2020 HJK season

The 2020 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 112th competitive season.^[1]

HJK

2020 season
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Toni Koskela
Stadium	Bolt Arena
Veikkausliiga	Champions
Finnish Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Roope Riski (16) All: Roope Riski (19)
Highest home attendance	569 vs TPS (25 January 2020)
Lowest home attendance	389 vs IFK Mariehamn (15 February 2020)
Average home league attendance	460 (15 February 2020)
Home colours Away colours
← 2019 2021 →

Season Events

On 9 January, Harmeet Singh left HJK by mutual consent.^[2]

On 11 January, HJK announced the signing of Rasmus Schüller on a two-year contract.^[3]

On 29 January, HJK announced the signing of Jakob Tånnander on a one-year contract, with the option of another year, from Malmö,^[4] and Ivan Ostojić from Radnički Niš on a 1+1-year contract.^[5]

On 3 February, HJK announced the signing of Papua New Guinea international forward David Browne on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional two years.^[6]

On 3 March, HJK announced that Atomu Tanaka had returned to the club after two-years playing in Japan, signing on a contract until the end of July.^[7]

On 10 March, HJK announced that youngster Jimi Tauriainen would leave the club to join Chelsea in the summer.^[8]

On 13 March, the 2020 Veikkausliiga season was delayed until June, and HJK's Quarterfinal match against KPV was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9][10]

On 6 May, the Veikkausliiga announced that the 2020 season would begin on 1 July, running until 21 November.^[11]

On 15 May, Atomu Tanaka extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2020 season.^[12]

On 26 May, Enoch Banza extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2021 season,^[13] before joining RoPS on loan for the season on 7 June.^[14]

On 6 June, HJK announced the signing of Hugo Keto from Brighton & Hove Albion on a contract until the end of 2021, with the option for an additional year.^[15]

On 15 June, goalkeeper Matias Niemelä left the club to join RoPS on loan for the rest of the season.^[16]

On 18 June, HJK announce the singing of Pyry Hannola from Midtjylland.^[17]

On 2 July, HJK announced that Julius Tauriainen, who had been on loan at SC Freiburg U19, was now permanently moving to the German club.^[18]

On 3 July, Roni Peiponen announced his retirement from football,^[19] whilst HJK announced the signing of Ítalo to their second team, Klubi 04.^[20]

On 20 July, Kalle Katz's loan move to RoPS was confirmed having been held up by the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.^[21]

On 25 July, Valtteri Moren returned to HJK on a contract until the end of the 2022 season.^[22]

On 21 August, Matti Peltola signed a new contract with HJK, keeping him at the club until 2022, with the option of an additional year.^[23]

On 27 August, HJK announced the signing of Markus Halsti on a contract until the end of the season, with the option of an additional year.^[24]

On 4 September, HJK announced the signing of Joose Mäkinen on a contract until the end of the 2022 season, with the option of an additional year.^[25]

Squad

As of match played 4 November 2020^[26]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
25	Antonio Reguero		GK	(1982-07-04)4 July 1982 (aged 38)	RoPS	2020[27]	2020[27]	22	0
31	Hugo Keto		GK	(1998-02-09)9 February 1998 (aged 22)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2020[15]	2021(+1)[15]	7	0
Defenders
3	Henri Toivomäki		DF	(1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 29)	KuPS	2019		40	0
4	Markus Halsti		DF	(1984-03-19)19 March 1984 (aged 36)	Esbjerg fB	2020[24]	2020 (+1)[24]	7	1
5	Daniel O'Shaughnessy		DF	(1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 26)	Cheltenham Town	2018	2021[28]	83	8
6	Ivan Ostojić		DF	(1989-06-26)26 June 1989 (aged 31)	Radnički Niš	2020[5]	2020+1[5]	18	0
13	Luis Carlos Murillo		DF	(1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 30)	KuPS	2020[29]	2021[29]	29	0
15	Miro Tenho		DF	(1995-04-02)2 April 1995 (aged 25)	Inter Turku	2020[30]		22	1
16	Valtteri Moren		DF	(1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 29)	Waasland-Beveren	2020[22]	2022[22]	122	8
17	Nikolai Alho		DF	(1993-03-12)12 March 1993 (aged 27)	Halmstads BK	2018		224	24
Midfields
8	Bubacar Djaló		MF	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 23)	Sporting CP B	2020[31]	2020+2[31]	22	0
9	Riku Riski		MF	(1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 31)	Odd	2018	2021[32]	93	27
10	Lucas Lingman		MF	(1998-01-25)25 January 1998 (aged 22)	RoPS	2020[33]	2021+1[33]	64	3
21	Santeri Väänänen		MF	(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2018	2021[34]	28	0
22	Ferhan Hasani		MF	(1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 30)	Al-Raed	2020		15	7
28	Rasmus Schüller		MF	(1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 29)	Minnesota United	2020[3]	2021[3]	169	17
37	Atomu Tanaka		MF	(1987-10-04)4 October 1987 (aged 33)	Cerezo Osaka	2020[7]	2020[12]	126	32
54	Casper Terho		MF	(2003-06-24)24 June 2003 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2020		3	0
67	Matti Peltola		MF	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2019	2022[23]	5	1
88	Pyry Hannola		MF	(2001-10-21)21 October 2001 (aged 19)	Midtjylland	2020[17]		6	0
Forwards
7	Eetu Vertainen		FW	(1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 21)	Klubi 04	2017		76	13
11	Roope Riski		FW	(1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 29)	SKN St. Pölten	2020[35]	2021+1[35]	29	19
19	Tim Väyrynen		FW	(1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 27)	Roda JC Kerkrade	2019[36]		45	16
24	David Browne		FW	(1995-12-27)27 December 1995 (aged 24)	Auckland City	2020[6]	2020+2[6]	22	3
42	Kai Meriluoto		FW	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2020		3	1
51	Rico Finnäs		FW	(2000-10-14)14 October 2000 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2020		1	0
	Samuel Anini Junior		FW	(2002-09-07)7 September 2002 (aged 18)	PK Keski-Uusimaa	2019[37]	2020+1[37]
Klubi 04
	Joose Mäkinen		DF	(2003-02-11)11 February 2003 (aged 17)	Jazz	2020[25]	2022 (+1)[25]	0	0
	Ítalo		DF	(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 24)		2020[20]		0	0
Away on loan
12	Jakob Tånnander		GK	(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 20)	Malmö	2020[4]	2020+1[4]	2	0
16	Kalle Katz		DF	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2018		4	0
20	Enoch Banza		FW	(2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2017	2021[13]	18	1
27	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan		MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 21)	Klubi 04	2018	2021+1[38]	17	0
30	Joonas Vahtera		MF	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 24)	VPS	2019[39]	2021+1[39]	18	2
	Matias Niemelä		GK	(2002-03-15)15 March 2002 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2020		0	0
Left during the season
18	Roni Peiponen		DF	(1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 23)	Molde	2018	2021[40]	68	2
61	Otto Ollikainen		MF	(2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2018		2	0
	Julius Tauriainen		MF	(2001-04-18)18 April 2001 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2019		2	0
	Luka Hyryläinen		MF	(2004-08-24)24 August 2004 (aged 16)	Klubi 04	2019		0	0
	Jimi Tauriainen		FW	(2004-03-04)4 March 2004 (aged 16)	Klubi 04	2019		0	0

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 — GK  FIN Matias Niemelä (at RoPS until the end of the 2020 season)[16] — GK  SWE Jakob Tånnander (at Haka until the end of the 2020 season) — FW  FIN Kalle Katz (at RoPS until the end of the 2020 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FIN Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (at Inter Turku until the end of the 2020 season) — MF  FIN Joonas Vahtera (at RoPS until the end of the 2020 season) — FW  FIN Enoch Banza (at RoPS until the end of the 2020 season)[14]

Left the club during the season

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 18 DF  FIN Roni Peiponen (Retired)[19] 61 DF  FIN Otto Ollikainen (to Honka)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FIN Julius Tauriainen (to SC Freiburg U19)[18] — FW  FIN Jimi Tauriainen (to Chelsea)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 October 2019†	GK		Antonio Reguero	RoPS	Undisclosed	[27]
28 October 2019†	MF		Lucas Lingman	RoPS	Undisclosed	[33]
29 October 2019†	DF		Luis Carlos Murillo	KuPS	Undisclosed	[29]
4 November 2019†	DF		Miro Tenho	Inter Turku	Undisclosed	[30]
21 November 2019†	FW		Roope Riski	St. Pölten	Undisclosed	[35]
16 December 2019†	MF		Bubacar Djaló	Sporting CP B	Undisclosed	[31]
11 January 2020	MF		Rasmus Schüller	Minnesota United	Undisclosed	[3]
29 January 2020	GK		Jakob Tånnander	Malmö	Undisclosed	[4]
29 January 2020	DF		Ivan Ostojić	Radnički Niš	Undisclosed	[5]
3 February 2020	FW		David Browne	Auckland City	Undisclosed	[6]
3 March 2020	MF		Atomu Tanaka	Cerezo Osaka	Free	[7]
6 June 2020††	GK		Hugo Keto	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[15]
18 June 2020	MF		Pyry Hannola	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	[17]
3 July 2020	DF		Ítalo		Free	[20]
25 July 2020	DF		Valtteri Moren	Waasland-Beveren	Undisclosed	[22]
27 August 2020	DF		Markus Halsti	Esbjerg fB	Free	[24]
4 September 2020	DF		Joose Mäkinen	Jazz	Undisclosed	[25]

† Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.

†† Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 July 2020.

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 January 2020	MF		Otto Ollikainen	Honka	Undisclosed
10 March 2020	FW		Jimi Tauriainen	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[8]
2 July 2020	MF		Julius Tauriainen	SC Freiburg U19	Undisclosed	[18]
25 August 2020	MF		Luka Hyryläinen	Eintracht Frankfurt	Undisclosed	[41]

† Transfer announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 July 2020.

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
28 November 2019	MF		Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	Inter Turku	End of Season	[38]
7 June 2020	FW		Enoch Banza	RoPS	End of Season	[14]
15 June 2020	GK		Matias Niemelä	RoPS	End of Season	[16]
20 July 2020	DF		Kalle Katz	RoPS	End of Season	[42][21]
31 July 2020	MF		Joonas Vahtera	RoPS	End of Season	[43]
10 August 2020	GK		Jakob Tånnander	Haka	End of Season	[44]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
9 January 2020	MF		Harmeet Singh	Sandefjord	18 September 2020	[2][45]
3 July 2020	DF		Roni Peiponen	Retired		[19]
31 December 2020	GK		Antonio Reguero	Lahti
31 December 2020	DF		Ítalo
31 December 2020	DF		Kalle Katz	Ilves
31 December 2020	DF		Henri Toivomäki	KuPS
31 December 2020	DF		Ivan Ostojić	Javor Ivanjica
31 December 2020	DF		Nikolai Alho	MTK Budapest
31 December 2020	MF		Ferhan Hasani	Partizani Tirana
31 December 2020	MF		Rasmus Schüller	Djurgården
31 December 2020	MF		Joonas Vahtera	VPS
31 December 2020	FW		Tim Väyrynen	Tirana

Trial

Date From	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Date To	Ref.
January 2020	FW		David Browne	Auckland City	3 February 2020	[6]

Friendlies

HJK v RFS

18 January 2020	HJK	2 – 1	RFS	Helsinki
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Väyrynen 52', 89'	Report	B.Bimenyimana 59'	Stadium: Talin Football Hall

Brann v HJK

6 March 2020	Brann	1 – 1	HJK	Bergen
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Barmen 9'	Report	Ro.Riski 88'

HJK v Gnistan

6 June 2020	HJK	4 – 0	Gnistan	Helsinki
11:30 EEST (UTC+3)	K.Meriluoto 21' Ri.Riski 30' Väyrynen 56' Hasani 67'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

HJK v Honka

10 June 2020	HJK	2 – 1	Honka	Helsinki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hasani 57' Väyrynen 71'	Report	E.Arko-Mensah 90+1'	Stadium: Bolt Arena

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Main article: 2020 Veikkausliiga

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
22	14	6	2	53	17	+36	48	6	5	0	27	9	+18	8	1	2	26	8	+18

Last updated: 4 November 2020.
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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Lahti v HJK

1 July 2020 1	Lahti	0 – 4	HJK	Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Coubronne  22' Rashica  39' Kuningas  57'	Report	Murillo  3' Schüller 34' Lingman 36' Jäntti 64' (o.g.) Ro.Riski 78'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

HJK v Haka

8 July 2020 2	HJK	3 – 1	Haka	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ro.Riski 10' Schüller 54' (pen.) Lingman 81'	Report	Keita 56'  60'  60' Bushue  68'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Jari Jarvinen

Inter Turku v HJK

17 July 2020 3	Inter Turku	1 – 0	HJK	Turku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Muñiz  36' Furuholm 83'	Report	Djaló  67' Vertainen  80'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Oskari Hamalainen

TPS v HJK

22 July 2020 4	TPS	0 – 2	HJK	Turku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Pyyhtiä  38' Muzaci  55'  58' Pikkarainen  57'	Report	Ostojić  4' Väyrynen 9' Ro.Riski 76' Djaló  87'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v Ilves

25 July 2020 5	HJK	2 – 0	Ilves	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Väyrynen 25' Ro.Riski  34' Reguero  69' Murillo  86' Hasani 87'	Report	Fofana  80'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Dennis Antamo

HJK v KuPS

1 August 2020 6	HJK	2 – 2	KuPS	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alho  64' Ro.Riski 74' Väyrynen 81'	Report	Niskanen 10', 79' Pennanen  36' T.Manga  39' Tomás  73'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Joni Hyytia

HJK v Lahti

6 August 2020 7	HJK	1 – 1	Lahti	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vertainen 8' Djaló  86'	Report	Eninful  7' Zeqiri  44' Coubronne  77' Imbongo 84' Lahti  90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Jari Jarvenin

KuPS v HJK

9 August 2020 8	KuPS	0 – 3	HJK	Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Adjei-Boateng  13'	Report	Vertainen 7' Hasani  10' Ro.Riski 53' Ri.Riski 56'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Referee: Antti Munukka

HJK v Honka

15 August 2020 9	HJK	1 – 1	Honka	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tenho  25' 56' Murillo  40' Lingman  65' Ostojić  90+1'	Report	Dongou 19' Savage  69'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

Haka v HJK

18 August 2020 18	Haka	1 – 4	HJK	Valkeakoski
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kyöstilä  59' Moren 61' (o.g.) S.Saarinen  88'	Report	Browne 50' Hasani 59' (pen.), 65', 67' (pen.) Lingman  72'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Referee: Dennis Antamo
Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 October 2020.

RoPS v HJK

22 August 2020 10	RoPS	0 – 1	HJK	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	S.Majander  50'	Report	Ri.Riski  90' Ro.Riski 90+3'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Joni Hyytia

HJK v SJK

26 August 2020 11	HJK	2 – 0	SJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ro.Riski 13' Browne 75' Hannola  81'	Report	Atakayi  49' Boxall  62'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Jari Jarvinen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

30 August 2020 12	HJK	6 – 1	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ri.Riski 8', 73' Djaló  9' Tanaka 11'  77' Alho  14' Ro.Riski 29', 41' Okoye 69' (o.g.)	Report	Ademi 10' Pelvas  60' Backaliden  90+1'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Jani Laaksonen

HIFK v HJK

10 September 2020 13	HIFK	4 – 3	HJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tukiainen 13' Mattsson 18' Yaghoubi 29' (pen.) Mattila  79' Auvinen 89'  90+2'	Report	Tanaka 24' Ro.Riski 53' Väyrynen 80' (pen.) Alho  87' Lingman  88'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Ilves v HJK

13 September 2020 14	Ilves	1 – 2	HJK	Tampere
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	D.Arifi  29' Fofana  41' Veteli 77'  89'	Report	Tanaka 19' O'Shaughnessy  55' Djaló  57' Väyrynen 63'	Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Referee: Oskari Hamalainen

Honka v HJK

19 September 2020 15	Honka	0 – 0	HJK	Espoo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kaufmann  45' Kandji  86'	Report	O'Shaughnessy  89'	Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Referee: Antti Munukka

HJK v TPS

24 September 2020 16	HJK	2 – 2	TPS	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Lingman  21' Väyrynen  24' 65' Schüller  44' Ri.Riski 56' Moren  63'	Report	Jean  68' Ääritalo 87' Holma 90+2'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Oskari Hamalainen

HJK v RoPS

28 September 2020 17	HJK	4 – 0	RoPS	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ro.Riski 14', 44' Schüller 35' Meriluoto 78'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

SJK v HJK

15 October 2020 19	SJK	1 – 2	HJK	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hetemaj  15' Ledesma 32'  54'	Report	Ro.Riski 18' Tanaka 70' Ri.Riski  90+1'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Kalle Makinen

HJK v HIFK

18 October 2020 20	HJK	3 – 0	HIFK	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Väyrynen 73' Hasani 79' (pen.)  87' Ro.Riski 85'	Report	Vitinho  62' Yaghoubi  68'} Bäckman  79'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Antti Munukka

IFK Mariehamn v HJK

1 November 2020 21	IFK Mariehamn	0 – 5	HJK	Mariehamn
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bilonoh  42' Mäenpää  67'	Report	Halsti 10'  69' Ro.Riski 20', 38' Vertainen 55' Hannola  79' Väyrynen 85'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Referee: Antti Munukka

HJK v Inter Turku

4 November 2020 22	HJK	1 – 1	Inter Turku	Helsinki
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tanaka 76'  82' Alho  86'	Report	Ketting  12' Ruane  28' Paananen 46' Hämäläinen  48' Hoskonen  78' Furuholm  85'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Antti Munukka

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK (C)	22	14	6	2	53	17	+36	48	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Inter Turku	22	12	5	5	36	17	+19	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	KuPS	22	12	5	5	39	26	+13	41
4	FC Honka	22	9	10	3	26	17	+9	37
5	Ilves	22	10	6	6	37	29	+8	36

Source: ,
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).
(C) Champions

Finnish Cup

Main article: 2020 Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
HJK	5	4	1	0	10	3	+7	13
Inter Turku	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
Honka	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
TPS Turku	5	1	2	2	2	5	−3	5
HIFK	5	0	3	2	5	7	−2	3
IFK Mariehamn	5	0	2	3	5	11	−6	2

Source:

HJK v TPS

25 January 2020 1	HJK	3 – 0	TPS	Helsinki
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ri.Riski 7' Peltola 42' Browne 50'	Report	T.Hradecký  58'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 569 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

HIFK v HJK

1 February 2020 2	HIFK	1 – 2	HJK	Helsinki
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bäckman  41'  78' Luís Henrique  54' Halme  60' Tiquinho 85' (pen.)	Report	Schüller 12' Ri.Riski  28' 34' Djaló  48' Reguero  85' Väyrynen  89'	Stadium: Tali halli tekonurmi Attendance: 700 Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

HJK v Inter Turku

8 February 2020 3	HJK	1 – 0	Inter Turku	Helsinki
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ro.Riski  36' 63' Ri.Riski  68'	Report	Annan  22' Muñiz  25' Furuholm  90+4'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 423 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

15 February 2020 4	HJK	3 – 1	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	Vertainen 13' Väyrynen 32' (pen.) Alho  45' Hasani  65' 90' Tenho  88'	Report	G.Backaliden  61' 87'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 389 Referee: Mikko Leino

Honka v HJK

27 February 2020 5	Honka	1 – 1	HJK	Espoo
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hatakka  37' Ivanov  45+4' Kaufmann 51' (pen.)	Report	Vertainen  45+4' Hasani 54' O'Shaughnessy  63' Schüller  86'	Stadium: Esport Ratiopharm Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

Knockout stage

KPV v HJK

16 June 2020 Last 16	KPV	0 – 2	HJK	Kokkola
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Väyrynen 40' O'Shaughnessy 76'	Stadium: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä Attendance: 470 Referee: Petri Viljanen
Note: Match originally scheduled for 14 March, but postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

TPS v HJK

23 June 2020 Quarterfinal	TPS	0 – 1	HJK	Turku
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Muzaci  15' Pikkarainen  78' J.Siirtola  82'	Report	Väänänen  13' O'Shaughnessy 65'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Haka v HJK

27 June 2020 Semifinal	Haka	2 – 3	HJK	Valkeakoski
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	J.Kyöstilä 23' Medo  55' Markkanen 78'	Report	Väyrynen 19', 32' Ri.Riski 62'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä

Final

Inter Turku v HJK

3 October 2020	Inter Turku	0 – 2	HJK	Turku
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Haukioja  56' Hoskonen  59' Annan  83'	Report	Ro.Riski 3', 54' Djaló  38' Schüller  45+2' Ri.Riski  76'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion, Turku

Squad statistics

As of Match played 4 November 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	FIN	Henri Toivomäki	13	0	5+6	0	1+1	0
4	DF	FIN	Markus Halsti	7	1	4+2	1	0+1	0
5	DF	FIN	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	28	2	16+5	0	6+1	2
6	DF	SRB	Ivan Ostojić	18	0	7+6	0	3+2	0
7	FW	FIN	Eetu Vertainen	17	3	4+8	2	2+3	1
8	MF	POR	Bubacar Djaló	22	0	12+5	0	4+1	0
9	MF	FIN	Riku Riski	30	7	19+2	4	8+1	3
10	MF	FIN	Lucas Lingman	29	2	18+2	2	9	0
11	FW	FIN	Roope Riski	29	19	17+3	16	5+4	3
13	DF	COL	Luis Carlos Murillo	29	0	19+1	0	7+2	0
15	DF	FIN	Miro Tenho	23	1	15	1	7+1	0
16	DF	FIN	Valtteri Moren	11	0	9+1	0	1	0
17	DF	FIN	Nikolai Alho	29	0	18+3	0	8	0
19	FW	FIN	Tim Väyrynen	29	13	11+10	9	4+4	4
21	MF	FIN	Santeri Väänänen	10	0	3+5	0	1+1	0
22	MF	MKD	Ferhan Hasani	15	7	7+2	5	3+3	2
24	FW	PNG	David Browne	22	3	7+7	2	4+4	1
25	GK	ESP	Antonio Reguero	22	0	15	0	7	0
28	MF	FIN	Rasmus Schüller	26	4	15+2	3	8+1	1
31	GK	FIN	Hugo Keto	7	0	7	0	0	0
37	MF	JPN	Atomu Tanaka	23	5	14+5	5	4	0
42	FW	FIN	Kai Meriluoto	3	1	0+3	1	0	0
51	FW	FIN	Rico Finnäs	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
54	MF	FIN	Casper Terho	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
67	MF	FIN	Matti Peltola	4	1	0	0	2+2	1
88	MF	FIN	Pyry Hannola	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:
Players away from the club on loan:
12	GK	SWE	Jakob Tånnander	2	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	FIN	Kalle Katz	3	0	0	0	2+1	0
20	FW	FIN	Enoch Banza	3	0	0	0	1+2	0
30	MF	FIN	Joonas Vahtera	6	0	0+3	0	0+3	0
Players who left HJK during the season:
18	DF	FIN	Roni Peiponen	1	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Roope Riski	16	3	19
2	FW		19	Tim Väyrynen	9	4	13
3	MF		22	Ferhan Hasani	5	2	7
	FW		9	Riku Riski	4	3	7
5	MF		37	Atomu Tanaka	5	0	5
6	MF		28	Rasmus Schüller	3	1	4
7	FW		24	David Browne	2	1	3
	FW		7	Eetu Vertainen	2	1	3
9	MF		10	Lucas Lingman	2	0	2
	DF		5	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	0	2	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
12	DF		15	Miro Tenho	1	0	1
	FW		42	Kai Meriluoto	1	0	1
	DF		4	Markus Halsti	1	0	1
	MF		67	Matti Peltola	0	1	1
TOTALS					53	18	70

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	Total
1	GK		25	Antonio Reguero	8	5	13
2	GK		31	Hugo Keto	2	0	2
TOTALS					10	5	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		Total
4		DF	Markus Halsti	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	2	0	1	0	3	0
6		DF	Ivan Ostojić	2	0	0	0	2	0
7		FW	Eetu Vertainen	1	0	1	0	2	0
8		MF	Bubacar Djaló	5	0	2	0	7	0
9		MF	Riku Riski	2	0	3	0	5	0
10		MF	Lucas Lingman	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	Roope Riski	1	0	1	0	2	0
13		DF	Luis Carlos Murillo	3	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Miro Tenho	1	0	1	0	2	0
16		DF	Valtteri Moren	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Nikolai Alho	4	0	1	0	5	0
19		FW	Tim Väyrynen	1	0	1	0	2	0
21		MF	Santeri Väänänen	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		MF	Ferhan Hasani	2	0	1	0	3	0
25		GK	Antonio Reguero	1	0	1	0	2	0
28		MF	Rasmus Schüller	1	0	2	0	3	0
37		MF	Atomu Tanaka	2	0	0	0	2	0
88		MF	Pyry Hannola	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left HJK during the season:
TOTALS				36	0	16	0	52	0

Notes