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
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: [1]

No.	Name	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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

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	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

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

12 April 2015 1	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

19 April 2015 2	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

23 April 2015 3	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

29 April 2015 4	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

3 May 2015 5	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

8 May 2015 6	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

11 May 2015 7	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

14 May 2015 8	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

17 May 2015 9	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

21 May 2015 10	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

24 May 2015 11	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

29 May 2015 12	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

3 June 2015 13	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

7 June 2015 14	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

17 June 2015 15	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

22 June 2015 16	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

26 June 2015 17	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

29 June 2015 18	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

6 July 2015 19	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

10 July 2015 20	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

25 July 2015 21	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

12 August 2015 22	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

24 August 2015 23	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

30 August 2015 24	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

10 September 2015 25	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

13 September 2015 26	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

20 September 2015 27	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

23 September 2015 28	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

27 September 2015 29	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

1 October 2015 30	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

4 October 2015 31	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

18 October 2015 32	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

25 October 2015 33	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

15 April 2015 Sixth 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

26 April 2015 Quarterfinal	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

15 August 2015 Semifinal	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

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	Knockout stage
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

4 February 2015 Group 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

13 February 2015 Group 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

17 February 2015 Group 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

22 February 2015 Group 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

6 March 2015 Quarterfinal	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

14 March 2015 Semifinal	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

4 April 2015 Final	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

14 July 2015 Second 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)

21 July 2015 Second 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)

29 July 2015 Third 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)

5 August 2015 Third 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

20 August 2015 Play-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)

27 August 2015 Play-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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	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
3	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
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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[1] "Summary - Veikkausliiga - Finland - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".

[2] "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

[3] "Season 1998 Clubs | UEFA Champions League".

[4] "Season 2015 Clubs | UEFA Europa League".

[5] "HJK SOPIMUKSEEN ATOMU TANAKAN KANSSA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[6] "HJK SOPIMUKSEEN TONI KOLEHMAISEN KANSSA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[7] "HJK:LLE KAKSI KOVAN LUOKAN VAHVISTUSTA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[8] "HJK SOPIMUKSEEN OUSMAN JALLOW'N KANSSA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[9] "HJK SOPIMUKSEEN FORMOSE MENDYN KANSSA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[10] "HJK SOPIMUKSEEN GUY MOUSSIN KANSSA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[11] "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Mika Vayrynen". 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[12] "Carljohan Eriksson kaksivuotisella sopimuksella IFK:n riveihin". hifkfotboll.fi/ (in Finnish). HIFK. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

[13] "IFK vahvistuu: Fredrik Lassas ja Youness Rahimi tähtirintoihin". hifkfotboll.fi/ (in Finnish). HIFK. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

[14] Форвард сборной Буркина-Фасо перешел в Иртыш. sports.kz/ (in Russian). sports.kz. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

[15] "Annan verstärkt die Löwen" [Annan joins the lions]. official website (in German). 1860 Munich. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[16] "JUHANI OJALA LOPPUKAUDEKSI KLUBIIN!". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[17] "THOMAS DÄHNE VAHVISTAMAAN KLUBIN MAALIVAHTIOSASTOA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[18] "HJK SOPIMUKSEEN TAYE TAIWON KANSSA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[19] "BRASILIALAISHYÖKKÄÄJÄ VAHVISTAMAAN HJK:TA". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[20] "MAC KANDJI PALAA KLUBIN RIVEIHIN". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[21] "ALEX LEHTINEN SIIRTYY FC HONKAAN". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[22] "MIKE HAVENAAR SIIRTYY HOLLANNIN PÄÄSARJAAN". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[23] "VALTTERI MOREN SIIRTYY BELGIAN PÄÄSARJAAN". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

[24] "FINS INTERNATIONAL VALTTERI MOREN TEKENT VOOR DRIE JAAR BIJ W-B". waasland-beveren.be (in Dutch). Waasland-Beveren. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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[27] ttp://www.veikkausliiga.com/tilastot/spljp15/ottelut/ (in Finnish)

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