# 2018 HJK season

The 2018 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 110th competitive season.

## Squad

    As of match played 27 October 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Markus Uusitalo | GK | (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 27) | VPS | 2016 | 2018+1 | 38 | 0 |
| 12 | Robin Källman | GK | (1999-02-12) 12 February 1999 (age 25) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | 2019+1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jere Piirainen | GK | (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 (age 26) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Maksim Rudakov | GK | (1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 28) | loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2017 | 2018 | 38 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Hannu Patronen | DF | (1984-05-23) 23 May 1984 (age 40) | Sogndal | 2017 | 2018+1 | 49 | 5 |
| 5 | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | DF | (1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30) | Cheltenham Town | 2018 | 2019+1 | 24 | 3 |
| 6 | Juha Pirinen | DF | (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32) | RoPS | 2017 | 2018 | 68 | 0 |
| 8 | Rafinha (captain) | DF | (1982-06-29) 29 June 1982 (age 42) | Gent | 2017 | 2019 | 167 | 11 |
| 15 | Ville Jalasto | DF | (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 (age 38) | Stabæk | 2017 | 2018 | 88 | 7 |
| 16 | Kalle Katz | DF | (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 24) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Roni Peiponen | DF | (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27) | Molde | 2018 | 2019+1 | 52 | 2 |
| 21 | Mikko Sumusalo | DF | (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) | Chemnitzer FC | 2018 | 2018+1 | 91+ | 3+ |
| 25 | Valtteri Vesiaho | DF | (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25) | Klubi 04 | 2017 | 2018+1 | 25 | 1 |
| 32 | Faith Friday Obilor | DF | (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33) | Inter Turku | 2017 | 2018 | 79 | 4 |
| 42 | Samu Laitinen | DF | (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan | DF | (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | Otto Ollikainen | DF | (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| Midfields ||||||||||
| 14 | Sebastian Dahlström | MF | (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 (age 27) | Klubi 04 | 2015 | 2019 | 118 | 12 |
| 22 | Anthony Annan | MF | (1986-07-21) 21 July 1986 (age 38) | Stabæk | 2016 | 2018 | 112 | 3 |
| 31 | Jordan Domínguez | MF | (1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29) | Real Murcia | 2018 | 2018+1 | 13 | 1 |
| 36 | Eetu Vertainen | MF | (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25) | Klubi 04 | 2017 | 2018+1 | 29 | 7 |
| 50 | Santeri Väänänen | DF | (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 22) | Klubi 04 | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Klauss | FW | (1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27) | loan from Hoffenheim | 2018 | 2018 | 42 | 24 |
| 9 | Riku Riski | FW | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | Odd | 2018 | 2019 | 33 | 8 |
| 11 | Akseli Pelvas | FW | (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35) | Falkenbergs FF | 2016 | 2019 | 190 | 75 |
| 17 | Nikolai Alho | FW | (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 31) | Halmstads BK | 2018 | 2018 | 167 | 24 |
| 38 | Enoch Banza | FW | (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24) | Klubi 04 | 2017 | 2019+1 | 15 | 1 |
| 39 | Macauley Chrisantus | FW | (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 (age 34) | Real Murcia | 2018 | 2018+1 | 12 | 1 |
| 77 | Evans Mensah | FW | (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26) | Inter Allies | 2017 | 2019+1 | 75 | 17 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | MF | (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29) | Spartaks Jūrmala | 2017 | 2018 | 59 | 14 |
| 27 | Filip Valenčič | MF | (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32) | PS Kemi | 2016 | 2019 | 43 | 14 |
| 74 | Amr Gamal | FW | (1991-08-03) 3 August 1991 (age 33) | loan from Al Ahly | 2018 | August 2018 | 15 | 1 |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Daniel O'Shaughnessy (from Cheltenham Town) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Klauss (loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Riku Riski (from Odds BK) |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Nikolai Alho (from Halmstads BK) |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Roni Peiponen (from Molde) |
| 74 | FW | EGY | Amr Gamal (loan from Al Ahly) |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Maksim Rudakov (loan from Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| — | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam (from Ilves) |
| — | MF | FIN | Jaakko Oksanen (from Klubi-04) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage (to BB Erzurumspor) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Atomu Tanaka (to Cerezo Osaka) |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Aapo Halme (to Leeds United). |
| 17 | FW | GAM | Ousman Jallow |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman (to RoPS) |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo (to Újpest) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne (to Wisla Plock) |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Schüller (loan return to Minnesota United) |
| 33 | DF | FIN | Henrik Ölander (to PS Kemi) |
| — | MF | FIN | Jaakko Oksanen (to Brentford) |
| — | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam (to Al-Khor) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo (from Chemnitzer FC) |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Jordan Domínguez (from Real Murcia) |
| 37 | FW | NGA | Macauley Chrisantus (from Real Murcia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | SVN | Filip Valenčič (to Stabæk) |
| 74 | FW | EGY | Amr Gamal (loan return to Al Ahly) |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 16 October 2018 | MF | | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | SJK | |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga

The 2018 Veikkausliiga season began on 7 April 2018 and ends on 27 October 2018.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | RoPS | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KuPS | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Honka | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 58 | |
| 5 | Ilves | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 49 | |
* ↑ HJK qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 October 2018. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Honka | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 15 |
| HJK Helsinki | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 12 |
| HIFK Fotboll | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 |
| KTP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| IF Gnistan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 4 |
| PEPO | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 |

#### Final
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 October 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Markus Uusitalo | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Hannu Patronen | 26 | 2 | 16+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | 24 | 3 | 15+2 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Juha Pirinen | 25 | 1 | 13+6 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Klauss | 42 | 24 | 28+5 | 21 | 2+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Rafinha | 36 | 2 | 21+3 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Riku Riski | 33 | 8 | 16+6 | 6 | 4+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas | 15 | 5 | 4+3 | 1 | 6+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Sebastian Dahlström | 46 | 4 | 28+3 | 2 | 7+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Ville Jalasto | 24 | 2 | 11+4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Nikolai Alho | 38 | 6 | 23+4 | 5 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Roni Peiponen | 14 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo | 11 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan | 41 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FIN | Valtteri Vesiaho | 16 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Jordan Domínguez | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NGA | Faith Friday Obilor | 43 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | FIN | Eetu Vertainen | 26 | 7 | 10+8 | 4 | 1+4 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | FIN | Enoch Banza | 7 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NGA | Macauley Chrisantus | 12 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 50 | MF | FIN | Santeri Väänänen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | GHA | Evans Mensah | 32 | 6 | 13+7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | RUS | Maksim Rudakov | 38 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players from Klubi-04 who appeared: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | FIN | Kalle Katz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | FIN | Samu Laitinen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | FIN | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | FIN | Otto Ollikainen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left HJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GAM | Demba Savage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 36 | 9 | 19+3 | 2 | 8+1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SVN | Filip Valenčič | 25 | 7 | 13+5 | 5 | 4+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | FW | EGY | Amr Gamal | 15 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 7 | Klauss | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Riku Riski | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 27 | Filip Valenčič | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | | 36 | Eetu Vertainen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | | 17 | Nikolai Alho | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | | 77 | Evans Mensah | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | FW | | 11 | Akseli Pelvas | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | | 14 | Sebastian Dahlström | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | | 4 | Hannu Patronen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 8 | Rafinha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 15 | Ville Jalasto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 32 | Faith Friday Obilor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | | 74 | Amr Gamal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | 18 | Roni Peiponen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | 31 | Jordan Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | 6 | Juha Pirinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | 38 | Enoch Banza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | 39 | Macauley Chrisantus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 61 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 95 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Markus Uusitalo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Hannu Patronen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Juha Pirinen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Klauss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Rafinha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Riku Riski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Sebastian Dahlström | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Ville Jalasto | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Nikolai Alho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Roni Peiponen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | | DF | Mikko Sumusalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Anthony Annan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 31 | | MF | Jordan Domínguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | | DF | Faith Friday Obilor | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 36 | | MF | Eetu Vertainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | | FW | Enoch Banza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | FW | Evans Mensah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | | GK | Maksim Rudakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left HJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | | MF | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 27 | | MF | Filip Valenčič | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 60 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 3 |