2023 HJK season

The 2023 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 115th competitive season.^[1] HJK entered the Veikkausliiga season as three time defending champions. In Europe, HJK qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage. After four years at the helm, Manager Toni Koskela was replaced by Toni Korkeakunnas mid-season.

HJK

2023 season
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Toni Koskela, Toni Korkeakunnas
Stadium	Bolt Arena
Veikkausliiga	Champions
Finnish Cup	Fifth round vs Honka
Finnish League Cup	Champions
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round vs Molde
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round Qarabağ
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bojan Radulović (18) All: Bojan Radulović (25)
Highest home attendance	10,121 vs Larne (12 July 2023) 10,121 vs KuPS (3 September 2023) 10,121 vs KuPS (21 October 2023)
Lowest home attendance	217 vs Lahti (8 February 2023)
Average home league attendance	5,631 (21 October 2023)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022 2024 →

Season Events

On 27 December 2022, Anthony Olusanya extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2025 season.^[2]

On 4 January, David Ezeh signed a new contract with HJK until the end of the 2025 season.^[3]

On 10 January, Francis Etu signed a three-year contract with HJK.^[4]

On 12 January, HJK extended the loan-deal with Helsingborg for Lucas Lingman until the end of the season.^[5]

On 14 January, HJK announced the singing of Georgios Kanellopoulos to a two-year contract, with an option of a third year, from Asteras Tripolis.^[6]

On 8 February, free-agent Dejan Iliev signed for HJK on a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.^[7]

On 10 February, HJK extended their contract with Samuel Anini Junior until the end of the 2024 season, and loaned him out to IFK Mariehamn for the season alongside Elmo Henriksson and Patrik Raitanen.^[8]

On 15 February, Santeri Hostikka signed a new contract with HJK until the end of the 2024 season.^[9]

On 16 February, HJK announced the singing of Nils Svensson from Vänersborgs IF, to a two-year contract with the option of a third year.^[10]

On 6 March, Altti Hellemaa extended his contract with HJK until the end of 2025, and then joined SJK on loan for the season.^[11]

On 4 April, HJK extended their contract with Kai Meriluoto until the end of the 2025 season.^[12]

On 24 July, HJK announced the signings of Filip Rogić and Niko Hämäläinen.^[13]

On 26 July, HJK announced the loan signing of Kristopher Da Graca from IK Sirius with the rights to make the move permanent at the end of the season.^[14]

On 3 August, HJK extended their contract with Aaro Toivonen until the end of the 2025 season.^[15] The following day, 4 August, HJK announced the signing of Niki Mäenpää on a contract until the end of the season as cover for the injured Dejan Iliev.^[16]

On 11 August, HJK announced the signing of Hassane Bandé from Amiens until the end of June 2025.^[17]

On 5 November, HJK exercised a clause in their contract with Jesse Öst to extend his contract with the club until the end of the 2024 season.^[18] The following day, 6 November, Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2025 season.^[19]

On 28 November, Atomu Tanaka extended his contract with the club for another season, until the end of 2024.^[20]

Squad

As of match played 14 December 2023

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Jesse Öst		GK	(1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 33)	SJK	2023	2024[18]
25	Dejan Iliev		GK	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 28)	Unattached	2023[7]	2023(+1)[7]
78	Alex Ramula		GK	(2005-01-17)17 January 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
85	Niki Mäenpää		GK	(1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 38)	Unattached	2023[16]	2023[16]
Defenders
2	Tuomas Ollila		DF	(2000-04-25)25 April 2000 (aged 23)	Ilves	2023
3	Niko Hämäläinen		DF	(1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 26)	Unattached	2023[13]
4	Joona Toivio		DF	(1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 35)	BK Häcken	2022[21]	2024[21]
5	Kristopher Da Graca		DF	(1998-01-16)16 January 1998 (aged 25)	on loan from IK Sirius	2023[14]	2023[14]
6	Aapo Halme		DF	(1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 25)	Barnsley	2022[22]	2024[22]
15	Miro Tenho		DF	(1995-04-02)2 April 1995 (aged 28)	Inter Turku	2020[23]	2023[24]
16	Valtteri Moren		DF	(1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 32)	Waasland-Beveren	2020[25]	2022[25]
22	Jukka Raitala		DF	(1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 35)	Minnesota United	2022[26]	2023[26]
Midfields
8	Filip Rogić		MF	(1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 30)	Unattached	2023[13]
10	Lucas Lingman		MF	(1998-01-25)25 January 1998 (aged 25)	on loan from Helsingborg	2022	2023[5]
14	Matti Peltola		MF	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 21)	Klubi 04	2019
19	Aleksi Paananen		MF	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 30)	Inter Turku	2023
23	Pyry Soiri		MF	(1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 29)	Esbjerg fB	2022[27]	2023[27]
24	Georgios Kanellopoulos		MF	(2000-01-29)29 January 2000 (aged 23)	Asteras Tripolis	2023[6]	2024(+1)[6]
27	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan		MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 24)	Klubi 04	2018	2025[19]
37	Atomu Tanaka		MF	(1987-10-04)4 October 1987 (aged 36)	Cerezo Osaka	2020[28]	2024[20]
46	Oliver Pettersson		MF	(2003-05-13)13 May 2003 (aged 20)	Ekenäs IF	2022
52	Aaro Toivonen		MF	(2005-04-19)19 April 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2022	2025[15]
56	Përparim Hetemaj		MF	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 37)	Reggina	2022[29]	2023[29]
59	Liam Möller		MF	(2004-12-21)21 December 2004 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
Forwards
7	Santeri Hostikka		FW	(1997-09-30)30 September 1997 (aged 26)	Pogoń Szczecin	2021[30]	2024[9]
9	Bojan Radulović		FW	(1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 23)	AIK	2022[31]	2023[31]
11	Roope Riski		FW	(1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 32)	SKN St. Pölten	2020[32]
17	Hassane Bandé		FW	(1998-10-30)30 October 1998 (aged 25)	Amiens	2023[17]	2025[17]
18	Topi Keskinen		FW	(2003-03-07)7 March 2003 (aged 20)	Mikkelin Palloilijat	2023
29	Anthony Olusanya		FW	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 23)	FF Jaro	2021[33]	2025[2]
34	Maksim Stjopin		FW	(2003-04-08)8 April 2003 (aged 20)	on loan from Nordsjælland	2023
73	David Ezeh		FW	(2006-02-13)13 February 2006 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2023[3]	2025[3]
Klubi 04
43	Santeri Silander		DF	(2004-04-20)20 April 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023
48	Francis Etu		FW	(2004-04-10)10 April 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023[4]	2025[4]
56	William Grönblom		DF	(2005-01-13)13 January 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
61	Ville Vuorinen		DF	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
62	Nils Svensson		DF	(2002-05-09)9 May 2002 (aged 21)	Vänersborgs IF	2023[10]	2024(+1)[10]
64	Matias Ritari		MF	(2005-07-15)15 July 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
65	Otto Hannula		FW	(2005-09-29)29 September 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
67	Dylan Hayes		FW	(2004-04-14)14 April 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023
68	Jasper Pikkuhookana		MF	(2003-07-06)6 July 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2023
71	Stanislav Baranov		FW	(2005-04-15)15 April 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
74	Benjamin Dahlström		MF	(2003-08-08)8 August 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2023
75	Johan Lietsa		DF	(2005-02-15)15 February 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
76	Kingsley Kwasi Kwaw		FW	(2006-03-16)16 March 2006 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2023
97	Michael Boamah		DF	(2003-04-16)16 April 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2023
Away on loan
17	Johannes Yli-Kokko		MF	(2001-08-24)24 August 2001 (aged 22)	Klubi 04	2022
28	Miska Ylitolva		DF	(2004-05-23)23 May 2004 (aged 19)	RoPS	2022[34]	2023[34]
41	Samuel Anini Junior		FW	(2002-09-07)7 September 2002 (aged 21)	PK Keski-Uusimaa	2019[35]	2024[8]
42	Kai Meriluoto		FW	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2020	2025[12]
45	Elmo Henriksson		GK	(2003-03-10)10 March 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2021
57	Niilo Kujasalo		MF	(2004-03-17)17 March 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023
	Halil Bağci		GK	(2003-04-04)4 April 2003 (aged 20)	MKE Ankaragücü	2023
	Patrik Raitanen		DF	(2001-06-13)13 June 2001 (aged 22)	Unattached	2021[36]

Transfers and contracts

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
1 February 2023	DF		Murilo	SJK	22 February 2023	[37][38]
31 December 2023	DF		Jukka Raitala	IF Gnistan	1 January 2024	[39][40]
31 December 2023	MF		Përparim Hetemaj	Retired		[41]
31 December 2023	MF		Aleksi Paananen	AC Oulu	1 January 2024	[42][43]
31 December 2023	MF		Matti Peltola	D.C. United	2 February 2024	[44][45]
31 December 2023	FW		Roope Riski	Ilves	1 January 2024	[46][47]

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
14 January 2023	MF		Georgios Kanellopoulos	Asteras Tripolis	Undisclosed	[6]
8 February 2023	GK		Dejan Iliev	Unattached	Free	[7]
24 July 2023	DF		Niko Hämäläinen	Unattached	Free	[13]
24 July 2023	MF		Filip Rogić	Unattached	Free	[13]
4 August 2023	GK		Niki Mäenpää	Unattached	Free	[16]
11 August 2023	FW		Hassane Bandé	Amiens	Undisclosed	[17]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
19 January 2023	DF		Anton Aaltonen	Inter Turku	Undisclosed	[48]
23 January 2023	DF		Arttu Hoskonen	MKS Cracovia	€250,000	[49][50]
20 December 2023	DF		Miro Tenho	Djurgården	Free	[51]
28 December 2023	MF		Pyry Soiri	U Craiova	Free	[52]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
12 January 2023	MF		Lucas Lingman	Helsingborg	End of season	[5]
26 July 2023	DF		Kristopher Da Graca	IK Sirius	End of season	[14]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
10 February 2023	GK		Elmo Henriksson	IFK Mariehamn	End of season	[8]
10 February 2023	DF		Patrik Raitanen	IFK Mariehamn	End of season	[8]
10 February 2023	FW		Samuel Anini Junior	IFK Mariehamn	End of season	[8]
20 February 2023	MF		Johannes Yli-Kokko	Dundalk	31 July 2023	[53]
6 March 2023	MF		Altti Hellemaa	SJK	End of season	[11]
20 April 2023	MF		Niilo Kujasalo	KPV	End of season	[54]
14 July 2023	MF		Kai Meriluoto	Stal Mielec	30 June 2024	[55]
17 July 2023	DF		Miska Ylitolva	KTP	End of season	[56]

Friendlies

HJK v Haka

21 January 2023	HJK	4–0	Haka	Helsinki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

Tromsø v HJK

11 February 2023	Tromsø	2–3	HJK	Oliva
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

HJK v SJK

8 March 2023	HJK	2–3	SJK	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

HJK v Ilves

11 March 2023	HJK	3–1	Ilves	Helsinki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Veikkausliiga	2 April 2023	21 October 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	27	15	8	4	50	26	+24	055.56
Finnish Cup	30 May 2023	30 May 2023	Fifth round	Fifth round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
League Cup	27 January 2022	1 April 2023	Group stage	Winners	7	5	1	1	17	9	+8	071.43
UEFA Champions League	12 July 2022	2 August 2023	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00
UEFA Europa League	10 August 2022	17 August 2022	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	24 August 2022	14 December 2023	Playoff round	Group stage	8	1	2	5	10	19	−9	012.50
Total					49	23	13	13	84	63	+21	046.94

Last updated: 14 December 2023
Source: Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Main article: 2023 Veikkausliiga

Regular season

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	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	7	3	1	21	7	+14	5	5	1	18	12	+6

Last updated: 3 September 2023.
Source: See Matches

Results

HJK v Honka

5 April 2023 1	HJK	2 – 0	Honka	Helsinki
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Tanaka 38' Radulović 54'  86' Hetemaj  80'	Report	Aalto  61'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara

VPS v HJK

15 April 2023 2	VPS	0 – 1	HJK	Vaasa
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Hostikka  37' Radulović 60' Bashkirov 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 2,612 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v VPS

19 April 2023 19	HJK	4 – 0	VPS	Helsinki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 20', 73' Peltola  29' Ollila 32'  68' Meriluoto  78' 81'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

HJK v AC Oulu

23 April 2023 3	HJK	1 – 1	AC Oulu	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ollila  5' Tanaka  44' Radulović 52' (pen.) Raitala  61' Toivio  80'	Report	Kallinen  30' Selander  50' Valencia  53' Baliso  54' Coffey 78' (pen.) Huhtala  90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v Haka

29 April 2023 4	HJK	2 – 0	Haka	Helsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 38' Meriluoto 42' Kanellopoulos  51'	Report	Laine  52'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

KuPS v HJK

5 May 2023 5	KuPS	2 – 1	HJK	Kuopio
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Bispo  13' Veteli 18' Sichenje  61' Savolainen 80' Popovitch  82' Jensen  90+1'	Report	Keskinen 45' Peltola  90+4'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Attendance: 5,423 Referee: Peiman Simani

KTP v HJK

9 May 2023 15	KTP	3 – 3	HJK	Kotka
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Roiha 58' Mika 78'  82' Furtado 90+2' Mäkelä  90+4'	Report	Stjopin 3' Peltola 23' Tanaka  60' Möller 84'	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

HJK v Inter Turku

13 May 2023 6	HJK	4 – 1	Inter Turku	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Paananen 54' Tenho 63' Ollila 83', 90'	Report	Nurmi 6' Legbo  45+5' Järvinen  90+4'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Antti Munukka

Ilves v HJK

21 May 2023 7	Ilves	1 – 1	HJK	Tampere
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	James 48'  90+2' Ala-Myllymäki 53'  64' Larsson  68' Katz  88' Aspegren  88'	Report	Olusanya  39' Toivio  85' Radulović 90+4' Keskinen  90+5'	Stadium: Tampere Stadium Attendance: 6,588 Referee: Petri Viljanen

IFK Mariehamn v HJK

27 May 2023 8	IFK Mariehamn	0 – 0	HJK	Mariehamn
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Asiri  90+1'	Report	Hetemaj  80' Paananen  82'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Attendance: 1,208 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

HJK v SJK

3 June 2023 9	HJK	0 – 0	SJK	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ollila  90+1' Kanellopoulos  90+4'	Report	Moreno  76'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 5,639 Referee: Oliver Reitala

Lahti v HJK

7 June 2023 10	Lahti	1 – 2	HJK	Lahti
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tauriainen 3'	Report	Olusanya  40' Radulović 48', 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Lahden Stadion Attendance: 2,890 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara

HJK v KTP

11 June 2023 11	HJK	1 – 0	KTP	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 64' (pen.) Soiri  86'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 5,012 Referee: Peiman Simani

Haka v HJK

27 June 2023 12	Haka	1 – 1	HJK	Valkeakoski
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fofana  39' Mahuta 57'	Report	Hostikka 9' Toivio  45+2' Paananen  77' Iliev  89'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Peiman Simani

Honka v HJK

1 July 2023 13	Honka	1 – 1	HJK	Espoo
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Koskinen  18' 55' Ortiz  60'	Report	Radulović 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Tapiolan urheilupuisto Attendance: 3,443 Referee: Peiman Simani

HJK v Lahti

8 July 2023 14	HJK	0 – 1	Lahti	Helsinki
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Peltola  42' Tenho  43' Soiri  50'	Report	Zeqiri 33',  67' Ljubić  81' Koskipalo  88'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,056 Referee: Oliver Reitala

HJK v Ilves

22 July 2023 16	HJK	1 – 0	Ilves	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tenho 53'  71'	Report	Umar  34' Haarala  37' Katz  54' Traoré  90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Joona Manninen

SJK v HJK

29 July 2023 17	SJK	1 – 2	HJK	Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Murilo  34' Dunwoody 45+2' Gasc  76'	Report	Kanellopoulos  30' Radulović 55' Olusanya 60' Hetemaj  76' Keskinen  90+3'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 5,016 Referee: Peiman Simani

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

5 August 2023 18	HJK	4 – 2	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Olusanya 9' Hostikka 19', 77' Rogić  23' Halme  34' Soiri 90' (pen.)	Report	Ngueukam 35' van der Heyden 85' Coubronne  90+1'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

Inter Turku v HJK

20 August 2023 20	Inter Turku	1 – 3	HJK	Turku
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Smith 15' Forsell  56'	Report	Radulović 62', 64', 68'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Peiman Simani

AC Oulu v HJK

27 August 2023 21	AC Oulu	1 – 3	HJK	Oulu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Valencia  43' Coffey  80' 82' Morais  85'	Report	Tenho 27' Ollila 68', 78' Tanaka  74'	Stadium: Raatti Stadium Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

HJK v KuPS

3 September 2023 22	HJK	2 – 2	KuPS	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lingman  20' Peltola 44' Radulović 50' Tenho  63'	Report	Vidjeskog 14' Sichenje  40' Yengi 58'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Oliver Reitala

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK	22	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	Qualification for the Championship Round
2	KuPS	22	13	4	5	34	15	+19	43
3	SJK	22	11	5	6	29	24	+5	38
4	VPS	22	11	3	8	30	23	+7	36
5	Honka	22	10	5	7	23	17	+6	35

Source: Flashscore
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).

Championship round

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
5	3	0	2	11	7	+4	9	2	0	1	6	2	+4	1	0	1	5	5	0

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: See Matches

Results

HJK v Inter Turku

16 September 2023 23	HJK	2 – 0	Inter Turku	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bandé 71' Radulović 81'	Report	Diallo  3' Jyry  54'  56' Smith  71'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Antti Munukka

SJK v HJK

24 September 2023 24	SJK	2 – 3	HJK	Seinäjoki
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tikkanen  25' Moreno 83' (pen.), 85' Gasc  90+2' Dunwoody  90+3'	Report	Ollila 31', 48' Keskinen  33' Tanaka  86' Bandé 90+2'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 3,493 Referee: Dennis Antamo

HJK v Honka

27 September 2023 25	HJK	3 – 0	Honka	Helsinki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Toivio 16' Keskinen 50'  56' Radulović 80'	Report	Arko-Mensah  38' Banahene  90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,235 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara

VPS v HJK

8 October 2023 26	VPS	3 – 2	HJK	Vaasa
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bashkirov 2' Michael 14', 90+4' Ahiabu  57'	Report	Bandé 40' Radulović 77'	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 4,105 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

HJK v KuPS

21 October 2023 27	HJK	1 – 2	KuPS	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Soiri 63' Radulović  84' Öst  85' Rogić  86' Hetemaj  90+5' Hämäläinen  90+7'	Report	Éliton Júnior 8' Saarinen 67' Cissé  90+1' Miettinen  90+7' Yengi  90+7'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Oliver Reitala

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK (C)	27	15	8	4	50	26	+24	53	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	KuPS	27	16	5	6	41	20	+21	53	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
3	VPS	27	15	4	8	41	26	+15	49	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round play-off final
4	SJK	27	12	6	9	35	33	+2	42	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals
5	Honka	27	12	5	10	29	27	+2	41
6	Inter Turku	27	10	5	12	35	40	−5	35

Source: Flashscore
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: 2023 Finnish Cup

HJK v Honka

30 May 2023 Fifth round	HJK	1 – 1 (2 – 4 p)	Honka	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Meriluoto 23'	Report	Kaufmann 60'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,093 Referee: Ville Nevalainen
	Penalties
	Möller Ollila Lingman Olusanya		Clésio Eremenko Alegría Krebs

League Cup

Main article: 2023 Finnish League Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK (Q)	5	4	0	1	14	7	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Inter Turku (Q)	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10
3	Lahti	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7
4	KTP	5	1	2	2	3	6	−3	5
5	Honka	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5
6	IFK Mariehamn	5	0	2	3	1	7	−6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

27 January 2023 1	HJK	3 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Meriluoto 25' Ollila 40' Lingman  53' Tanaka 58' Keskinen  60'	Report	Coubronne  39' Dé  42' Sjöroos  84'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 734 Referee: Joona Kontinen

HJK v Lahti

8 February 2023 2	HJK	5 – 2	Lahti	Helsinki
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Paananen  2' Keskinen  3' 29', 54' (pen.), 58', 60' Pettersson  27'  78' Möller 57'	Report	Ali 6' Pirttijoki 80' Penninkangas  89'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 217 Referee: Oliver Reitala

HJK v Honka

18 February 2023 3	HJK	4 – 0	Honka	Helsinki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Meriluoto 17' Radulović 32' Ollila 63' Möller 76'	Report	Baak  80'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 503 Referee: Juho Nieminen

Inter Turku v HJK

22 February 2023 4	Inter Turku	4 – 0	HJK	Kupittaa
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stavitski 7'  41' Smith 13' 72' Kuittinen 37' Jyry 58'	Report	Baranov  90+2'	Stadium: LähiTapiola Arena Attendance: 1 Referee: Dennis Antamo

KuPS v HJK

4 March 2023 5	KuPS	1 – 2	HJK	Kotka
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	de Vries 10' (pen.) Vesiaho  42' Sandberg  65'  90+3' Ogungbaro  71'	Report	Meriluoto 32' Olusanya 34', 36' Tenho  42' Tanaka  44' Kouassivi-Benissan  78' Hetemaj  90+4'	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena Attendance: 722 Referee: Matti Roth

Knockout Stage

HJK v KuPS

18 March 2023 Semifinal	HJK	1 – 1 (5 – 4 p)	KuPS	Helsinki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Soiri 33'	Report	Antwi  27' Oksanen  54' Veteli 69'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 845 Referee: Joona Kontinen
	Penalties
	Meriluoto Tanaka Olusanya Peltola Ezeh Kanellopoulos		Jensen Bakker Bispo Tuominen Vidjeskog Oksanen

Final

HJK v AC Oulu

1 April 2023	HJK	2 – 1	AC Oulu	Helsinki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Soiri  43' Tanaka 83' Stjopin 86'	Report	Luquinhas  30' Affi  68' Suutari  85' 89'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Peiman Simani

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

HJK v Larne

12 July 2023 First qualifying round 1st leg	HJK	1–0	Larne	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 3' (pen.) Tenho  28'	Report	Bolger  32' Cosgrove  46' Want  89' Donnelly  90+5'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121[57] Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

Larne v HJK

19 July 2023 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Larne	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	HJK	Belfast, Northern Ireland
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Donnelly  47' Bonis 65' (pen.)  73' Thomson 87' Want  110'	Report	Ollila 26'  79' Raitala  64' Tenho  74' Want 97' (o.g.) Radulović  107'	Stadium: Solitude Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Greece)
Note: Match played at the Solitude in Belfast, instead of Larne's regular stadium, Inver Park, in Larne, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

HJK v Molde

25 July 2023 Second qualifying round 1st leg	HJK	1–0	Molde	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keskinen 25'	Report	Brynhildsen  50' Haugen  67'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 8,154[58] Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

Molde v HJK

2 August 2023 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Molde	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	HJK	Molde, Norway
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hagelskjær  64' Öst 74' (o.g.) Brynhildsen 89'	Report	Tanaka  26'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: [59] Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Qarabağ v HJK

10 August 2023 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Qarabağ	2–1	HJK	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	L.Andrade 55' Juninho 85'	Report	Radulović  30' Olusanya 77'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 24,984[60] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

HJK v Qarabağ

17 August 2023 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	HJK	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Qarabağ	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hostikka 10' Kouassivi-Benissan  14'  16' Keskinen  45+6' Hetemaj  75'	Report	Bayramov 45+3' (pen.) Benzia 56' Magomedaliyev  83' Romão  85'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 7,612[61] Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

Farul Constanța v HJK

24 August 2023 Playoff round 1st leg	Farul Constanța	2–1	HJK	Ovidiu, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Larie  35' Rivaldinho 58' Munteanu  69' Popescu 82'	Report	Hostikka  46' Toivio 50'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 4,032[62] Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)

HJK v Farul Constanța

31 August 2023 Playoff round 2nd leg	HJK	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Farul Constanța	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 20', 70' Toivio  54'	Report	Nedelcu  37' Kiki  74' Dussaut  85'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 6,671[63] Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PAOK	6	5	1	0	16	10	+6	16	Advance to round of 16
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	10	10	0	6
4	HJK	6	0	2	4	7	17	−10	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

HJK v PAOK

21 September 2023 1	HJK	2–3	PAOK	Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bandé 35' Hetemaj  61' Radulović 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Koulierakis 55' Despodov  64' 81' Thomas 90+4'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 8,532[64] Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

Aberdeen v HJK

5 October 2023 2	Aberdeen	1–1	HJK	Aberdeen, Scotland
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Miovski 79'	Report	Radulovic 59' Lingman  90+1'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,316[65] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Eintracht Frankfurt v HJK

26 October 2023 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	HJK	Frankfurt, Germany
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dina Ebimbe 12' (pen.), 89' Koch 27'  75' Marmoush 31' Tuta 45+3' Skhiri 55'	Report	Tenho  26' Keskinen  29' Peltola  42'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 55,500[66] Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Ukraine)

HJK v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 November 2023 4	HJK	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Chaïbi 31' Buta  77'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121[67] Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)

HJK v Aberdeen

30 November 2023 5	HJK	2–2	Aberdeen	Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bandé 16' Hostikka 33' Keskinen  90+9' Lingman  90+15'	Report	MacDonald 41' Barron  42' Duk 56' Devlin  90+9'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 9,053[68] Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

PAOK v HJK

14 December 2023 6	PAOK	4–2	HJK	Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Troost-Ekong  35' Ozdoyev 37' Konstantelias 47' Toivio 53' (o.g.) Murg 85'	Report	Radulović 6' Hostikka  22' Hetemaj 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 14 December 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FIN	Jesse Öst	28	0	14	0	1	0	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	2+1	0
2	DF	FIN	Tuomas Ollila	39	10	21+3	7	1	0	5	2	1+1	1	1+1	0	2+3	0
3	DF	FIN	Niko Hämäläinen	13	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	0
4	DF	FIN	Joona Toivio	37	2	16+3	1	0+1	0	5+1	0	3	0	2	0	6	1
5	DF	CPV	Kristopher Da Graca	9	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
6	DF	FIN	Aapo Halme	15	0	6+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	5	0
7	FW	FIN	Santeri Hostikka	35	5	15+7	3	1	0	1+2	0	1	0	1+1	1	5+1	1
8	MF	SWE	Filip Rogić	11	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
9	FW	SRB	Bojan Radulović	42	25	16+8	18	0+1	0	2+2	1	4	1	2	0	7	5
10	MF	FIN	Lucas Lingman	36	0	14+6	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	4	0	2	0	7	0
11	FW	FIN	Roope Riski	12	0	5+3	0	1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	MF	FIN	Matti Peltola	34	2	20+1	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0+1	0	6	0
15	DF	FIN	Miro Tenho	32	3	15+1	3	1	0	2+1	0	4	0	2	0	6	0
17	FW	BFA	Hassane Bandé	14	5	2+5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	4+2	2
18	FW	FIN	Topi Keskinen	44	7	19+6	2	0+1	0	4	4	4	1	2	0	7+1	0
19	MF	FIN	Aleksi Paananen	20	1	8+6	1	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
22	DF	FIN	Jukka Raitala	35	0	20	0	0	0	1+4	0	4	0	2	0	3+1	0
23	MF	FIN	Pyry Soiri	40	2	17+5	2	0	0	3+2	0	4	0	1	0	8	0
24	MF	GRE	Georgios Kanellopoulos	40	0	13+7	0	1	0	5+1	0	3	0	2	0	5+3	0
25	GK	MKD	Dejan Iliev	11	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	FIN	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	26	0	5+6	0	0	0	3+1	0	2+2	0	2	0	1+4	0
29	FW	FIN	Anthony Olusanya	37	5	14+8	2	0+1	0	3+2	2	1+3	0	0+2	1	0+3	0
34	FW	FIN	Maksim Stjopin	10	2	3+3	1	0	0	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	JPN	Atomu Tanaka	32	3	14+4	1	1	0	2+3	2	3+1	0	1	0	0+3	0
46	MF	FIN	Oliver Pettersson	8	0	0+3	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	FIN	Aaro Toivonen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	FIN	Përparim Hetemaj	33	1	5+11	0	0	0	2+3	0	1+2	0	0+2	0	2+5	1
57	MF	FIN	Niilo Kujasalo	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF	FIN	Liam Möller	6	2	0+1	1	1	0	1+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
73	FW	FIN	David Ezeh	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	GK	FIN	Alex Ramula	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
85	GK	FIN	Niki Mäenpää	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:
43	DF	FIN	Santeri Silander	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	FW	NGA	Francis Etu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	DF	FIN	William Grönblom	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	DF	FIN	Ville Vuorinen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	SWE	Nils Svensson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	MF	FIN	Matias Ritari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	FW	FIN	Otto Hannula	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	FW	FIN	Dylan Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	MF	FIN	Jasper Pikkuhookana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	FW	FIN	Stanislav Baranov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	MF	FIN	Benjamin Dahlström	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	DF	FIN	John Lietsa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	FW	FIN	Kingsley Kwasi Kwaw	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	DF	FIN	Michael Boamah	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
17	MF	FIN	Johannes Yli-Kokko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	FIN	Miska Ylitolva	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	FIN	Samuel Anini Junior	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	FIN	Kai Meriluoto	20	4	7+7	2	1	0	4+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left HJK during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	League Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	FW		9	Bojan Radulović	18	0	1	1	0	5	25
2	DF		2	Tuomas Ollila	7	0	2	1	0	0	10
3	FW		18	Topi Keskinen	2	0	4	1	0	0	7
5	FW		7	Santeri Hostikka	3	0	0	0	1	1	5
	FW		17	Hassane Bandé	3	0	0	0	0	2	5
	FW		42	Kai Meriluoto	2	1	2	0	0	0	5
	FW		29	Anthony Olusanya	2	0	2	0	1	0	5
8	DF		15	Miro Tenho	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	MF		37	Atomu Tanaka	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
10	MF		14	Matti Peltola	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		23	Pyry Soiri	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		59	Liam Möller	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	FW		34	Maksim Stjopin	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	DF		4	Joona Toivio	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
				Own goal	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
16	MF		19	Aleksi Paananen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		56	Përparim Hetemaj	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					50	1	15	4	2	10	82

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	League Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	GK		1	Jesse Öst	6	0	1	2	0	0	9
2	GK		25	Dejan Iliev	3	0	1	0	0	0	4
3	GK		85	Niki Mäenpää	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS					10	0	2	2	0	1	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
1		GK	Jesse Öst	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Tuomas Ollila	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Niko Hämäläinen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Joona Toivio	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
6		DF	Aapo Halme	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		FW	Santeri Hostikka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
8		MF	Filip Rogić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Bojan Radulović	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
10		MF	Lucas Lingman	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
14		MF	Matti Peltola	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15		DF	Miro Tenho	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
18		FW	Topi Keskinen	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
19		MF	Aleksi Paananen	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Jukka Raitala	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Pyry Soiri	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24		MF	Georgios Kanellopoulos	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25		GK	Dejan Iliev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1
29		FW	Anthony Olusanya	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
37		MF	Atomu Tanaka	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
46		MF	Oliver Pettersson	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
56		MF	Përparim Hetemaj	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	1
Players from Klubi-04:
71		FW	Stanislav Baranov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
42		FW	Kai Meriluoto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left HJK during the season:
TOTALS				42	3	2	0	13	1	6	0	5	1	10	0	78	5