2019 HJK season

The 2019 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 111th competitive season.^[2]

HJK

2019 season
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Mika Lehkosuo (until 22 May)[1] Toni Koskela (from 22 May)
Stadium	Telia 5G -areena
Veikkausliiga	5th
Finnish Cup	Sixth Round
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round vs Red Star Belgrade
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round vs Riga FC
Top goalscorer	League: Riku Riski (6) All: Riku Riski (11)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018 2020 →

Season Events

New contracts

On 30 November 2018, Faith Obilor signed a new contract until the end of the 2019 season.^[3]

On 8 February, Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan signed a new contract until the end of the 2020 season, with an option for an additional year.^[4]

On 22 February, Nikolai Alho signed a new contract until the end of the 2019 season.^[5]

On 15 March, Riku Riski signed a new contract until the end of the 2021 season.^[6]

On 17 June, Santeri Väänänen signed a new contract until the end of the 2021 season.^[7]

Squad

As of match played 27 October 2019^[8]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Markus Uusitalo		GK	(1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 22)	VPS	2016	2018+1	39	0
12	Robin Källman		GK	(1999-02-12)12 February 1999 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2018	2019+1	0	0
88	Maksim Rudakov		GK	(1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 23)	loan from Zenit St.Petersburg	2017	2019[9]	77	0
Defenders
3	Henri Toivomäki		DF	(1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 28)	KuPS	2019		27	0
5	Daniel O'Shaughnessy		DF	(1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 25)	Cheltenham Town	2018	2019+1	55	6
8	Rafinha		DF	(1982-06-29)29 June 1982 (aged 37)	Gent	2017	2019	205	12
16	Victor Luiz		DF	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 21)	loan from Cruzeiro	2019[10]	2019[10]	5	0
17	Nikolai Alho		DF	(1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 26)	Halmstads BK	2018	2019[5]	195	24
18	Roni Peiponen		DF	(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 22)	Molde	2018	2019+1	67	2
32	Faith Obilor		DF	(1991-03-05)5 March 1991 (aged 28)	Inter Turku	2017	2019[3]	112	4
33	Samu Laitinen		DF	(1999-08-13)13 August 1999 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2018		5	0
Midfields
6	Harmeet Singh		MF	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 28)	Sarpsborg 08	2019		11	0
7	Eetu Vertainen		MF	(1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2017	2018+1	59	10
14	Sebastian Dahlström (captain)		MF	(1996-11-05)5 November 1996 (aged 22)	Klubi 04	2015	2019	147	16
15	William Parra		MF	(1995-03-01)1 March 1995 (aged 24)	loan from Independiente Medellín	2019[11]	2019[11]	14	2
21	Petteri Forsell		MF	(1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 29)	loan from Miedź Legnica	2019[12]	2019[12]	13	3
22	Kaan Kairinen		MF	(1998-12-22)22 December 1998 (aged 20)	loan from Midtjylland	2019[13]	2019[13]	35	3
50	Santeri Väänänen		MF	(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2018	2021[7]	18	0
67	Matti Peltola		MF	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2019		1	0
Forwards
9	Riku Riski		FW	(1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 30)	Odd	2018	2021[6]	63	20
10	Marco Bueno		FW	(1994-03-31)31 March 1994 (aged 25)	Pachuca	2019	2019+1[14]	9	0
11	Akseli Pelvas		FW	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 30)	Falkenbergs FF	2016	2019	204	77
13	Sekou Camara		FW	(1997-07-20)20 July 1997 (aged 22)	loan from Besëlidhja Lezhë	2019[15]	2019[15]	3	0
19	Tim Väyrynen		FW	(1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 26)	Roda JC Kerkrade	2019[16]		16	3
20	Ivan Tarasov		FW	(2000-01-30)30 January 2000 (aged 19)	loan from Zenit St.Petersburg	2019[17]	2019[17]	17	0
30	Joonas Vahtera		FW	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 23)	VPS	2019[18]	2021+1[18]	12	2
77	Evans Mensah		FW	(1998-02-09)9 February 1998 (aged 21)	Inter Allies	2017	2019+1	104	24
80	Erfan Zeneli		FW	(1986-12-28)28 December 1986 (aged 32)	RoPS	2019[19]	2019[19]
	Samuel Anini		FW	(2002-09-07)7 September 2002 (aged 17)	PK Keski-Uusimaa	2019[20]	2020+1[20]
Away on loan
16	Kalle Katz		DF	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2018		1	0
27	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan		MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2018	2020+1[4]	17	0
37	Julius Tauriainen		MF	(2001-04-18)18 April 2001 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2019		2	0
38	Enoch Banza		FW	(2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2017	2019+1	15	1
61	Otto Ollikainen		MF	(2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2018		2	0
Left during the season
2	Elderson		DF	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 31)	AS Monaco	2019		5	2
24	Lassi Lappalainen		FW	(1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 21)	Klubi 04	2015	[9]	50	7
25	Valtteri Vesiaho		DF	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2017	2018+1	29	1

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 16 DF  FIN Kalle Katz (at RoPS) 27 MF  FIN Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (at RoPS) 37 MF  FIN Julius Tauriainen (at Freiburg II)

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 FW  FIN Enoch Banza (at KPV) 61 MF  FIN Otto Ollikainen (at TPS)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
	DF		Henri Toivomäki	KuPS	Undisclosed
21 December 2018	FW		Joonas Vahtera	VPS	Undisclosed	[18]
7 January 2019	DF		Väinö Vehkonen	JJK	Undisclosed	[21]
9 March 2019	DF		Elderson	AS Monaco	Free	[22]
15 March 2019	MF		Harmeet Singh	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed	[23]
26 March 2019	FW		Marco Bueno	Pachuca	Undisclosed	[14]
17 June 2019	FW		Erfan Zeneli		Free	[19]
28 June 2019	FW		Samuel Anini	PK Keski-Uusimaa	Undisclosed	[20]
28 June 2019	FW		Tim Väyrynen	Roda JC Kerkrade	Undisclosed	[16]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
9 November 2018	GK		Maksim Rudakov	Zenit St.Petersburg	31 December 2019	[9]
14 November 2018	MF		Kaan Kairinen	Midtjylland	31 December 2019	[13]
25 February 2019	FW		Ivan Tarasov	Zenit St.Petersburg	31 December 2019	[17]
17 June 2019	MF		William Parra	Independiente Medellín	31 December 2019	[11]
22 July 2019	DF		Victor Luiz	Cruzeiro	End of Season	[10]
25 July 2019	FW		Sekou Camara	Besëlidhja Lezhë	End of Season	[15]
5 August 2019	MF		Petteri Forsell	Miedź Legnica	End of Season	[12]

Out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2019	DF		Valtteri Vesiaho	TPS	Undisclosed	[24]
17 July 2019	MF		Lassi Lappalainen	Bologna	Undisclosed	[25]
10 December 2019	FW		Evans Mensah	Al-Duhail	Undisclosed	[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
7 January 2019	DF		Kalle Katz	RoPS	31 December 2019	[27]
7 January 2019	FW		Enoch Banza	KPV	31 December 2019	[27]
1 August 2019	MF		Otto Ollikainen	TPS	31 December 2019	[28]
2 August 2019	MF		Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	RoPS	31 December 2019	[29]
29 August 2019	MF		Julius Tauriainen	Freiburg II	30 June 2020	[30]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
9 November 2018[9]	DF		Ville Jalasto	Kongsvinger
9 November 2018[9]	DF		Hannu Patronen	HIFK
9 November 2018[9]	DF		Mikko Sumusalo	Honka
9 November 2018[9]	MF		Jordan Domínguez	Conquense	30 January 2019[31]
9 November 2018[9]	FW		Macauley Chrisantus	Conquense	16 February 2019
4 December 2018†	DF		Juha Pirinen	Tromsø	1 January 2019[32]
31 December 2018	MF		Anthony Annan	Beitar Jerusalem	5 February 2019[33]
28 June 2019[34]	DF		Elderson
27 November 2019[35]	FW		Akseli Pelvas
18 December 2019[36]	MF		Sebastian Dahlström	Sheriff Tiraspol	20 January 2020[37]
31 December 2019	GK		Robin Källman
31 December 2019	GK		Markus Uusitalo	Honka
31 December 2019	DF		Rafinha	AC Oulu	29 January 2020[38][39]
31 December 2019	DF		Samu Laitinen	KPV Kokkola
31 December 2019	DF		Faith Obilor	Sheriff Tiraspol	20 January 2020[40]
31 December 2019	FW		Erfan Zeneli	AC Kajaani	31 May 2020[41]
31 December 2019	FW		Marco Bueno	Oriente Petrolero

† Pirinen's move was announced on the above date, but was not active until 1 January 2019.

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club
21 March 2019[42]		FW		Marco Bueno	Pachuca

Friendlies

Rangers v HJK

20 January 2019 Friendly	Rangers	3 – 2	HJK	Glasgow, Scotland
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Arfield 28' Katić 53' Candeias 75'	Report	Kouassivi-Benissan 30' Lappalainen 55'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

HJK v Hammarby

26 January 2019 Friendly	HJK	3 – 1	Hammarby	Helsinki, Finland
13:45 EET (UTC+2)	Pelvas 54' Tarasov 59', 86'	Report	Rodić 52'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli

HJK v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

4 March 2019 Friendly	HJK	0 – 3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report

HJK v Obolon-Brovar Kyiv

8 March 2019 Friendly	HJK	2 – 1	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Elderson 41' Vertainen 90' (pen.)	Report	48'

HJK v KuPS

16 March 2019 Friendly	HJK	2 – 1	KuPS	Helsinki
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	T.Manga 51' (o.g.) Alho 90+'	Report	Karjalainen 67'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena

HJK v Flora

23 March 2019 Friendly	HJK	3 – 0	Flora	Helsinki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bueno 40' (pen.) Rafinha 42' O'Shaughnessy 87'	Report		Stadium: Telia 5G -areena

Zenit-2 St.Petersburg v HJK

27 March 2019 Friendly	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	0 – 1	HJK	Saint Petersburg
15:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report	11' (pen.)

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Main article: 2019 Veikkausliiga

The 2019 Veikkausliiga season begins on 3 April 2019 and ends on 3 November 2019.^[43]

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
3	FC Honka (O)	27	14	5	8	41	29	+12	47	Qualification for the national Europa League qualification final.
4	Ilves	27	13	8	6	34	25	+9	47	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round.[b]
5	HJK	27	9	10	8	33	29	+4	37	Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament.
6	IFK Mariehamn	27	9	5	13	31	34	−3	32
7	HIFK	27	10	9	8	37	34	+3	39	Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament.

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 away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).
2. Ilves qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019 Finnish Cup

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
27	9	10	8	32	28	+4	37	5	6	1	20	10	+10	4	4	7	12	18	−6

Last updated: 19 October 2019.
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
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2019. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

HJK v Inter Turku

3 April 2019 1	HJK	2 – 1	Inter Turku	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bueno  31' Mensah 66', 77'  67'	Report	Ojala 74' Muñiz  79'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 7,111 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

8 April 2019 2	HJK	2 – 1	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Alho  67' O'Shaughnessy 89' Dahlström 90+3'	Report	Murnane  23' Backaliden  48' M'Boma 68' Crawford  70' Sid  90+1'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 3,242 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

KuPS v HJK

13 April 2019 3	KuPS	0 – 0	HJK	Kuopio
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Saxman  24' Diallo  40'	Report	Dahlström  44'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Attendance: 2,347 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

SJK v HJK

18 April 2019 4	SJK	0 – 0	HJK	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Oliynyk  9' Yaghoubi  61' Atakayi  71' Hatakka  88'	Report	Singh  88' Tarasov  88'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 3,671 Referee: Jani Laaksonen

HJK v HIFK

23 April 2019 5	HJK	1 – 1	HIFK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dahlström  22' Pelvas 49'	Report	Tiquinho 65' Dunsby  80' Patronen  83'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Jari Järvinen

Inter Turku v HJK

29 April 2019 6	Inter Turku	4 – 1	HJK	Turku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Furuholm 10', 19' Markkula  23' Valenčič  30' Kuningas  36' Tenho  45' Hämäläinen 49' Kamy 63'	Report	Elderson 2' Kairinen  31' Obilor  36' Dahlström  36'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 2,914 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v Ilves

3 May 2019 7	HJK	0 – 0	Ilves	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Alho  37'	Report	Ala-Myllymäki  63' Järvinen  82' Aspegren  88'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 5,117 Referee: Jari Järvinen

VPS v HJK

7 May 2019 8	VPS	1 – 1	HJK	Vaasa
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Auvinen  45+1' Ojamaa 90+5'	Report	Singh  23' Kairinen  42'  82' Lappalainen 55' Dahlström  74' Elderson  88'	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 1,872 Referee: Atte Jussila

HJK v SJK

11 May 2019 9	HJK	2 – 2	SJK	Helsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Singh  34' Nadson 44' (o.g.) Alho  80' Lappalainen 90+1'	Report	Yaghoubi  37' Hetemaj 60' Lautamaja  67' Atakayi 82'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 3,392 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Lahti v HJK

20 May 2019 10	Lahti	3 – 0	HJK	Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Törnros 12', 50' Etock 24' Viitikko  31'	Report	Rafinha  58'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 3,454 Referee: Jani Laaksonen

HJK v KPV

26 May 2019 11	HJK	3 – 1	KPV	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Elderson 19' Riski 23' Tarasov  72' Rafinha 80'	Report	Roiha  9' Heiermann  52' Shaze  61' Helmke 76'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 3,252 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

RoPS v HJK

31 May 2019 12	RoPS	0 – 1	HJK	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Agnaldo  74'	Report	Riski  32' 87' Dahlström  72'	Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,596 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v Honka

19 June 2019 13	HJK	0 – 1	Honka	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Alho  55' Mensah  74'  90+3' Rafinha  78' Zeneli  90+1'	Report	Hakola 79' Perovuo  82' Savage  88'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 7,822 Referee: Jari Järvinen

IFK Mariehamn v HJK

25 June 2019 14	IFK Mariehamn	0 – 2	HJK	Mariehamn
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	M'Boma  38' Crawford  65' Sjöroos  89'	Report	Väänänen  3' Lappalainen 24' Riski  43' 85'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v KuPS

29 June 2019 15	HJK	1 – 1	KuPS	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mensah 58' Zeneli  87'	Report	Thiaw  55' Rangel 82'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HIFK v HJK

4 July 2019 16	HIFK	0 – 2	HJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bäckman  36' Kuqi  82' Toró  90+5'	Report	Kairinen 9' Dahlström 32'  36' Alho  90' Vertainen  90+5'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 10,256 Referee: Jari Järvinen

Ilves v HJK

20 July 2019 17	Ilves	1 – 1	HJK	Tampere
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mensah  68' Ala-Myllymäki 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Parra  30' Riski 55' Alho  86' Väänänen  90' Peiponen  90+1' Rafinha  90+1'	Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v VPS

27 July 2019 18	HJK	1 – 1	VPS	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vertainen  45+2' Tarasov  49' Väyrynen 54'	Report	Engström  26' Ebwelle 45+2' (pen.) Voutilainen  50' Lähde  90' Lahti  90+4'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 3,002 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v Lahti

10 August 2019 19	HJK	4 – 0	Lahti	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Riski 18', 45' Forsell 32' Mensah 47'  74'	Report	Coubronne  42' Amione  74'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 4,396 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

KPV v HJK

17 August 2019 20	KPV	1 – 2	HJK	Kokkola
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Memolla 40' Yartey 77'	Report	Väyrynen 71' Mensah  90+1'	Stadium: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Petri Viljanen

Honka v HJK

24 August 2019 21	Honka	0 – 1	HJK	Espoo
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hervás  61'	Report	Luiz  57' O'Shaughnessy 62'	Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v RoPS

1 September 2019 22	HJK	2 – 2	RoPS	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Riski 4' Zeneli  38' Dahlström  45' Toivomäki  57' Obilor  65' Vertainen 73' Väänänen  85'	Report	Muinonen 24' Lingman 59' Sissoko  63'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 7,931 Referee: Antti Munukka

KuPS v HJK

15 September 2019 23	KuPS	1 – 0	HJK	Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Purje 36' Pennanen  89'	Report	O'Shaughnessy  15' Rafinha  38' Vertainen  85'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

Honka v HJK

21 September 2019 24	Honka	3 – 1	HJK	Espoo
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Baah  8' Rasimus  41' Kaufmann  45' Aalto 63' Sumusalo 66' Savage 85'	Report	Kairinen 32'	Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Attendance: 3,192 Referee: Antti Munukka

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

28 September 2019 25	HJK	3 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tarasov  24' Mensah 54', 68' Parra 90+3'	Report	Murnane  90+3'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 2,137 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v Inter Turku

6 October 2019 26	HJK	0 – 1	Inter Turku	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alho  70' Forsell  79' Väyrynen  83' Obilor  90+4'	Report	Valenčič 49'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 3,317 Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

Ilves v HJK

19 October 2019 27	Ilves	2 – 1	HJK	Tampere
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Siira  20' Jair 47' (pen.) Hilander  59' Fofana 64'	Report	Vertainen 3' Väyrynen  39'	Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Referee: Petri Viljanen

European Playoff

HJK v Lahti

23 October 2019	HJK	2 – 2 (4 – 1 p)	Lahti	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Forsell 33' (pen.) Mensah 37' Väyrynen  69' Obilor  109' Tarasov  115'	Report	Amione  31' Josu 68' (pen.) Assehnoun 78'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Mattias Gestranius
	Penalties
	Väyrynen Zeneli Rafinha O'Shaughnessy		Penninkangas Lagerblom Lepistu

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

27 October 2019	HJK	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Parra 16' Zeneli  121'	Report	M'Boma 68'  90' Ketting 110' Murnane  120'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 997 Referee: Antti Munukka

Finnish Cup

Main article: 2019 Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Honka	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	10
Inter Turku	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1	9
FC Lahti	5	3	0	2	6	7	−1	9
IFK Mariehamn	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	8
HJK	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	7
HIFK	5	0	0	5	3	11	−8	0

Source: Finnish Football Association

HJK v HIFK

29 January 2019 1	HJK	1 – 0	HIFK	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Riski 32' Toivomäki  55' Obilor  72'	Report		Stadium: Tali halli tekonurmi Attendance: 500 Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

2 February 2019 2	HJK	2 – 2	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vahtera 24' Pelvas 78'	Report	Lönn 39' Murnane 56'	Stadium: Tali halli tekonurmi Attendance: 329 Referee: Antti Munukka

Inter Turku v HJK

9 February 2019 3	Inter Turku	1 – 0	HJK	Turku
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuningas 3'	Report	Rafinha  32' Riski  40' Vertainen  74' Vesiaho  77' O.Ollikainen  90+2'	Stadium: Javenture-Areena Attendance: 238 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

HJK v Honka

19 February 2019 4	HJK	2 – 3	Honka	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Riski 44' Vahtera 55'	Report	Tammilehto  60' Martín 78' Hakola 82' Ivanov 89'	Stadium: Tali halli tekonurmi Attendance: 553 Referee: Antti Munukka

Lahti v HJK

23 February 2019 5	Lahti	1 – 4	HJK	Lahti
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rakovsky  87' Lampinen 90+1' Jäntti  90+2'	Report	Vertainen 32' Lappalainen 41' Kairinen 52' Dahlström 82' Riski  87' Peiponen  87'	Stadium: Mukkulan halli Attendance: 1 Referee: Jari Järvinen

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

HJK v HB Tórshavn

9 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	HJK	3 – 0	HB Tórshavn	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lappalainen 21', 66' Obilor  14'  30' O'Shaughnessy 42'	Report	M.Egilsson  41' D.Soylu  61' J.Davidsen  86'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 4,719[44] Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

HB Tórshavn v HJK

16 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	HB Tórshavn	2 – 2 (2 – 5 agg.)	HJK	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	J.Davidsen  15' Pingel 17' Andersen  43' 56' P.Petersen  45' Samuelsen  75'	Report	Vertainen  5' S.Väänänen  58' Riski 60', 77' O'Shaughnessy  90'	Stadium: Gundadalur Attendance: 620[44] Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

Red Star Belgrade v HJK

24 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Red Star Belgrade	2 – 0	HJK	Belgrade, Serbia
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Boakye 27' Stojković  28' Rodić  58' Pavkov 90'	Report	Kairinen  39'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 36,289[45] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

HJK v Red Star Belgrade

31 July 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	HJK	2 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Red Star Belgrade	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alho  15' Dahlström 46' Riski 90+2'	Report	Jovančić 56' Pavkov  78'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 9,107[45] Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Riga FC v HJK

6 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Riga FC	1 – 1	HJK	Riga, Latvia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Pētersons  44' Roger  45' Biliński 81'	Report	Väyrynen 7' Parra  48' Riski  54'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 3,468[46] Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
Note: Riga played their third qualifying round home match at Daugava Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium Skonto Stadium, Riga which did not meet UEFA requirements.

HJK v Riga FC

15 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	HJK	2 – 2 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Riga FC	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Forsell 5'  61' Debelko 69' (o.g.)	Report	Debelko 62', 80'  86' Valerianos  70'	Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 27 October 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Playoffs		Finnish Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FIN	Markus Uusitalo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	FIN	Henri Toivomäki	27	0	14+3	0	0	0	4+1	0	2+1	0	0+2	0
5	DF	FIN	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	30	3	20+3	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	0
6	MF	NOR	Harmeet Singh	11	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	FIN	Eetu Vertainen	29	3	13+9	2	2	0	1+2	1	1+1	0	0	0
8	DF	BRA	Rafinha	37	1	20+4	1	2	0	4+1	0	4	0	2	0
9	FW	FIN	Riku Riski	29	12	14+2	7	2	0	5	2	3+1	3	2	0
10	FW	MEX	Marco Bueno	9	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	FIN	Akseli Pelvas	14	2	2+6	1	0	0	3+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
13	FW	SEN	Sekou Camara	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	FIN	Sebastian Dahlström	29	4	21	2	0	0	2	1	3+1	1	1+1	0
15	MF	COL	William Parra	13	2	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
16	DF	BRA	Victor Luiz	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	DF	FIN	Nikolai Alho	27	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
18	DF	FIN	Roni Peiponen	14	0	5+3	0	2	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	FIN	Tim Väyrynen	15	3	6+3	2	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0	2	1
20	FW	RUS	Ivan Tarasov	17	0	5+7	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
21	MF	FIN	Petteri Forsell	12	3	6+2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
22	MF	FIN	Kaan Kairinen	34	3	20+1	2	2	0	5	1	4	0	2	0
24	FW	FIN	Lassi Lappalainen	23	6	15+1	3	0	0	5	1	1+1	2	0	0
27	MF	FIN	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	15	0	4+4	0	0	0	4+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
30	FW	FIN	Joonas Vahtera	12	2	2+5	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0
32	DF	NGA	Faith Obilor	32	0	20	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	2	0
33	DF	FIN	Samu Laitinen	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
50	MF	FIN	Santeri Väänänen	13	0	6+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
67	MF	FIN	Matti Peltola	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	GHA	Evans Mensah	28	7	13+5	6	0+2	1	0+2	0	4	0	2	0
80	FW	FIN	Erfan Zeneli	11	0	3+4	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
88	GK	RUS	Maksim Rudakov	38	0	25	0	2	0	5	0	4	0	2	0
Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:
Players away from the club on loan:
37	MF	FIN	Julius Tauriainen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
61	MF	FIN	Otto Ollikainen	4	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left HJK during the season:
2	DF	NGA	Elderson	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	FIN	Valtteri Vesiaho	4	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Playoffs	Finnish Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		9	Riku Riski	7	0	2	3	0	12
2	FW		77	Evans Mensah	6	1	0	0	0	7
3	FW		24	Lassi Lappalainen	3	0	1	2	0	6
4	MF		14	Sebastian Dahlström	2	0	1	1	0	4
5	MF		22	Kaan Kairinen	2	0	1	0	0	3
	FW		7	Eetu Vertainen	2	0	1	0	0	3
	DF		5	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	2	0	0	1	0	3
	FW		19	Tim Väyrynen	2	0	0	0	1	3
	MF		21	Petteri Forsell	1	1	0	0	1	3
10	DF		2	Elderson	2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW		15	William Parra	1	1	0	0	0	2
	FW		11	Akseli Pelvas	1	0	1	0	0	2
	FW		30	Joonas Vahtera	0	0	2	0	0	2
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1	2
15	DF		8	Rafinha	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					32	3	9	7	3	52

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Playoffs		Finnish Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
3		DF	Henri Toivomäki	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Harmeet Singh	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		FW	Eetu Vertainen	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
8		DF	Rafinha	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Riku Riski	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
10		FW	Marco Bueno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Sebastian Dahlström	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
15		MF	William Parra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
16		DF	Victor Luiz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Nikolai Alho	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
18		DF	Roni Peiponen	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	Tim Väyrynen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Ivan Tarasov	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
21		MF	Petteri Forsell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		MF	Kaan Kairinen	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
32		DF	Faith Obilor	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	2
50		MF	Santeri Väänänen	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
77		FW	Evans Mensah	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
80		FW	Erfan Zeneli	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
61		MF	Otto Ollikainen	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left HJK during the season:
2		DF	Elderson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25		MF	Valtteri Vesiaho	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS				51	4	4	0	9	0	7	1	3	0	74	5

Notes