# 2018 SJK season

The 2018 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 11th competitive season, and fifth in the Veikkausliiga.

## Season events

On 22 May, SJK announced that Aleksei Yeryomenko had replaced Tommi Kautonen after their poor start to the season.

## Squad

    As of 21 August 2018
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 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Anders Bååth |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Jordan Mustoe |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Maximo Tolonen |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo |
| 21 | MF | KEN | Peter Opiyo |
| 22 | FW | TRI | Shahdon Winchester |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Didier Kadio |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Emile Paul Tendeng |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Joona Lautamaja |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Danny O'Brien |
| 31 | GK | FIN | Paavo Valakari |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu (captain) |
| 37 | FW | COD | Aristote M'Boma |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj |

### Out on loan

    As of 2 April 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | FIN | Teppo Marttinen (at KPV) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde (at TPS) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Anders Bååth (from IF Brommapojkarna) |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Reuben Ayarna (from Ilves) |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Jordan Mustoe (from Westerlo) |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Maximo Tolonen (from Honka) |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Emile Paul Tendeng (from Ilves) |
| — | DF | SWE | Kyle Konwea (from IF Brommapojkarna) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Matej Hradecky |
| 7 | DF | FIN | Timo Tahvanainen (to JIPPO) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergi Arimany (to Llagostera) |
| 11 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecky (to TPS) |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Kaine Sheppard (to Avondale United) |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Diego Bardanca (to UD Ibiza) |
| 24 | GK | EST | Marten Ritson (to Viljandi Tulevik) |
| 25 | FW | FIN | Elias Ahde (loan to TPS) |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Chema Antón |
| 80 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli |
| — | DF | SWE | Kyle Konwea (to Assyriska FF) |

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Peter Opiyo | | Free |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Denys Oliynyk | Helios Kharkiv | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2018 | FW | Shahdon Winchester | Murciélagos | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2018 | DF | Didier Kadio | FC Pyunik | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 24 July 2018 | DF | Marc Vales | Sandefjord | Free |
| 2 August 2018 | MF | Reuben Ayarna | KuPS | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2018 | FW | Vahid Hambo | RoPS | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 November 2018 | GK | Paavo Valakari | KäPa | |
| 30 November 2018 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | Dinamo București | 15 January 2019 |
| 30 November 2018 | MF | Danny O'Brien | Alfreton Town | 30 November 2018 |
| 30 November 2018 | MF | Matti Klinga | Lahti | 1 December 2018 |
| 30 November 2018 | MF | Peter Opiyo | Altyn Asyr | August 2019 |
| 30 November 2018 | MF | Anders Bååth | Syrianska | |
| 30 November 2018 | FW | Emile Paul Tendeng | Ilves | 1 December 2018 |
| 30 November 2018 | FW | Aristote M'Boma | IFK Mariehamn | |
| 30 November 2018 | FW | Elias Ahde | | |
| 30 November 2018 | FW | Shahdon Winchester | | |
| 31 December 2018 | MF | Johannes Laaksonen | Sandnes Ulf | 14 January 2019 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 8 | Lahti | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 40 | |
| 9 | SJK | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 32 | |
| 10 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 31 | |
| 11 | TPS (R) | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Inter Turku qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017-18 Finnish Cup

#### 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

| 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D |

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| SJK | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 13 |
| VPS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 10 |
| KPV | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 |
| FF Jaro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 |
| TPV | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 |
| PK Keski-Uusimaa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 October 2018

### 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 | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Joel Mero | 29 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Richie Dorman | 23 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Dani Hatakka | 15 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Anders Bååth | 34 | 2 | 23+5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Johannes Laaksonen | 29 | 6 | 23+5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Billy Ions | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Jordan Mustoe | 23 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Maximo Tolonen | 19 | 2 | 8+6 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | FIN | Matti Klinga | 19 | 2 | 10+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Joonas Sundman | 25 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Ville Tikkanen | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Hurme | 23 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Obed Malolo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | KEN | Peter Opiyo | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | TRI | Shahdon Winchester | 11 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Didier Kadio | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Emile Paul Tendeng | 30 | 3 | 19+5 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Jesse Sarajärvi | 23 | 2 | 12+5 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Joona Lautamaja | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk | 13 | 4 | 11+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Danny O'Brien | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Marcus Vinicius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | EST | Mihkel Aksalu | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | COD | Aristote M'Boma | 33 | 6 | 20+7 | 4 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 58 | MF | FIN | Mehmet Hetemaj | 28 | 4 | 20+2 | 3 | 5+1 | 1 |
| Players from Kerho 07 who appeared: ||||||||||
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | MDA | Marc Vales | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GHA | Reuben Ayarna | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo | 20 | 5 | 6+9 | 2 | 2+3 | 3 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 8 | Johannes Laaksonen | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | | 37 | Aristote M'Boma | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Vahid Hambo | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 28 | Denys Oliynyk | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 58 | Mehmet Hetemaj | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | 25 | Emile Paul Tendeng | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 15 | Matti Klinga | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 7 | Reuben Ayarna | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 26 | Jesse Sarajärvi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 6 | Anders Bååth | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 14 | Maximo Tolonen | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Dani Hatakka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 22 | Shahdon Winchester | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 19 | Obed Malolo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 28 | 13 | 41 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 33 | Mihkel Aksalu | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Jesse Öst | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 3 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Jesse Öst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Joel Mero | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Richie Dorman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Dani Hatakka | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Anders Bååth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Johannes Laaksonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | DF | Jordan Mustoe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Matti Klinga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Joonas Sundman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Ville Tikkanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Jarkko Hurme | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Peter Opiyo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | Shahdon Winchester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Didier Kadio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | | FW | Emile Paul Tendeng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Joona Lautamaja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Denys Oliynyk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Danny O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | | GK | Mihkel Aksalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | | FW | Aristote M'Boma | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Mehmet Hetemaj | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Players who left SJK during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | | DF | Marc Vales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Reuben Ayarna | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Vahid Hambo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 81 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 2 |