2015 HJK season

HJK

2015 season
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Mika Lehkosuo
Stadium	Sonera Stadium
Veikkausliiga	3rd
Finnish Cup	Semifinal
League Cup	Champions
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Atomu Tanaka (8) Demba Savage (8) Erfan Zeneli (8) All: Erfan Zeneli (13)
Highest home attendance	League: 10,521 (6 July 2015 vs HIFK, Veikkausliiga) Other:
Lowest home attendance	League; 2,152 (29 April 2015 vs KTP, Veikkausliiga) Other:
Average home league attendance	5,281 [1]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 107th competitive season. ^[2] HJK is the most successful football club in Finland 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. ^{[3] [4]}

As Veikkausliiga 2014 champions, HJK entered the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

The Under-19 team, including several players from Klubi-04 participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.

Squad

As of September 1, 2015. Source:

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Daniel Örlund		GK	(1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (aged 35)	Rosenborg
21	Thomas Dähne		GK	(1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 21)	RB Leipzig
35	Saku-Pekka Sahlgren		GK	(1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 23)	RoPS
Defenders
3	Gideon Baah		DF	(1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 24)	Honka
4	Juhani Ojala		DF	(1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 26)	loan from Terek Grozny
5	Tapio Heikkilä		DF	(1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 25)	Honka
6	Markus Heikkinen		DF	(1978-10-13)13 October 1978 (aged 37)	Start
11	Veli Lampi		DF	(1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 31)	Arsenal Kyiv
15	Roni Peiponen		DF	(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 18)	Klubi-04
27	Sebastian Sorsa		DF	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 31)	Hamilton Academical
33	Taye Taiwo		DF	(1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 30)	Bursaspor
Midfielders
7	Lucas Lingman*		MF	(1998-01-25)25 January 1998 (aged 17)	Klubi-04
10	Atomu Tanaka		MF	(1987-10-04)4 October 1987 (aged 28)	Albirex Niigata
13	Toni Kolehmainen		MF	(1988-07-20)20 July 1988 (aged 27)	Hønefoss
20	Matti Klinga		MF	(1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 20)	Lahti
26	Obed Malolo		MF	(1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 18)	Klubi-04
28	Rasmus Schüller		MF	(1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 24)	Honka
91	Guy Moussi		MF	(1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 30)	Birmingham City
Forwards
8	Demba Savage		FW	(1988-06-17)17 June 1988 (aged 27)	Honka
17	Nikolai Alho		FW	(1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 22)	Klubi-04
18	Ousman Jallow		FW	(1988-10-21)21 October 1988 (aged 27)	Çaykur Rizespor
22	Formose Mendy		FW	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 26)	Blackpool
80	Erfan Zeneli		FW	(1986-12-28)28 December 1986 (aged 28)	Maccabi Petah Tikva
95	Ademir Candido		FW	(1995-01-30)30 January 1995 (aged 20)	loan from Ituano
99	Macoumba Kandji		FW	(1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 30)	Al-Faisaly

• Dual registered with feeder team Klubi-04.

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Transfers

Winter

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SWE Daniel Örlund (from Rosenborg) 10 MF   JPN Atomu Tanaka (from Albirex Niigata) [5] 13 MF   FIN Toni Kolehmainen (from Hønefoss) [6] 14 FW   JPN Mike Havenaar (from Córdoba) [7] 18 FW   GAM Ousman Jallow [8] 22 FW   GNB Formose Mendy (from Blackpool) [9] 91 MF   FRA Guy Moussi (from Birmingham City) [10]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   FIN Ville Wallén (Retired) 4 MF   FIN Mika Väyrynen (to LA Galaxy) [11] 7 FW   FIN Sebastian Mannström (to SV Elversberg) 10 MF   FIN Teemu Tainio (Retired) 12 GK   ESP Toni Doblas (to Cornellà) 13 GK   FIN Carljohan Eriksson (to HIFK) [12] 20 FW   FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf) 21 GK   DEN Michael Tørnes (to Sandefjord) 22 MF   FIN Fredrik Lassas (to HIFK) [13] 30 FW   BFA Aristide Bancé (to Irtysh) [14] 32 MF   GHA Anthony Annan (to 1860 München) [15] 33 FW   FIN Roni Porokara (to Honka) 42 MF   FIN Joel Perovuo (to Honka) 99 FW   SEN Macoumba Kandji (to Al-Faisaly)

Summer

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   FIN Juhani Ojala (loan from Terek Grozny) [16] 21 GK   GER Thomas Dähne (from RB Leipzig) [17] 33 DF   NGA Taye Taiwo (from Bursaspor) [18] 95 FW   BRA Ademir Candido (loan from Ituano) [19] 99 FW   SEN Macoumba Kandji (from Al-Faisaly) [20]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   FIN Alex Lehtinen(to Honka) [21] 14 FW   JPN Mike Havenaar (to ADO Den Haag) [22] 16 DF   FIN Valtteri Moren (to Waasland-Beveren) [23] [24] 31 MF   FIN Robin Lod (to Panathinaikos) [25] 35 GK   FIN Saku-Pekka Sahlgren (loan to KTP) [26]

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Main article: 2015 Veikkausliiga

The 2015 Veikkausliiga season begins on April 12, 2015, and ends on October 25, 2015. ^[27] Veikkausliiga takes place in the spring to autumn season, due to harsh winter weather conditions in Finland.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
4	Inter Turku	33	13	10	10	45	34	+11	49
5	Lahti	33	12	12	9	38	36	+2	48

Source: Veikkausliiga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals allowed; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals allowed; 10) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 7–10 is only used if deciding Champion, teams to UEFA competitions or teams for relegation). ^[28]
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	16	10	7	45	30	+15	58	11	4	2	28	11	+17	5	6	5	17	19	−2

Last updated: 25 October 2015.
Source: Soccerway

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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2015. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

RoPS v HJK

12 April 20151	RoPS	1 – 3	HJK	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lahdenmäki  17' Okkonen  44' A.Ibiyomi 58' Yaghoubi  90'	Report	Zeneli  12'45+2' Heikkilä 19' Schüller  61' Tanaka 71' Jallow  81' Lampi  90+1'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,281 Referee: Marko Grönholm

HJK v Lahti

19 April 20152	HJK	1 – 1	Lahti	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Baah  24' Klinga 42'	Report	L.Motta 20' Länsitalo  61' Joenmäki  69'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 5,502 Referee: Dennis Antamo

HIFK v HJK

23 April 20153	HIFK	1 – 1	HJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	J.Korhonen 23' (pen.) J.Halme  38' F.Lassas  72' O-P.Jurvainen  78'	Report	Havenaar 4'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v KTP

29 April 20154	HJK	1 – 0	KTP	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Sorsa  31' Zeneli  87' Savage 88'	Report	J.Mulvany  51' Minkenen  54' J.Pyhäranta  80' Aspegren  90+3'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 2,152 Referee: Mikka Lähdesmäki

HJK v Jaro

3 May 20155	HJK	3 – 0	Jaro	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zeneli 52' 62' Savage 66', 87'	Report	Moore  37'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Mikko Mörö

KuPS v HJK

8 May 20156	KuPS	1 – 0	HJK	Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Poutiainen  17' Trafford 23'	Report	Savage  21'	Stadium: Savon Sanomat Areena Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Jari Järvinen

HJK v VPS

11 May 20157	HJK	1 – 0	VPS	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Lod 65'	Report	Miheso  47' Abdulahi  89'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Tero Nieminen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

14 May 20158	HJK	1 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Savage  52' Peiponen  61' Mendy 69'	Report	Ibrahim  38'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 5,172 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

VPS v HJK

17 May 20159	VPS	2 – 2	HJK	Vaasa
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Seabrook 38' P.Soiri  54' Mäkelä 88'	Report	Koskimaa 43' (o.g.) Tanaka 62' Lampi  81'	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 1,712 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v Inter Turku

21 May 201510	HJK	2 – 0	Inter Turku	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Havenaar 58', 73'	Report	Kanakoudis  22' V.Onovo  65'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 5,301 Referee: Dennis Antamo

SJK v HJK

24 May 201511	SJK	1 – 2	HJK	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Aalto  15' Vasara  22' Pelvas 31'	Report	Lampi  39' Savage 50' Tanaka 76'	Stadium: Seinäjoen keskuskenttä Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v KuPS

29 May 201512	HJK	1 – 1	KuPS	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Savage 15' 59' Schüller  35' Moussi  89'	Report	Trafford 11' Hatakka  43' T.Markić  54' F.Chibuike  70' Sohna  75'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 3,590 Referee: Petteri Kari

HJK v Ilves

3 June 201513	HJK	2 – 1	Ilves	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Savage 14' 35' Sorsa 53'	Report	Lahtinen 21' O.Khary  68'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 3,912 Referee: Jari Järvinen

Lahti v HJK

7 June 201514	Lahti	0 – 0	HJK	Lahti
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Heikkinen  34' Schüller  67' Havenaar  75'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 3,195 Referee: Dennis Antamo

HJK v SJK

17 June 201515	HJK	3 – 1	SJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Zeneli 17' Baah  60' Tanaka  64'90+1' Havenaar 72'	Report	Brown  16' Lähde  64' Lehtinen 90+3'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 4,121 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v FF Jaro

22 June 201516	HJK	4 – 0	FF Jaro	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tanaka 59' Zeneli 72' (pen.), 77' Jallow 88'	Report	J. Brunell  44'  56' D. Kadio  46' Opiyo  51'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Ilves v HJK

26 June 201517	Ilves	1 – 1	HJK	Tampere
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Lahtinen  36' Korte  73' Hjelm 86'	Report	Tanaka 57' 71' Baah  88' Peiponen  90+3'	Stadium: Tammela Stadion Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Jani Laaksonen

Inter Turku v HJK

29 June 201518	Inter Turku	3 – 0	HJK	Turku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	V. Onovo 7', 37', 48' Aho  87'	Report		Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 4,043 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v HIFK

6 July 201519	HJK	1 – 1	HIFK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tanaka 49'	Report	Bäckman  48' Kuusijärvi  83' Vesala 86'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 10,521 Referee: Dennis Antamo

RoPS v HJK

10 July 201520	RoPS	2 – 1	HJK	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Pirinen 16' Kokko 45+2' Ricardo  54'	Report	Schüller  19' Baah  37' Zeneli 54' (pen.) Sorsa  58'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v KTP

25 July 201521	HJK	2 – 1	KTP	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zeneli 6' Moussi  44' Jallow 90+5' (pen.)	Report	van Gelderen  5' Minkenen  36' Gruborovics 48' Aspegren  72' G. Ositashvili  78'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 3,647 Referee: Mikko Mörö

HJK v Lahti

12 August 201522	HJK	1 – 0	Lahti	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Baah  12' Jallow 31' Kolehmainen  82' Zeneli  90+2'	Report	Pasanen  85' Paananen  89'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v HIFK

24 August 201523	HJK	1 – 1	HIFK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Schüller  36' Mendy 38' Kolehmainen  84'	Report	Sinisalo 58'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 10,325 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Ilves v HJK

30 August 201524	Ilves	1 – 0	HJK	Tampere
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Petrescu 31' Hynynen  53' Ojanperä  57' J.Rantanen  85'	Report	Peiponen  32' Moussi  76'	Stadium: Tammela Stadion Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v Inter Turku

10 September 201525	HJK	0 – 2	Inter Turku	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Heikkilä  47' Moussi  76' Ojala  82'	Report	Gnabouyou 48' (pen.) Mannström 56' Kanakoudis  89'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 6,052 Referee: Mikko Mörö

FF Jaro v HJK

13 September 201526	FF Jaro	1 – 1	HJK	Jakobstad
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kadio  40'76' Moore  40' A.Eremenko  60'	Report	Tanaka 30' 32' Savage  47' Klinga  61' A. Halme  76'	Stadium: Jakobstads Centralplan Attendance: 1,792 Referee: Jarno Laaksonen

HJK v RoPS

20 September 201527	HJK	0 – 2	RoPS	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Yaghoubi  21' Kokko 40' J. Saksela  52' Markkanen 71'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 9,111 Referee: Dennis Antamo

SJK v HJK

23 September 201528	SJK	3 – 0	HJK	Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	T.Tahvanainen 17' Riski 55' Ngueukam 64'	Report	Baah  24'	Stadium: Seinäjoen keskuskenttä Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Marko Grönholm

KTP v HJK

27 September 201529	KTP	1 – 1	HJK	Kotka
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nosh A Lody 45' 90'	Report	Savage  32' Jallow 78'	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena Attendance: 2,645 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

IFK Mariehamn v HJK

1 October 201530	IFK Mariehamn	0 – 2	HJK	Mariehamn
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Peiponen 28' Kolehmainen 52'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Attendance: 1,143 Referee: Petri Viljanen

VPS v HJK

4 October 201531	VPS	1 – 2	HJK	Vaasa
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Koskimaa  64' Mäkelä 90'	Report	Heikkilä 4' 71' Koskimaa 36' (o.g.) Peiponen  67' Savage  89'	Stadium: Kaarlen kenttä Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

18 October 201532	HJK	4 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zeneli 51' (pen.) Jallow 54' Savage 79', 90+1' Baah  86'	Report	A.Granlund  51' Kangaskolkka  67' Assis  86'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 5,988 Referee: Vile Nevalainen

KuPS v HJK

25 October 201533	KuPS	0 – 1	HJK	Kuopio
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sohna  19' T.Markić  36' Diallo  80'	Report	Jallow  40'76' Zeneli  44' Heikkilä  90+3'	Stadium: Savon Sanomat Areena Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Marko Grönholm

Finnish Cup

Main article: 2015 Finnish Cup

PK-35 Vantaa v HJK

15 April 2015Sixth Round	PK-35 Vantaa	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	HJK	Vantaa
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	R.Heinonen  74' K.Manev 83' S.Redjepi  84' B.Jeng  93'	Report	Tanaka  46' L.Lingman  58' Lod 66' Havenaar 97'	Stadium: ISS Stadion Attendance: 1,772 Referee: Petri Viljanen

FC Haka v HJK

26 April 2015Quarterfinal	FC Haka	1 – 3	HJK	Valkeakoski
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	T.Lähdesmäki  26'49'	Report	Savage 18', 52' Tanaka 90+1'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Attendance: 1,102 Referee: Marko Grönholm

IFK Mariehamn v HJK

15 August 2015Semifinal	IFK Mariehamn	5 – 1	HJK	Mariehamn
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Assis 3' Orgill 33', 67' 59' Tammilehto 50' Forsell 52'	Report	Tanaka 47' Baah  80'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Attendance: 1,114 Referee: Marko Grönholm

League Cup

Main article: 2015 Finnish League Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK	4	1	3	0	6	4	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	RoPS	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
3	KTP	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2015. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head

KTP v HJK

4 February 2015Group A	KTP	0 – 0	HJK	Kotka
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Aspegren  19' J.Veija  61'	Report		Stadium: Ruonalan Urheiluhalli Attendance: 681 Referee: Miikka Lähdesmäki

RoPS v HJK

13 February 2015Group A	RoPS	0 – 2	HJK	Oulu
18:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	A.Lehtinen  47' Lod 82' Tanaka 90+2'	Stadium: Arina Areena Attendance: 562 Referee: Dennis Antamo

HJK v RoPS

17 February 2015Group A	HJK	2 – 2	RoPS	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Baah  56'68' Zeneli 89'	Report	Obilor 15' 68' Janne Saksela 20' T.Hradecky  39' L.Nurmos  64' Jammeh  89'	Stadium: Tali Halli Attendance: 745 Referee: Mikko Mörö

HJK v KTP

22 February 2015Group A	HJK	2 – 2	KTP	Helsinki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Schüller  41' Jallow 45' Baah  47' Zeneli 73'	Report	Minkenen 33' McFaul  57' Kaivonurmi 75'	Stadium: Tali Halli Attendance: 733 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v Lahti

6 March 2015Quarterfinal	HJK	2 – 0	Lahti	Helsinki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zeneli 38' Havenaar 85'	Report	Gela  21'  27'	Stadium: Tali Halli Attendance: 702 Referee: Petteri Kari

HJK v HIFK

14 March 2015Semifinal	HJK	2 – 0	HIFK	Helsinki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	L.Järvenpää 60' Jama 90+4'	Report	J.Halme  52' Aho  90'	Stadium: Tali Halli Attendance: 542 Referee: Tommi Grönman

RoPS v HJK

4 April 2015Final	RoPS	0 – 2	HJK	Rovaniemi
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Saxman  72' Yaghoubi  73' Obilor  76'	Report	Lod 9' Moussi  51' Havenaar 57' 76'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Attendance: 907 Referee: Jari Järvinen

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Ventspils v HJK

14 July 2015Second qualifying round 1st leg	Ventspils	1 – 3	HJK	Ventspils, Latvia
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Jemeļins  15'63' Krjauklis  74'	Report	Moussi  34' Baah  52' Zeneli 75' (pen.) Jallow 86' Tanaka 90+2'	Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

HJK v Ventspils

21 July 2015Second qualifying round 2nd leg	HJK	1 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	Ventspils	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Havenaar 83'	Report	Žuļevs  14' Rugins  39' Siņeļņikovs  81'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 6,562 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

HJK v Astana

29 July 2015Third qualifying round 1st leg	HJK	0 – 0	Astana	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zeneli  33' Baah  55'	Report	Dzholchiev  35' Postnikov  79'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 9,788 [29] Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Astana v HJK

5 August 2015Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Astana	4 – 3 (4 – 3 agg.)	HJK	Astana, Kazakhstan
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Twumasi 44' 71' Ilić  45+1' Cañas 47' (pen.) Shomko 56' Maksimović  90+1' Postnikov 90+3'	Report	Jallow 4' Baah 42' Moren  75' Zeneli 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 27,937 [29] Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Krasnodar v HJK

20 August 2015Play-off round	Krasnodar	5 – 1	HJK	Krasnodar, Russia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ojala 8' (o.g.) Mamaev 9' (pen.) Bystrov  43' Smolov 57' (pen.) Wánderson 61' Gazinskiy 63'	Report	Jallow 18' 56' Peiponen  56' Ojala  56' Schüller  68'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

HJK v Krasnodar

27 August 2015Play-off round	HJK	0 – 0 (1 – 5 agg.)	Krasnodar	Helsinki, Finland
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Schüller  36' Mendy  44'	Report	Torbinski  69' Jędrzejczyk  90+1'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 25 October 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		Champions League/Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SWE	Daniel Örlund	26	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
3	DF	GHA	Gideon Baah	29	2	14+2	0	2	0	5+1	1	5	1
4	DF	FIN	Juhani Ojala	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	FIN	Tapio Heikkilä	41	2	25+2	2	3	0	4+2	0	3+2	0
6	DF	FIN	Markus Heikkinen	28	0	17+2	0	0	0	3	0	5+1	0
7	MF	FIN	Lucas Lingman	10	0	2+2	0	0+2	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
8	FW	GAM	Demba Savage	30	10	18+7	8	1	2	0+1	0	3	0
10	MF	JPN	Atomu Tanaka	45	12	30+1	8	2+1	2	5	1	5+1	1
11	DF	FIN	Veli Lampi	21	0	13+1	0	1+1	0	3+2	0	0	0
13	MF	FIN	Toni Kolehmainen	23	1	14+7	1	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	FIN	Roni Peiponen	26	1	14+3	1	2	0	3+1	0	2+1	0
17	FW	FIN	Nikolai Alho	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	GAM	Ousman Jallow	34	10	11+9	6	3	0	3+2	1	3+3	3
20	MF	FIN	Matti Klinga	27	1	11+8	1	3	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
21	GK	GER	Thomas Dähne	8	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	GNB	Formose Mendy	18	2	5+8	2	2	0	0	0	2+1	0
26	MF	FIN	Obed Malolo	23	0	6+9	0	2+1	0	4	0	0+1	0
27	DF	FIN	Sebastian Sorsa	34	1	20+4	1	1	0	5	0	4	0
28	MF	FIN	Rasmus Schüller	41	0	27+2	0	0+1	0	5	0	6	0
33	DF	NGA	Taye Taiwo	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	FIN	Saku-Pekka Sahlgren	14	0	7	0	2	0	4+1	0	0	0
80	FW	FIN	Erfan Zeneli	40	13	27	8	1+1	0	5	3	6	2
91	MF	FRA	Guy Moussi	33	0	15+7	0	1	0	3+1	0	6	0
95	FW	BRA	Ademir Candido	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	SEN	Macoumba Kandji	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:
1	GK	FIN	Tomi Mikkelsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
12	GK	FIN	Matias Sauramaa	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	FW	FIN	Samuel Haglund	3	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
24	DF	FIN	Aapo Halme	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	FIN	Leo Väisänen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	FIN	Calvin N'Sombo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
40	MF	FIN	Karim Zine	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
41	DF	FIN	Joachim Böckerman	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
43	MF	FIN	Sebastian Dahlström	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF	FIN	Joel Koivurinta	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
45	MF	FIN	Omar Khary	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
48	DF	FIN	Lassi Järvenpää	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
49	FW	FIN	Lassi Lappalainen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
50	FW	FIN	Mauricio Hopsu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
55	DF	FIN	Otto Pitkänen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
57	FW	FIN	Kelechi Anyamele	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
59	MF	FIN	Omar Jama	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
Players who left HJK during the season:
2	DF	FIN	Alex Lehtinen	12	0	3+2	0	2	0	3+1	0	1	0
14	FW	JPN	Mike Havenaar	27	8	15+5	4	0+1	1	1+1	2	4	1
16	DF	FIN	Valtteri Moren	18	0	12	0	1	0	2+1	0	2	0
31	MF	FIN	Robin Lod	17	4	9+1	1	2	1	5	2	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	League Cup	UEFA Champions League/Europa League	Total
1	FW		80	Erfan Zeneli	8	0	3	2	13
2	MF		10	Atomu Tanaka	8	2	1	1	12
3	FW		8	Demba Savage	8	2	0	0	10
	FW		18	Ousman Jallow	6	0	1	3	10
5	FW		14	Mike Havenaar	4	1	2	1	8
6	MF		31	Robin Lod	1	1	2	0	4
7	DF		3	Gideon Baah	0	0	1	1	2
	DF		5	Tapio Heikkilä	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		22	Formose Mendy	2	0	0	0	2
10	MF		13	Toni Kolehmainen	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		15	Roni Peiponen	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		20	Matti Klinga	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		27	Sebastian Sorsa	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		48	Lassi Järvenpää	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		59	Omar Jama	0	0	1	0	1
#	Own Goals				2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS					45	6	12	8	71

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Champions League/Europa League		Total
2		DF	Alex Lehtinen	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Gideon Baah	7	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	12	0
4		DF	Juhani Ojala	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Tapio Heikkilä	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		DF	Markus Heikkinen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Lucas Lingman	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		FW	Demba Savage	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
10		MF	Atomu Tanaka	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		DF	Veli Lampi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13		MF	Toni Kolehmainen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		FW	Mike Havenaar	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Roni Peiponen	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
16		DF	Valtteri Moren	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		FW	Ousman Jallow	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
20		MF	Matti Klinga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Formose Mendy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
24		DF	Aapo Halme	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Sebastian Sorsa	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28		MF	Rasmus Schüller	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
80		FW	Erfan Zeneli	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
91		MF	Guy Moussi	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
TOTALS				51	1	3	0	6	0	11	0	71	1

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