness Rahimi | RoPS | Undisclosed |
| FW | Nemanja Obradović | Spartak Subotica | Undisclosed |
| FW | Macoumba Kandji | Sanat Naft | Undisclosed |
| FW | Gaël Etock | FC Lahti | Undisclosed |

### Summer
#### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 9 August 2019 | FW | Macoumba Kandji | Sanat Naft | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Erik Bakker | De Graafschap | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | FW | Elmo Heinonen | Salon Palloilijat | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | DF | Nasiru Banahene | MTK Budapest | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Armend Kabashi | | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 August 2019 | FW | Luis Silva | Seattle Sounders FC | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Abel Suárez | | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Saku Heiskanen | | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga

The 2019 Veikkausliiga season begins on 3 April 2019 and ends on 3 November 2019.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | KuPS (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 53 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round. |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round. |
| 3 | FC Honka (O) | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification final. |
| 4 | Ilves | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round. |
| 5 | HJK | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 37 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament. |
* ↑ Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).
* ↑ Ilves qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019 Finnish Cup

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 October 2019. Source: See Results

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W |

#### European play-off final
### Finnish Cup
#### Sixth Round

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Honka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| Inter Turku | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 |
| FC Lahti | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 |
| IFK Mariehamn | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 |
| HJK | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
| HIFK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |

#### Knockout stages
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 19 October 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | GHA | Gideon Baah | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Robert Ivanov | 34 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto | 28 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Jonas Levänen | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Javi Hervás | 24 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lucas Kaufmann | 33 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Juha Hakola | 31 | 7 | 23+1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Rasmus Leislahti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | USA | Tim Murray | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | Borjas Martín | 33 | 13 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | FIN | Martin Salin | 13 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Konsta Rasimus | 26 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Elmo Heinonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Arlind Sejdiu | 23 | 4 | 2+14 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Erik Bakker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Joel Perovuo | 26 | 0 | 10+11 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FIN | Joona Rahikka | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo | 27 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GHA | Nasiru Banahene | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | FIN | Tommi Saarinen | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FIN | Duarte Tammilehto | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | FIN | Robbie Azodo | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | FIN | Armend Kabashi | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | FIN | Doni Arifi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage | 27 | 4 | 12+13 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Macoumba Kandji | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Honka during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Abel Suárez | 18 | 2 | 5+7 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Gaël Etock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MEX | Luis Silva | 14 | 3 | 10+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Saku Heiskanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 14 | Borjas Martín | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | | 11 | Juha Hakola | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | 19 | Arlind Sejdiu | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 23 | Demba Savage | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | 20 | Luis Silva | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 3 | Gideon Baah | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 23 | Mikko Sumusalo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 4 | Robert Ivanov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 6 | Abel Suárez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 10 | Lucas Kaufmann | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | 99 | Macoumba Kandji | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 93 | Martin Salin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 33 | Duarte Tammilehto | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Henri Aalto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 8 | Javi Hervás | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 41 | 9 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Gideon Baah | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Robert Ivanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Henri Aalto | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Javi Hervás | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Lucas Kaufmann | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Juha Hakola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | GK | Tim Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Borjas Martín | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Konsta Rasimus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | | FW | Luis Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Joel Perovuo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Mikko Sumusalo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | | DF | Tommi Saarinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | | MF | Duarte Tammilehto | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 80 | | FW | Demba Savage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 44 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 2 |