# 2015 SJK season

The 2015 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 8th competitive season, during which they won their first Veikkausliiga title.

## Squad

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 | Jere Koponen |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Pavle Milosavljević (captain) |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Jussi Vasara |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Wayne Brown |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Toni Lehtinen |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Željko Savić |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Teemu Penninkangas |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski (on loan from Haugesund) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Emil Lidman |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Marco Matrone |
| 21 | FW | BIH | Bahrudin Atajić |
| 24 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Cèdric Gogoua |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Allan (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 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 |

### Out 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 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juho Lähde (at VPS) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 51 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde (at FC Jazz) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jere Koponen (from Inter Turku) |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Jussi Vasara (from Honka) |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam (from Lahti) |
| 21 | FW | BIH | Bahrudin Atajić (from Celtic) |
| 24 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto (from Honka) |
| 53 | DF | FIN | Joona Ala-Hukkala |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj (from AlbinoLeffe) |
| 63 | MF | FIN | Arttu Aromaa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Luís Fernando |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Juho Mäkelä (to VPS) |
| 18 | MF | USA | Justin Moose (to Wilmington Hammerheads) |
| 19 | MF | EST | Gert Kams (to Flora Tallinn) |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Timo Rauhala (to KPV) |
| 22 | DF | FIN | Matti Lähitie (to JJK) |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Jyri Hietaharju |
| 24 | FW | FIN | Sami Viljanen |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Arinse Uade |
| 36 | MF | FIN | Aki Sipilä |
| 51 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde (loan to Jazz) |
| 59 | MF | FIN | Joona Lautamaja |
| 70 | MF | FIN | Tuomas Lähdesmäki (to Haka) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski (loan from Haugesund) |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Allan (loan from Liverpool) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juho Lähde (loan to VPS) |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga

The 2015 Veikkausliiga season began on April 12, 2015, and ended 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

| 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results
### League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SJK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | VPS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Jaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jere Koponen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman | 30 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Pavle Milosavljević | 26 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen | 36 | 2 | 19+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Jussi Vasara | 36 | 4 | 22+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Wayne Brown | 31 | 3 | 19+6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Ariel Ngueukam | 38 | 7 | 23+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Toni Lehtinen | 29 | 6 | 13+10 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Željko Savić | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Akseli Pelvas | 40 | 20 | 28+4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Teemu Penninkangas | 10 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Emil Lidman | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Marco Matrone | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BIH | Bahrudin Atajić | 26 | 3 | 13+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FIN | Henri Aalto | 23 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Cèdric Gogoua | 34 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Allan | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | FIN | Joona Ala-Hukkala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj | 37 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from SJK on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juho Lähde | 11 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 16 | Akseli Pelvas | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | FW | | 18 | Roope Riski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 11 | Ariel Ngueukam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 14 | Toni Lehtinen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 9 | Jussi Vasara | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | | 10 | Wayne Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 21 | Bahrudin Atajić | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | | 4 | Richie Dorman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 8 | Johannes Laaksonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | 27 | Cèdric Gogoua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 58 | Mehmet Hetemaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | 6 | Juho Lähde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 19 | Emil Lidman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 28 | Allan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | 7 | Timo Tahvanainen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 20 | Marco Matrone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 50 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 64 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 33 | Mihkel Aksalu | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Jere Koponen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | | DF | Richie Dorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Pavle Milosavljević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | | DF | Timo Tahvanainen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Johannes Laaksonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Jussi Vasara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Wayne Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Ariel Ngueukam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Toni Lehtinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Željko Savić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | | FW | Akseli Pelvas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Teemu Penninkangas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Roope Riski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Marco Matrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Bahrudin Atajić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Henri Aalto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Cèdric Gogoua | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 28 | | MF | Allan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | | GK | Mihkel Aksalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Mehmet Hetemaj | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 6 | | MF | Juho Lähde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 1 |