# 2020 SJK season

The 2020 season was Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 13th competitive season, and seventh in the Veikkausliiga.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jesse Öst |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Nikko Boxall |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Seynabou Benga |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Matias Vainionpää |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Tero Mäntylä (Vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Jude Arthur |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky (4th captain) |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Jake Jervis |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Ledesma |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Jyri Kiuru |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Dárvin Chávez |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niko Markkula |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Robin Sid |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joonas Lepistö |
| 21 | MF | KOS | Anel Rashkaj |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Murilo |
| 24 | GK | FIN | Walter Viitala |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Daniel Håkans |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Aatu Kujanpää |
| 29 | FW | FIN | Jeremiah Streng |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Keaton Isaksson |
| 32 | GK | FIN | Mehdi El Moutacim |
| 45 | FW | FIN | Serge Atakayi |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj (Captain) |
| 88 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam (3rd captain) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2020 | GK | Mehdi El Moutacim | Ekenäs IF | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | DF | Tero Mäntylä | HIFK | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | DF | Niko Markkula | Inter Turku | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Keaton Isaksson | IFK Mariehamn | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Aatu Kujanpää | VPS | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Robin Sid | IFK Mariehamn | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Jude Arthur | Liberty Professionals | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Ariel Ngueukam | KuPS | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Serge Atakayi | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | DF | Dárvin Chávez | FF Jaro | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2020 | MF | Arjanit Krasniqi | Billericay Town | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2020 | MF | Anel Rashkaj | AFC Eskilstuna | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2020 | GK | Walter Viitala | Sandefjord | Undisclosed |
| 6 March 2020 | MF | Matej Hradecky | TPS | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2020 | DF | Nikko Boxall | Viborg | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2020 | MF | Emmanuel Ledesma | Unattached | Free |
| 19 August 2020 | MF | Jake Jervis | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2020 | DF | Murilo | Ourense | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 20 July 2020 | DF | Nadson | | |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | Arjanit Krasniqi | Braintree Town | 7 September 2020 |
| 16 September 2020 | FW | Billy Ions | | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 36 |
| 6 | FC Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 32 |
| 7 | SJK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 29 |
| 8 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 28 |
| 9 | IFK Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 23 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 November 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W |

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Ilves | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| KuPS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 |
| FC Haka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 |
| FC Lahti | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| SJK | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| RoPS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 4 November 2020

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jesse Öst | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Nikko Boxall | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Seynabou Benga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Matias Vainionpää | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Tero Mäntylä | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Jude Arthur | 18 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jake Jervis | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Ledesma | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk | 25 | 2 | 11+9 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Jyri Kiuru | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MEX | Dárvin Chávez | 6 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niko Markkula | 18 | 2 | 12+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Robin Sid | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joonas Lepistö | 19 | 6 | 7+7 | 4 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | KOS | Anel Rashkaj | 15 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Murilo | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | FIN | Walter Viitala | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Daniel Håkans | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Aatu Kujanpää | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FIN | Jeremiah Streng | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Keaton Isaksson | 17 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | FIN | Mehdi El Moutacim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | FIN | Serge Atakayi | 24 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj | 22 | 4 | 11+6 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam | 19 | 4 | 14+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FIN | Joel Laitinen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| U23 Players: ||||||||||
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Arjanit Krasniqi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Nadson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 20 | Joonas Lepistö | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | | 9 | Emmanuel Ledesma | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | 58 | Mehmet Hetemaj | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 88 | Ariel Ngueukam | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | 8 | Jake Jervis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Matej Hradecky | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 77 | Denys Oliynyk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 18 | Niko Markkula | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 22 | Murilo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | 45 | Serge Atakayi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 15 | Dárvin Chávez | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 27 | 4 | 31 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Jesse Öst | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | GK | | 24 | Walter Viitala | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Nikko Boxall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Seynabou Benga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Matias Vainionpää | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Tero Mäntylä | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | | MF | Jude Arthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | FW | Jake Jervis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Emmanuel Ledesma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Denys Oliynyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Niko Markkula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Robin Sid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Joonas Lepistö | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Anel Rashkaj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Murilo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Daniel Håkans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Aatu Kujanpää | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | | MF | Keaton Isaksson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | | FW | Serge Atakayi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Mehmet Hetemaj | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 88 | | FW | Ariel Ngueukam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | DF | Joel Laitinen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||
| 30 | | DF | Nadson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 57 | 2 |