# 2017 HJK season

The 2017 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 109th competitive season. HJK are Finlands most successful football club in terms of titles, 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.
After finishing 2nd in the 2016 Veikkausliiga season, HJK entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

## Squad

    As of 31 August 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 21 | Thomas Dähne | GK | (1994-01-04) January 4, 1994 (age 30) | RB Leipzig |
| 29 | Markus Uusitalo | GK | (1997-05-15) May 15, 1997 (age 27) | VPS |
| 35 | Jesse Koivistoinen | GK | (1997-12-31) December 31, 1997 (age 26) | Klubi-04 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Hannu Patronen | DF | (1984-05-23) May 23, 1984 (age 40) | Sogndal |
| 8 | Rafinha (captain) | DF | (1982-06-29) June 29, 1982 (age 42) | Gent |
| 15 | Ville Jalasto | DF | (1986-04-19) April 19, 1986 (age 38) | Stabæk |
| 16 | Aapo Halme | DF | (1998-05-22) May 22, 1998 (age 26) | Klubi-04 |
| 18 | Roni Peiponen | DF | (1997-04-09) April 9, 1997 (age 27) | Loan from Molde |
| 25 | Valtteri Vesiaho | DF | (1999-02-10) February 10, 1999 (age 25) | Klubi-04 |
| 32 | Faith Friday Obilor | DF | (1991-03-05) March 5, 1991 (age 33) | Inter Turku |
| 33 | Henrik Ölander | DF | (1997-10-29) October 29, 1997 (age 26) | Klubi-04 |
| 66 | Juha Pirinen | DF | (1991-10-22) October 22, 1991 (age 32) | RoPS |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | MF | (1994-11-08) November 8, 1994 (age 29) | Spartaks Jūrmala |
| 10 | Atomu Tanaka | MF | (1987-10-04) October 4, 1987 (age 37) | Albirex Niigata |
| 14 | Sebastian Dahlström | MF | (1996-11-05) November 5, 1996 (age 27) | Klubi-04 |
| 19 | Lucas Lingman | MF | (1998-01-25) January 25, 1998 (age 26) | Klubi-04 |
| 20 | Vincent Onovo | MF | (1995-12-10) December 10, 1995 (age 28) | Inter Turku |
| 22 | Anthony Annan | MF | (1986-07-21) July 21, 1986 (age 38) | Stabæk |
| 27 | Filip Valenčič | MF | (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 (age 32) | PS Kemi |
| 28 | Rasmus Schüller | MF | (1991-06-18) June 18, 1991 (age 33) | Loan from Minnesota United |
| 36 | Eetu Vertainen | MF | (1999-05-11) May 11, 1999 (age 25) | Klubi-04 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Demba Savage | FW | (1988-06-17) June 17, 1988 (age 36) | Häcken |
| 17 | Ousman Jallow | FW | (1988-10-21) October 21, 1988 (age 35) | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| 31 | Akseli Pelvas | FW | (1989-02-08) February 8, 1989 (age 35) | Falkenbergs FF |
| 38 | Enoch Banza | FW | (2000-02-04) February 4, 2000 (age 24) | Klubi-04 |
| 77 | Evans Mensah | FW | (1998-02-09) February 9, 1998 (age 26) | Inter Allies |

### 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 |
| 34 | FW | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen (on loan at RoPS until end of season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Hannu Patronen (from Sogndal) |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi (from Spartaks Jūrmala) |
| 9 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage (from Häcken) |
| 11 | FW | COL | Alfredo Morelos (from Independiente Medellín, previously on loan) |
| 32 | DF | NGA | Faith Friday Obilor (from Inter Turku) |
| 66 | DF | FIN | Juha Pirinen (from RoPS) |
| 77 | FW | GHA | Evans Mensah (from International Allies, previously on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo (to Lausanne-Sport) |
| 5 | DF | KOS | Lum Rexhepi (to Go Ahead Eagles) |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo (to SJK) |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Nikolai Alho (to Halmstad) |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Mikael Forssell (to HIFK) |
| 13 | MF | FIN | Toni Kolehmainen (to Wisła Puławy) |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Ivan Tatomirović (to RoPS) |
| 25 | GK | FIN | Jiri Koski (to KTP) |
| 27 | DF | FIN | Sebastian Sorsa (to KuPS) |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa (loan to RoPS) |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Nnamdi Oduamadi (loan return to A.C. Milan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Lucas Kaufmann |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi (from Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| 27 | MF | SVN | Filip Valenčič (from PS Kemi) |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa (loan return from RoPS) |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Schüller (loan from Minnesota United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | COL | Alfredo Morelos (to Rangers) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi (to İstanbulspor) |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa (to Ajax) |
| 34 | FW | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen (loan to RoPS) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 78 | 16 | +62 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | KuPS | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ilves | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Lahti | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 49 | |
* ↑ Since HJK, winners of the 2016–17 Finnish Cup, qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the next best-placed team (in this case to the fourth-placed team).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 October 2017. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| HJK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 15 |
| FC Honka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 12 |
| GrIFK | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 |
| HIFK | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 |
| IF Gnistan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 |
| KTP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 |

#### Knockout stage
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 28 October 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Hannu Patronen | 22 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Juha Pirinen | 40 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 23 | 5 | 13+3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Rafinha | 43 | 3 | 29+2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage | 32 | 6 | 17+7 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Atomu Tanaka | 30 | 5 | 21+2 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Sebastian Dahlström | 37 | 5 | 19+7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto | 28 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Aapo Halme | 15 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GAM | Ousman Jallow | 28 | 5 | 5+15 | 4 | 0+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman | 13 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo | 34 | 4 | 14+10 | 4 | 4+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne | 31 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan | 38 | 3 | 28+2 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FIN | Valtteri Vesiaho | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SVN | Filip Valenčič | 18 | 7 | 13+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Schüller | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | FIN | Markus Uusitalo | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas | 44 | 24 | 26+5 | 14 | 8+1 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | DF | NGA | Faith Friday Obilor | 36 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | FIN | Eetu Vertainen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | CGO | Enoch Banza | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | FIN | Jaakko Oksanen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GHA | Evans Mensah | 40 | 11 | 22+7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Players from Klubi-04 who appeared: ||||||||||||
| 38 | DF | FIN | Samu Laitinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left HJK during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COL | Alfredo Morelos | 19 | 16 | 11+1 | 11 | 3+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Lucas Kaufmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 34 | MF | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 31 | Akseli Pelvas | 14 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 2 | FW | | 11 | Alfredo Morelos | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | | 77 | Evans Mensah | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | | 27 | Filip Valenčič | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Demba Savage | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 10 | Atomu Tanaka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Sebastian Dahlström | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | | 17 | Ousman Jallow | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | | 20 | Vincent Onovo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | DF | | 4 | Hannu Patronen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | | 22 | Anthony Annan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | | 8 | Rafinha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | | 15 | Ville Jalasto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | 32 | Faith Friday Obilor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | | 16 | Aapo Halme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | 19 | Lucas Lingman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | 34 | Lassi Lappalainen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 78 | 24 | 5 | 107 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | | DF | Hannu Patronen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Juha Pirinen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | Rafinha | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Atomu Tanaka | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Alfredo Morelos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Sebastian Dahlström | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Ville Jalasto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Aapo Halme | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | | MF | Vincent Onovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | | GK | Thomas Dähne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | | MF | Anthony Annan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Valtteri Vesiaho | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Filip Valenčič | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | | FW | Akseli Pelvas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | | DF | Faith Friday Obilor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | | MF | Lassi Lappalainen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | FW | Evans Mensah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 48 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 5 |