# 2019 SJK season

The 2019 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 12th competitive season, and sixth in the Veikkausliiga.

## Season Events

On 16 August, Aleksei Yeryomenko left his role as manager by mutual consent, with Brian Page being appointed in his place.

## Squad

    As of 26 September 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jesse Öst |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Joel Mero |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Seynabou Benga |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Jude Arthur (on loan from Liberty Professionals) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Matheus Batista (on loan from Atlético Tubarão) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Maximo Tolonen |
| 15 | DF | EST | Trevor Elhi |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme (3rd captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Oskar Pihlaja |
| 22 | GK | FIN | Severi Ikäheimo |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Boris Kadio |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Daniel Håkans |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Joona Lautamaja |
| 29 | FW | FIN | Jeremiah Streng |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Nadson |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu (Vice-captain) |
| 49 | MF | GEO | Zakaria Beglarishvili (on loan from Flora) |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj (Captain) |
| 77 | FW | USA | Dion Acoff |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | HJK | Free |
| 15 February 2019 | FW | Dion Acoff | Valur | Undisclosed |
| 3 March 2019 | DF | Nadson | Krylia Sovetov | Free |
| 10 March 2019 | MF | Daniel Håkans | SJK Akatemia | Promoted |
| 10 March 2019 | FW | Jeremiah Streng | SJK Akatemia | Promoted |
| 3 April 2019 | DF | Trevor Elhi | Botev Vratsa | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2019 | DF | Seynabou Benga | Ekenäs IF | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 11 January 2019 | MF | Jude Arthur | Liberty Professionals | End of Season |
| 25 January 2019 | MF | Sergei Eremenko | Spartaks Jūrmala | 18 July 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | FW | Serge Atakayi | Rangers | 11 June 2019 |
| 14 April 2019 | FW | Matheus Batista | Atlético Tubarão | End of Season |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | Zakaria Beglarishvili | Flora | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 26 September 2019 | MF | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | HIFK | 29 November 2019 |
| 21 October 2019 | GK | Mihkel Aksalu | | |
| 21 October 2019 | DF | Trevor Elhi | FCI Levadia | |
| 21 October 2019 | DF | Jarkko Hurme | KPV | |
| 21 October 2019 | DF | Dani Hatakka | Honka | |
| 21 October 2019 | DF | Joel Mero | HIFK | |
| 21 October 2019 | MF | Obed Malolo | RoPS | 19 November 2019 |
| 21 October 2019 | FW | Dion Acoff | Þróttur | 1 June 2020 |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga

The 2019 Veikkausliiga season begins on 3 April 2019 and ends on 3 November 2019.

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | HIFK | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 39 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament. |
| 8 | FC Lahti | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament. |
| 9 | SJK | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 30 | |
| 10 | RoPS | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 30 | |
| 11 | KPV (R) | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 October 2019. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D |

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Ilves | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 |
| VPS | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 |
| KPV | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
| RoPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 |
| SJK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 |
| KuPS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 19 October 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jesse Öst | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Joel Mero | 16 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Seynabou Benga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka | 26 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Jude Arthur | 24 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Matheus Batista | 18 | 2 | 8+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk | 30 | 10 | 24+1 | 8 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Maximo Tolonen | 21 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | EST | Trevor Elhi | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman | 20 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo | 18 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Joonas Lepistö | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Didier Kadio | 21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | FIN | Jyri Kiuru | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Daniel Håkans | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi | 23 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Joona Lautamaja | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | FIN | Jeremiah Streng | 22 | 3 | 10+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Nadson | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | GEO | Zakaria Beglarishvili | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj | 26 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | USA | Dion Acoff | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| U23 Players: ||||||||||
| 21 | FW | FIN | Oskar Pihlaja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | FIN | Robbie Malolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Sergei Eremenko | 18 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FIN | Serge Atakayi | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 11 | Denys Oliynyk | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Jeremiah Streng | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 58 | Mehmet Hetemaj | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Matheus Batista | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | 30 | Nadson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 7 | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | | 28 | Serge Atakayi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 5 | Dani Hatakka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 6 | Jude Arthur | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 14 | Maximo Tolonen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 23 | Didier Kadio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 27 | Joona Lautamaja | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 18 | 7 | 25 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 33 | Mihkel Aksalu | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Jesse Öst | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Joel Mero | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Seynabou Benga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Dani Hatakka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | | MF | Jude Arthur | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Denys Oliynyk | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | | DF | Trevor Elhi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Joonas Sundman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Jarkko Hurme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Obed Malolo | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 23 | | DF | Didier Kadio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | | MF | Jesse Sarajärvi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Joona Lautamaja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | FW | Jeremiah Streng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | | DF | Nadson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Mehmet Hetemaj | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Sergei Eremenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Serge Atakayi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 70 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 86 | 6 |