# 2012 HJK season

The 2012 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 104th competitive season. HJK is the most successful Finnish football club with 25 Finnish Championships, 11 Finnish Cup titles, 4 Finnish League Cup titles and one appearance in the UEFA Champions League Group Stages.

## Season events

On 30 October, HJK announced the singing of Mikael Forssell to a two-year contract, commencing 1 January 2013.

### New contracts

On 9 November, Sebastian Mannström signed a new two-year contract with HJK, with Sebastian Sorsa signing a similar deal on 19 November.

## Squad

    As of match played 27 October 2012
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Ville Wallén | GK | (1976-06-20)20 June 1976 (aged 36) | Jokerit | 2003 | | | |
| 13 | Carljohan Eriksson | GK | (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | GK | (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 20) | KPV | 2011 | | | |
| 40 | Jussi Ikonen | GK | (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Tuomas Kansikas | DF | (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 31) | MyPa | 2008 | | | |
| 3 | Valtteri Moren | DF | (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2010 | | | |
| 5 | Rami Hakanpää | DF | (1978-10-09)9 October 1978 (aged 34) | Honka | 2011 | | | |
| 6 | Timi Lahti | DF | (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 22) | Haka | 2011 | | | |
| 11 | Mathias Lindström | DF | (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 31) | Tampere United | 2009 | | | |
| 21 | Mikko Sumusalo | DF | (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2009 | | | |
| 29 | Felipe Aspegren | DF | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Mikko Viitikko | DF | (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Antti Okkonen | MF | (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 30) | MyPa | 2012 | | 38 | 1 |
| 7 | Sebastian Mannström | MF | (1988-10-29)29 October 1988 (aged 23) | FF Jaro | 2011 | 2014 | | |
| 16 | Mika Väyrynen | MF | (1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 30) | Leeds United | 2012 | 2012 | 16 | 4 |
| 22 | Joel Perovuo | MF | (1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 27) | Djurgården | 2011 | | | |
| 25 | Sakari Mattila | MF | (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 23) | loan from Bellinzona | 2012 | 2013 | | |
| 27 | Sebastian Sorsa | MF | (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 28) | Hamilton Academical | 2009 | 2014 | | |
| 28 | Rasmus Schüller | MF | (1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 21) | Honka | 2012 | 2014 | 38 | 3 |
| 29 | Emerik Grönroos | MF | (1994-07-06)6 July 1994 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Erfan Zeneli | FW | (1986-12-28)28 December 1986 (aged 25) | Youth Team | 2005 | | | |
| 9 | Berat Sadik | FW | (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 26) | Lahti | 2011 | | | |
| 15 | Akseli Pelvas | FW | (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 2007 | | | |
| 18 | Juho Mäkelä | FW | (1983-06-23)23 June 1983 (aged 29) | Sydney | 2012 | | | |
| 19 | Kastriot Kastrati | FW | (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2011 | | | |
| 20 | Joel Pohjanpalo | FW | (1994-09-13)13 September 1994 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2011 | | | |
| 26 | Demba Savage | FW | (1988-06-17)17 June 1988 (aged 24) | Honka | 2012 | | 40 | 12 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 12 | Sherif Ashraf | FW | (1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 25) | El Gouna | 2012 | | 11 | 1 |
| 17 | Nikolai Alho | DF | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 18 | 1 |
| 31 | Robin Lod | FW | (1993-04-17)17 April 1993 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2011 | | | |
| | Alexander Ring | MF | (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2010 | | | |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | EGY | Sherif Ashraf (at FF Jaro) |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Nikolai Alho (at Lahti) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Robin Lod (at VPS) |
| — | MF | FIN | Alexander Ring (at Borussia Mönchengladbach) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 7 February 2012 | MF | Rasmus Schüller | Honka | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2012 | FW | Demba Savage | Honka | Undisclosed |
| 1 April 2012 | FW | Sherif Ashraf | El Gouna | Undisclosed |
| 30 October 2012† | FW | Mikael Forssell | Leeds United | Free |
    † Transfer announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2013.

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 5 August 2012 | MF | | Sakari Mattila | Bellinzona | End of 2013 season | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 9 August 2012 | MF | Robin Lod | VPS | End of Season |
| 9 August 2012 | DF | Janne Saksela | JJK Jyväskylä | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2012 | DF | Nikolai Alho | Lahti | End of Season |
| 4 September 2012 | FW | Sherif Ashraf | Jaro | End of Season |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 October 2012. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Inter | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | TPS | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Lahti | 33 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 50 | |
* ↑ IFK Mariehamn qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings.

### League Cup
#### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HON | HJK | MYP | LAH |
| 1 | FC Honka (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (A) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 9 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | MYPA (A) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | FC Lahti | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |

#### Knockout stages
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 October 2012

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Ville Wallén | 47 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Tuomas Kansikas | 35 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Valtteri Moren | 9 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen | 38 | 1 | 20+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Rami Hakanpää | 29 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Timi Lahti | 42 | 1 | 24+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Sebastian Mannström | 45 | 7 | 21+9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | FIN | Erfan Zeneli | 36 | 3 | 18+6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Berat Sadik | 21 | 9 | 8+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | FIN | Mathias Lindström | 34 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FIN | Janne Saksela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas | 33 | 10 | 11+11 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | FIN | Mika Väyrynen | 16 | 4 | 10+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Juho Mäkelä | 33 | 13 | 19+8 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Kastriot Kastrati | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 42 | 19 | 23+5 | 11 | 1+1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo | 34 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Joel Perovuo | 39 | 3 | 14+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Sakari Mattila | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage | 40 | 12 | 27+3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FIN | Sebastian Sorsa | 31 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Schüller | 38 | 4 | 24+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players from Klubi-04 who appeared: ||||||||||||||
| 29 | DF | FIN | Felipe Aspegren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FIN | Emerik Grönroos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | FIN | Aleksi Pahkasalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | EGY | Sherif Ashraf | 11 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Nikolai Alho | 18 | 1 | 0+9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Robin Lod | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trialists: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | FIN | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | USA | Justin Moose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Joel Pohjanpalo | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | 18 | Juho Mäkelä | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 26 | Demba Savage | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | FW | 15 | Akseli Pelvas | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Berat Sadik | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Sebastian Mannström | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 28 | Rasmus Schüller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 16 | Mika Väyrynen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | 8 | Erfan Zeneli | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 22 | Joel Perovuo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 11 | Mathias Lindström | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 19 | Kastriot Kastrati | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 3 | Valtteri Moren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 5 | Rami Hakanpää | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 21 | Mikko Sumusalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 12 | Sherif Ashraf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 17 | Nikolai Alho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 6 | Timi Lahti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 4 | Antti Okkonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 63 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 97 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Ville Wallén | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | GK | 35 | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ville Wallén | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Tuomas Kansikas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Antti Okkonen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rami Hakanpää | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Timi Lahti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sebastian Mannström | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Erfan Zeneli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Berat Sadik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Mathias Lindström | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Akseli Pelvas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Mika Väyrynen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Juho Mäkelä | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Joel Pohjanpalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mikko Sumusalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Joel Perovuo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Sakari Mattila | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Demba Savage | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Sebastian Sorsa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Rasmus Schüller | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | Sherif Ashraf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Nikolai Alho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 4 |