2020 SJK season

The 2020 season was Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 13th competitive season, and seventh in the Veikkausliiga.

SJK

2020 season
Chairman	Raimo Sarajärvi
Manager	Jani Honkavaara
Stadium	OmaSP Stadion
Veikkausliiga	7th
Finnish Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Emmanuel Ledesma (5) All: Joonas Lepistö (6)
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Season Events

Squad

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 Jesse Öst 2 DF  NZL Nikko Boxall 3 DF  SEN Seynabou Benga 4 DF  FIN Matias Vainionpää 5 DF  FIN Tero Mäntylä (Vice-captain) 6 MF  GHA Jude Arthur 7 MF  FIN Matej Hradecky (4th captain) 8 FW  ENG Jake Jervis 9 MF  ARG Emmanuel Ledesma 11 MF  UKR Denys Oliynyk 14 FW  FIN Jyri Kiuru 15 DF  MEX Dárvin Chávez 16 DF  FIN Joonas Sundman 17 DF  FIN Ville Tikkanen

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  FIN Niko Markkula 19 MF  FIN Robin Sid 20 FW  FIN Joonas Lepistö 21 MF  KOS Anel Rashkaj 22 DF  BRA Murilo 24 GK  FIN Walter Viitala 25 MF  FIN Daniel Håkans 27 MF  FIN Aatu Kujanpää 29 FW  FIN Jeremiah Streng 31 MF  FIN Keaton Isaksson 32 GK  FIN Mehdi El Moutacim 45 FW  FIN Serge Atakayi 58 MF  FIN Mehmet Hetemaj (Captain) 88 FW  CMR Ariel Ngueukam (3rd captain)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2020	GK		Mehdi El Moutacim	Ekenäs IF	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	DF		Tero Mäntylä	HIFK	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	DF		Niko Markkula	Inter Turku	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	MF		Keaton Isaksson	IFK Mariehamn	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	MF		Aatu Kujanpää	VPS	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	MF		Robin Sid	IFK Mariehamn	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	MF		Jude Arthur	Liberty Professionals	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	FW		Ariel Ngueukam	KuPS	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	FW		Serge Atakayi	Rangers	Undisclosed
13 January 2020	DF		Dárvin Chávez	FF Jaro	Undisclosed
7 February 2020	MF		Arjanit Krasniqi	Billericay Town	Undisclosed	[1]
8 February 2020	MF		Anel Rashkaj	AFC Eskilstuna	Undisclosed	[2]
16 February 2020	GK		Walter Viitala	Sandefjord	Undisclosed	[3]
6 March 2020	MF		Matej Hradecky	TPS	Undisclosed	[4]
24 July 2020	DF		Nikko Boxall	Viborg	Undisclosed	[5]
19 August 2020	MF		Emmanuel Ledesma	Unattached	Free	[6]
19 August 2020	MF		Jake Jervis	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[6]
27 August 2020	DF		Murilo	Ourense	Undisclosed	[7]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
20 July 2020	DF		Nadson			[8]
7 September 2020	MF		Arjanit Krasniqi	Braintree Town	7 September 2020	[9]
16 September 2020	FW		Billy Ions			[10]

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Main article: 2020 Veikkausliiga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Ilves	22	10	6	6	37	29	+8	36
6	FC Lahti	22	8	8	6	33	30	+3	32
7	SJK	22	8	5	9	27	29	−2	29
8	HIFK	22	8	4	10	29	33	−4	28
9	IFK Mariehamn	22	6	5	11	29	43	−14	23

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).

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	8	5	9	27	29	−2	29	4	2	5	14	17	−3	4	3	4	13	12	+1

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

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

Results

SJK v TPS

1 July 2020 1	SJK	1 – 0	TPS	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hradecky 11'	Report	Pikkarainen  85'  90+1'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Petri Viljanen

Lahti v SJK

8 July 2020 2	Lahti	0 – 0	SJK	Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Viitikko  62'	Report	Ngueukam  36' Rashkaj  50'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Referee: Ville Nevalainen

SJK v IFK Mariehamn

17 July 2020 3	SJK	1 – 2	IFK Mariehamn	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hetemaj 52'  90+6'	Report	Ademi 4' Makrillos 55' Taimi  87'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Joni Hyytiä

HIFK v SJK

22 July 2020 4	HIFK	2 – 1	SJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Selander  12' Bäckman  21' Mattila 27', 90+6' Luís Henrique  40' Yaghoubi  55' Tiquinho  58' Sharza  83'	Report	Håkans  12' Atakayi  22' Mäntylä  26'  67' Oliynyk  74' Ngueukam 79' Hetemaj  86'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Oskari Hamalainen

KuPS v SJK

26 July 2020 5	KuPS	2 – 1	SJK	Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ions 5' (o.g.) Niskanen 18'	Report	Hetemaj  25' Vainionpää  51'  73' Oliynyk 63' Boxall  78' Ngueukam  85'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Referee: Ville Nevalainen

SJK v Haka

1 August 2020 6	SJK	1 – 1	Haka	Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rashkaj  5' Oliynyk  11' Boxall  12' Ngueukam 78'	Report	Medo  22' Chidi 59' Bushue  87'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Antti Munukka

SJK v KuPS

5 August 2020 7	SJK	1 – 1	KuPS	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hetemaj  38' Markkula 60' (pen.) Mäntylä  90+3'	Report	Pennanen 53' Nissilä  58' Savolainen  73'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

Honka v SJK

10 August 2020 8	Honka	0 – 0	SJK	Espoo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tammilehto  30' Hatakka  41'	Report	Atakayi  45'	Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Referee: Jari Järvinen

Ilves v SJK

15 August 2020 9	Ilves	0 – 0	SJK	Tampere
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tamminen  42' Tomas  82'	Report	Markkula  45' Hetemaj  49' Vainionpää  90+1'	Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Referee: Mikko Juusola

SJK v Honka

21 August 2020 10	SJK	0 – 2	Honka	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vainionpää  8' Sid  23' Boxall  90'	Report	Martín  40' Dongou 52', 59' Kaufmann  78'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Ville Nevalainen

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

SJK v RoPS

29 August 2020 12	SJK	2 – 1	RoPS	Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hetemaj 25'  50' Sid  37' Lepistö 59' Ngueukam  90+3'	Report	Malolo  8' Kaukua 75'  81'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Mikko Juusola

SJK v Inter Turku

9 September 2020 13	SJK	3 – 2	Inter Turku	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ledesma 27'  63' Lepistö 22', 67'	Report	Kagayama 6' Ruane  46' Ketting 88'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

Haka v SJK

12 September 2020 14	Haka	1 – 4	SJK	Valkeakoski
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ojala 47' (pen.) de Lucas  87'	Report	Ledesma 22' (pen.) Oliynyk 34' Hetemaj 78' Atakayi 88'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Inter Turku v SJK

19 September 2020 15	Inter Turku	0 – 1	SJK	Turku
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hämäläinen  64' Furuholm  73'	Report	Murilo 20'  32' Ledesma  27' Arthur  62'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Joni Hyytiä

SJK v Lahti

23 September 2020 16	SJK	0 – 1	Lahti	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mäntylä  36'	Report	Eninful  1' Zeqiri  40' Assehnoun 70' Imbongo  90+1'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Dennis Antamo

SJK v HIFK

28 September 2020 17	SJK	3 – 2	HIFK	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ngueukam 26' (pen.) Jervis 27' Mäntylä  67' Isaksson  77' Lepistö 79'	Report	Mero  24' Mattila 53'  90+5' Bäckman  54' Yaghoubi  78' A.Fofana  79' Vitinho 90+3'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Petri Viljanen

SJK v HJK

15 October 2020 18	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

IFK Mariehamn v SJK

18 October 2020 19	IFK Mariehamn	2 – 3	SJK	Mariehamn
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Buwalda  54' Sjöroos  64' Backaliden 67' Ademi 84' (pen.)	Report	Jervis 15'  66' Ledesma  78' 86' Murilo  86' Hradecky 89'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Referee: Dennis Antamo

SJK v Ilves

22 October 2020 21	SJK	1 – 3	Ilves	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Jervis 38'	Report	Jair 6' Mömmö 9' Tomas  30' Ala-Myllymäki 35' (pen.) Veteli  70' Fofana  74'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

TPS v SJK

31 October 2020 21	TPS	1 – 0	SJK	Turku
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ääritalo 48'	Report	Murilo  87'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Mattias Gestranius

RoPS v SJK

4 November 2020 22	RoPS	2 – 3	SJK	Rovaniemi
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Muinonen 64' Vainionpää 90+2'	Report	Ledesma 54' Ngueukam 74' (pen.) Jervis  85' Hetemaj 90+3'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

Finnish Cup

Main article: 2020 Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Ilves	5	3	2	0	10	4	+6	11
KuPS	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	11
FC Haka	5	3	2	0	7	3	+4	11
FC Lahti	5	2	0	3	6	7	−1	6
SJK	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1
RoPS	5	0	1	4	3	11	−8	1

Source:

RoPS v SJK

25 January 2020 1	RoPS	1 – 1	SJK	Oulu
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Malolo  11' Muinonen 60'	Report	Chávez 77'	Stadium: Heinäpään tekonurmi Attendance: 250 Referee: Dennis Antamo

SJK v Haka

1 February 2020 2	SJK	1 – 3	Haka	Seinäjoki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Markkula 26' Benga  56' Kujanpää  72'	Report	Popovits  18' Malundama 20' Chidi 44' Häkkinen  54' Saarinen 63'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Referee: Daniel Enkvist

SJK v Lahti

8 February 2020 3	SJK	2 – 3	Lahti	Seinäjoki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Arthur  31' Lepistö 35', 53' Mäntylä  61'	Report	Imbongo 26'  41' Hambo  39' 73', 86'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Referee: Petri Viljanen

KuPS v SJK

14 February 2020 4	KuPS	1 – 0	SJK	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rangel 56' Niskanen  71'	Report	Hetemaj  13' Mäntylä  68'	Stadium: Kuopiohalli Referee: Jani Laaksonen

Ilves v SJK

22 February 2020 5	Ilves	3 – 0	SJK	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Fofana 27' Tendeng 57' Miettunen 74' Mensah  90+1'	Report	Ngueukam  31' Atakayi  42' Rashkaj  58' Lepistö  60' Nadson  66' Laitinen  85'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Referee: Antti Munukka

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
1	GK	FIN	Jesse Öst	18	0	14	0	4	0
2	DF	NZL	Nikko Boxall	17	0	17	0	0	0
3	DF	SEN	Seynabou Benga	3	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	FIN	Matias Vainionpää	15	0	14+1	0	0	0
5	DF	FIN	Tero Mäntylä	24	0	19	0	5	0
6	MF	GHA	Jude Arthur	18	0	6+7	0	3+2	0
7	MF	FIN	Matej Hradecky	19	2	19	2	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Jervis	10	3	7+3	3	0	0
9	MF	ARG	Emmanuel Ledesma	11	5	11	5	0	0
11	MF	UKR	Denys Oliynyk	25	2	11+9	2	3+2	0
14	FW	FIN	Jyri Kiuru	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
15	DF	MEX	Dárvin Chávez	6	1	2+2	0	2	1
16	DF	FIN	Joonas Sundman	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
17	DF	FIN	Ville Tikkanen	16	0	14	0	1+1	0
18	DF	FIN	Niko Markkula	18	2	12+2	1	4	1
19	MF	FIN	Robin Sid	15	0	9+5	0	1	0
20	FW	FIN	Joonas Lepistö	19	6	7+7	4	3+2	2
21	MF	KOS	Anel Rashkaj	15	0	8+5	0	2	0
22	DF	BRA	Murilo	10	1	10	1	0	0
24	GK	FIN	Walter Viitala	8	0	8	0	0	0
25	MF	FIN	Daniel Håkans	14	0	6+5	0	2+1	0
27	MF	FIN	Aatu Kujanpää	3	0	0	0	2+1	0
29	FW	FIN	Jeremiah Streng	6	0	0+1	0	2+3	0
31	MF	FIN	Keaton Isaksson	17	0	5+9	0	3	0
32	GK	FIN	Mehdi El Moutacim	1	0	0	0	1	0
45	FW	FIN	Serge Atakayi	24	1	15+4	1	3+2	0
58	MF	FIN	Mehmet Hetemaj	22	4	11+6	4	5	0
88	FW	CMR	Ariel Ngueukam	19	4	14+4	4	1	0
	DF	FIN	Joel Laitinen	3	0	0	0	2+1	0
U23 Players:
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left SJK during the season:
10	FW	ENG	Billy Ions	9	0	3+6	0	0	0
23	MF	KOS	Arjanit Krasniqi	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
30	DF	BRA	Nadson	3	0	0	0	3	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	Total
1	FW		20	Joonas Lepistö	4	2	6
2	MF		9	Emmanuel Ledesma	5	0	5
3	MF		58	Mehmet Hetemaj	4	0	4
	FW		88	Ariel Ngueukam	4	0	4
5	FW		8	Jake Jervis	3	0	3
6	MF		7	Matej Hradecky	2	0	2
	MF		77	Denys Oliynyk	2	0	2
	MF		18	Niko Markkula	1	1	2
9	DF		22	Murilo	1	0	1
	FW		45	Serge Atakayi	1	0	1
	DF		15	Dárvin Chávez	0	1	1
TOTALS					27	4	31

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Jesse Öst	3	0	3
2	GK		24	Walter Viitala	2	0	2
TOTALS					5	0	5

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		Total
2		DF	Nikko Boxall	4	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Seynabou Benga	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Matias Vainionpää	4	1	0	0	4	1
5		DF	Tero Mäntylä	5	1	2	0	7	1
6		MF	Jude Arthur	1	0	1	0	2	0
8		FW	Jake Jervis	2	0	0	0	2	0
9		MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Denys Oliynyk	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Niko Markkula	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Robin Sid	2	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Joonas Lepistö	0	0	1	0	1	0
21		MF	Anel Rashkaj	2	0	1	0	3	0
22		DF	Murilo	3	0	0	0	3	0
25		MF	Daniel Håkans	1	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Aatu Kujanpää	0	0	1	0	1	0
31		MF	Keaton Isaksson	1	0	0	0	1	0
45		FW	Serge Atakayi	3	0	1	0	4	0
58		MF	Mehmet Hetemaj	7	0	1	0	8	0
88		FW	Ariel Ngueukam	3	0	1	0	4	0
		DF	Joel Laitinen	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players who left SJK during the season:
30		DF	Nadson	0	0	1	0	1	0
TOTALS				45	0	12	2	57	2

Notes