# 2015 HJK season

The 2015 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 107th competitive season. HJK is the most successful football club in Finland with 27 Finnish Championships, 12 Finnish Cup titles, 5 Finnish League Cup titles, one appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stages and one appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stages.
As Veikkausliiga 2014 champions, HJK entered the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.
The Under-19 team, including several players from Klubi-04 participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.

## Squad

As of September 1, 2015. Source:
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Daniel Örlund | GK | (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (aged 35) | Rosenborg |
| 21 | Thomas Dähne | GK | (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 21) | RB Leipzig |
| 35 | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | GK | (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 23) | RoPS |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Gideon Baah | DF | (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 24) | Honka |
| 4 | Juhani Ojala | DF | (1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 26) | loan from Terek Grozny |
| 5 | Tapio Heikkilä | DF | (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 25) | Honka |
| 6 | Markus Heikkinen | DF | (1978-10-13)13 October 1978 (aged 37) | Start |
| 11 | Veli Lampi | DF | (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 31) | Arsenal Kyiv |
| 15 | Roni Peiponen | DF | (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 18) | Klubi-04 |
| 27 | Sebastian Sorsa | DF | (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 31) | Hamilton Academical |
| 33 | Taye Taiwo | DF | (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 30) | Bursaspor |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Lucas Lingman* | MF | (1998-01-25)25 January 1998 (aged 17) | Klubi-04 |
| 10 | Atomu Tanaka | MF | (1987-10-04)4 October 1987 (aged 28) | Albirex Niigata |
| 13 | Toni Kolehmainen | MF | (1988-07-20)20 July 1988 (aged 27) | Hønefoss |
| 20 | Matti Klinga | MF | (1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 20) | Lahti |
| 26 | Obed Malolo | MF | (1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 18) | Klubi-04 |
| 28 | Rasmus Schüller | MF | (1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 24) | Honka |
| 91 | Guy Moussi | MF | (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 30) | Birmingham City |
| Forwards ||||||
| 8 | Demba Savage | FW | (1988-06-17)17 June 1988 (aged 27) | Honka |
| 17 | Nikolai Alho | FW | (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 22) | Klubi-04 |
| 18 | Ousman Jallow | FW | (1988-10-21)21 October 1988 (aged 27) | Çaykur Rizespor |
| 22 | Formose Mendy | FW | (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 26) | Blackpool |
| 80 | Erfan Zeneli | FW | (1986-12-28)28 December 1986 (aged 28) | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| 95 | Ademir Candido | FW | (1995-01-30)30 January 1995 (aged 20) | loan from Ituano |
| 99 | Macoumba Kandji | FW | (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 30) | Al-Faisaly |
* Dual registered with feeder team Klubi-04.

### 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 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo (on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Daniel Örlund (from Rosenborg) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Atomu Tanaka (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 13 | MF | FIN | Toni Kolehmainen (from Hønefoss) |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Mike Havenaar (from Córdoba) |
| 18 | FW | GAM | Ousman Jallow |
| 22 | FW | GNB | Formose Mendy (from Blackpool) |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Guy Moussi (from Birmingham City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Ville Wallén (Retired) |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Mika Väyrynen (to LA Galaxy) |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Sebastian Mannström (to SV Elversberg) |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Teemu Tainio (Retired) |
| 12 | GK | ESP | Toni Doblas (to Cornellà) |
| 13 | GK | FIN | Carljohan Eriksson (to HIFK) |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo (loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 21 | GK | DEN | Michael Tørnes (to Sandefjord) |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Lassas (to HIFK) |
| 30 | FW | BFA | Aristide Bancé (to Irtysh) |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan (to 1860 München) |
| 33 | FW | FIN | Roni Porokara (to Honka) |
| 42 | MF | FIN | Joel Perovuo (to Honka) |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Macoumba Kandji (to Al-Faisaly) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala (loan from Terek Grozny) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne (from RB Leipzig) |
| 33 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo (from Bursaspor) |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Ademir Candido (loan from Ituano) |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Macoumba Kandji (from Al-Faisaly) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Alex Lehtinen (to Honka) |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Mike Havenaar (to ADO Den Haag) |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Valtteri Moren (to Waasland-Beveren) |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Robin Lod (to Panathinaikos) |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren (loan to KTP) |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga

The 2015 Veikkausliiga season begins on April 12, 2015, and ends on October 25, 2015. Veikkausliiga takes place in the spring to autumn season, due to harsh winter weather conditions in Finland.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SJK (C) | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | RoPS | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | HJK | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 49 | |
| 5 | Lahti | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 48 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 October 2015. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Results
### League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HJK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | RoPS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | KTP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |

### UEFA Europa League
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 25 October 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League/Europa League | Champions League/Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Daniel Örlund | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GHA | Gideon Baah | 29 | 2 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Juhani Ojala | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Tapio Heikkilä | 41 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Markus Heikkinen | 28 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman | 10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage | 30 | 10 | 18+7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Atomu Tanaka | 45 | 12 | 30+1 | 8 | 2+1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | FIN | Veli Lampi | 21 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | FIN | Toni Kolehmainen | 23 | 1 | 14+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Roni Peiponen | 26 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Nikolai Alho | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GAM | Ousman Jallow | 34 | 10 | 11+9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 3+3 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga | 27 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GNB | Formose Mendy | 18 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo | 23 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FIN | Sebastian Sorsa | 34 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Schüller | 41 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | FIN | Erfan Zeneli | 40 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Guy Moussi | 33 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Ademir Candido | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Macoumba Kandji | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players from Klubi-04 who appeared: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FIN | Tomi Mikkelsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Matias Sauramaa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Samuel Haglund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FIN | Aapo Halme | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FIN | Leo Väisänen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FIN | Calvin N'Sombo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | FIN | Karim Zine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | FIN | Joachim Böckerman | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | FIN | Sebastian Dahlström | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | FIN | Joel Koivurinta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | FIN | Omar Khary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | FIN | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | FIN | Mauricio Hopsu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | FIN | Otto Pitkänen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | FIN | Kelechi Anyamele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | FIN | Omar Jama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left HJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FIN | Alex Lehtinen | 12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Mike Havenaar | 27 | 8 | 15+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Valtteri Moren | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FIN | Robin Lod | 17 | 4 | 9+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League/Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 80 | Erfan Zeneli | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Atomu Tanaka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | | 8 | Demba Savage | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | | 18 | Ousman Jallow | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | FW | | 14 | Mike Havenaar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | | 31 | Robin Lod | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Gideon Baah | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 5 | Tapio Heikkilä | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 22 | Formose Mendy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 13 | Toni Kolehmainen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 15 | Roni Peiponen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 20 | Matti Klinga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 27 | Sebastian Sorsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 48 | Lassi Järvenpää | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 59 | Omar Jama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 71 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League/Europa League | UEFA Champions League/Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Alex Lehtinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Gideon Baah | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Juhani Ojala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Tapio Heikkilä | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Markus Heikkinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Lucas Lingman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | FW | Demba Savage | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Atomu Tanaka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | DF | Veli Lampi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | | MF | Toni Kolehmainen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Mike Havenaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Roni Peiponen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Valtteri Moren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Ousman Jallow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Matti Klinga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | Formose Mendy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Aapo Halme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Sebastian Sorsa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Rasmus Schüller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 80 | | FW | Erfan Zeneli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 91 | | MF | Guy Moussi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 51 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 71 | 1 |