# 2016 SJK season

The 2016 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 9th competitive season, and third in the Veikkausliiga. SJK where defending champions, having won the 2015 title, and will enter the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

## Squad

    As of 29 August 2016
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 |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jere Koponen |
| 2 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Kane |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Jussi Vasara |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions (loan from PS Kemi) |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Tuco |
| 13 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Toni Lehtinen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Teemu Penninkangas |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Youness Rahimi |
| 21 | DF | AND | Marc Vales |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aimar |
| 27 | FW | FIN | Aleksis Lehtonen |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Paavo Valakari |
| 53 | DF | FIN | Joona Ala-Hukkala |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj |
| 63 | MF | FIN | Arttu Aromaa |

### Available youth players

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 |
| — | DF | FIN | Nicolas Kotamäki |
| — | MF | FIN | Aatu Kujanpää |
| — | MF | FIN | Matti Lähde |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FIN | Emil Lidman |
| — | FW | FIN | Joonas Lepistö |
| — | FW | FIN | Aleksi Pöntinen |

### 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 |
| 25 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde (at Jazz) |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi (at Haka) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Tapio Heikkilä (from HJK) |
| 2 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Kane (from RCD Mallorca) |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky (from TPS) |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko (from Jaro) |
| 13 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski (from Haugesund, previously on loan) |
| 16 | FW | EST | Tarmo Kink (from Levadia) |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme (from Odd) |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Youness Rahimi (from HIFK) |
| 27 | FW | FIN | Aleksis Lehtonen (from JJK) |
| 35 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Tapio Heikkilä (to Start) |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Pavle Milosavljević (to Ilves) |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Wayne Brown |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Željko Savić (to PS Kemi Kings) |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas (to Falkenberg) |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Marco Matrone (to Ilves) |
| 21 | FW | BIH | Bahrudin Atajić (to Žalgiris) |
| 25 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde (loan to FC Jazz) |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Cédric Gogoua (to Partizan) |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Allan (loan return to Liverpool) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Aria Jasuru Hasegawa |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Abonima Izuegbu |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala (from Terek Grozny) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions (loan from PS Kemi) |
| 21 | DF | AND | Marc Vales (from L'Hospitalet) |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aimar (from Llagostera) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Abonima Izuegbu |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko |
| 16 | FW | EST | Tarmo Kink (to Mezőkövesd-Zsóry) |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi (loan to Haka) |
| 35 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | IFK Mariehamn (C) | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | HJK | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | SJK | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | VPS | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Ilves | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 52 | |
* ↑ SJK qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 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: 24 October 2016. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D |

#### Results
### League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SJK | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | PS Kemi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| 3 | VPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | RoPS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ilves | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | KuPS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |

#### Final
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying stage
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 23 October 2016

### 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 | Jere Koponen | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SEN | El-Hadji Kane | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman | 14 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto | 30 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky | 42 | 5 | 28+4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen | 21 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen | 32 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Jussi Vasara | 43 | 8 | 29+1 | 8 | 3+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions | 10 | 5 | 9+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam | 45 | 11 | 23+9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski | 45 | 25 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Toni Lehtinen | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga | 33 | 2 | 21+6 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Teemu Penninkangas | 36 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme | 36 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Youness Rahimi | 23 | 2 | 2+13 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AND | Marc Vales | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aimar | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | FIN | Joonas Lepistö | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj | 24 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | FIN | Arttu Aromaa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi | 11 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FIN | Tapio Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Abonima Izuegbu | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Wayne Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Alexei Eremenko | 12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | EST | Tarmo Kink | 19 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Aatu Kujanpää | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté | 25 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 13 | Roope Riski | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | FW | | 11 | Ariel Ngueukam | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | | 9 | Jussi Vasara | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | | 10 | Billy Ions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 6 | Matej Hradecky | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | | 17 | Teemu Penninkangas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | 16 | Tarmo Kink | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 19 | Youness Rahimi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 15 | Matti Klinga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 35 | Abdoulaye Méïté | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 18 | Jarkko Hurme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 3 | Abonima Izuegbu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 58 | Mehmet Hetemaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 14 | Toni Lehtinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 4 | Richie Dorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 7 | Timo Tahvanainen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 49 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 66 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 33 | Mihkel Aksalu | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Jere Koponen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | El-Hadji Kane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Juhani Ojala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Richie Dorman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Henri Aalto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | DF | Timo Tahvanainen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Johannes Laaksonen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Jussi Vasara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Ariel Ngueukam | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | | FW | Roope Riski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Matti Klinga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | DF | Teemu Penninkangas | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Jarkko Hurme | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | | DF | Marc Vales | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Aimar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | | MF | Jesse Sarajärvi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Mehmet Hetemaj | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | | FW | Tarmo Kink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | DF | Abdoulaye Méïté | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 54 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 1 |