# 2013 HJK season

The 2013 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 105th 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.

## Squad

    As of match played 26 October 2013
| 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 37) | Jokerit | 2003 | | | |
| 13 | Carljohan Eriksson | GK | (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | GK | (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 21) | KPV | 2011 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Tuomas Kansikas | DF | (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 32) | MyPa | 2008 | | | |
| 3 | Valtteri Moren | DF | (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2010 | | | |
| 5 | Tapio Heikkilä | DF | (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 23) | Honka | 2013 | | 37 | 1 |
| 6 | Timi Lahti | DF | (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 (aged 23) | Haka | 2011 | | | |
| 11 | Mathias Lindström | DF | (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 32) | Tampere United | 2009 | | | |
| 17 | Nikolai Alho | DF | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 49 | 6 |
| 21 | Mikko Sumusalo | DF | (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 2009 | | | |
| 25 | Pauli Loukola | DF | (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2014 | | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Felipe Aspegren | DF | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 3 | 0 |
| | Mikko Viitikko | DF | (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Mika Väyrynen | MF | (1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 31) | Leeds United | 2012 | | 22 | 4 |
| 7 | Sebastian Mannström | MF | (1988-10-29)29 October 1988 (aged 24) | FF Jaro | 2011 | 2014 | | |
| 10 | Teemu Tainio | MF | (1979-11-27)27 November 1979 (aged 33) | New York Red Bulls | 2013 | | 26 | 2 |
| 22 | Joel Perovuo | MF | (1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 28) | Djurgården | 2011 | | | |
| 25 | Sakari Mattila | MF | (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 24) | loan from Bellinzona | 2012 | 2013 | | |
| 27 | Sebastian Sorsa | MF | (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 29) | Hamilton Academical | 2009 | 2014 | | |
| 28 | Rasmus Schüller | MF | (1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 22) | Honka | 2012 | 2014 | 71 | 11 |
| 58 | Fredrik Lassas | MF | (1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2013 | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Erfan Zeneli | FW | (1986-12-28)28 December 1986 (aged 26) | Youth Team | 2005 | | | |
| 9 | Mikael Forssell | FW | (1981-03-15)15 March 1981 (aged 32) | Leeds United | 2013 | | | |
| 14 | Eero Markkanen | FW | (1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 22) | loan from JJK | 2013 | 2013 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | Demba Savage | FW | (1988-06-17)17 June 1988 (aged 25) | Honka | 2012 | | 78 | 28 |
| 31 | Robin Lod | FW | (1993-04-17)17 April 1993 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2011 | | | |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 15 | Akseli Pelvas | FW | (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 2007 | | | |
| 20 | Joel Pohjanpalo | FW | (1994-09-13)13 September 1994 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2011 | | | |
| 29 | Emerik Grönroos [fi] | MF | (1994-07-06)6 July 1994 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 2 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | Radoš Bulatović | FW | (1984-06-05)5 June 1984 (aged 29) | Hajduk Kula | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Kristian Nicht | GK | (1982-04-03)3 April 1982 (aged 31) | Rochester Rhinos | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| | Alexander Ring | MF | (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 22) | 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 |
| 15 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas (on loan at SJK) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo (on loan at Leverkusen) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 October 2012† | FW | | Mikael Forssell | Leeds United | Free | |
| 9 January 2013 | FW | | Teemu Tainio | New York Red Bulls | Free | |
    † Transfer announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2013.

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 7 January 2013 | DF | Rami Hakanpää | KuPS | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2013 | MF | Antti Okkonen | RoPS | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2013 | FW | Berat Sadik | Thun | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2013 | FW | Juho Mäkelä | Sandhausen | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2013 | FW | Sherif Ashraf | Haras El Hodoud | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2013 | MF | Alexander Ring | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 1 September 2013 | FW | | Eero Markkanen | JJK | End of 2013 season | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 15 July 2013 | FW | | Akseli Pelvas | SJK | End of Season | |
| 3 September 2013 | FW | | Joel Pohjanpalo | Bayer Leverkusen | End of Season | |

### Trial

| Date From | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Date To | Ref. |
| January 2013 | DF | | Radoš Bulatović | Hajduk Kula | | |
| February 2013 | GK | | Kristian Nicht | Rochester Rhinos | | |

## 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: 24 October 2015. Source: Soccerway

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 25 | +53 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Honka | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | VPS | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 49 | |
| 5 | FC Lahti | 33 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 48 | |

### League Cup
#### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HJK | MYP | HON | MAR |
| 1 | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (A) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 15 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | MYPA (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | FC Honka | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 7 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 4–3 |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |

#### Knockout stages
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 26 October 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Ville Wallén | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Tuomas Kansikas | 21 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Valtteri Moren | 36 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Mika Väyrynen | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Tapio Heikkilä | 37 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Timi Lahti | 11 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Sebastian Mannström | 30 | 3 | 13+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | FIN | Erfan Zeneli | 40 | 14 | 30+1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Mikael Forssell | 36 | 17 | 19+8 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Teemu Tainio | 26 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | FIN | Mathias Lindström | 21 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Eero Markkanen | 6 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Nikolai Alho | 31 | 5 | 11+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo | 36 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Joel Perovuo | 30 | 3 | 10+12 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Sakari Mattila | 22 | 5 | 14+6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage | 38 | 16 | 26+2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | FIN | Sebastian Sorsa | 36 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Schüller | 33 | 8 | 21+2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Robin Lod | 33 | 7 | 19+9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players from Klubi-04 who appeared: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | FIN | Pauli Loukola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FIN | Felipe Aspegren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Lassas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas | 9 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 28 | 5 | 13+8 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left HJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | SRB | Radoš Bulatović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Kristian Nicht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Mikael Forssell | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 26 | Demba Savage | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | 8 | Erfan Zeneli | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | MF | 28 | Rasmus Schüller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 31 | Robin Lod | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Valtteri Moren | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Nikolai Alho | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 20 | Joel Pohjanpalo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 25 | Sakari Mattila | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Sebastian Mannström | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 15 | Akseli Pelvas | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 22 | Joel Perovuo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | 10 | Teemu Tainio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 27 | Sebastian Sorsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | 5 | Tapio Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 14 | Eero Markkanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 21 | Mikko Sumusalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 78 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 98 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Ville Wallén | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | GK | 35 | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | GK | 36 | Kristian Nicht | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 23 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ville Wallén | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tuomas Kansikas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Valtteri Moren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tapio Heikkilä | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Timi Lahti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sebastian Mannström | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Erfan Zeneli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mikael Forssell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Teemu Tainio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Mathias Lindström | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mikko Sumusalo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Joel Perovuo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Sakari Mattila | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Demba Savage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Sebastian Sorsa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Rasmus Schüller | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Robin Lod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left HJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Radoš Bulatović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 2 |