2023 HJK season

HJK
2023 season
President	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Head coach	Toni Koskela
Stadium	Bolt Arena
Veikkausliiga	2nd
Finnish Cup	Fifth round
Liigacup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bojan Radulović (6); All: ; Bojan Radulović (9)
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 May 2023.

The 2023 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 115th competitive season.^[1]

Players

Squad

As of 21 May 2023^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FIN	Jesse Öst
2	DF	FIN	Tuomas Ollila
4	DF	FIN	Joona Toivio
6	DF	FIN	Aapo Halme
7	FW	FIN	Santeri Hostikka
9	FW	SRB	Bojan Radulović
10	MF	FIN	Lucas Lingman (on loan from Helsingborgs IF)
11	FW	FIN	Roope Riski
14	DF	FIN	Matti Peltola
15	DF	FIN	Miro Tenho
16	DF	FIN	Valtteri Moren
18	FW	FIN	Topi Keskinen
19	MF	FIN	Aleksi Paananen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FIN	David Ezeh
22	DF	FIN	Jukka Raitala
23	DF	FIN	Pyry Soiri
24	MF	GRE	Georgios Kanellopoulos
25	GK	MKD	Dejan Iliev
27	DF	FIN	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan
29	FW	FIN	Anthony Olusanya
34	FW	FIN	Maksim Stjopin (on loan from FC Nordsjælland)
37	MF	JPN	Atomu Tanaka
42	FW	FIN	Kai Meriluoto
46	DF	FIN	Oliver Pettersson
56	MF	FIN	Perparim Hetemaj

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	FIN	Johannes Yli-Kokko (at Dundalk until 31 July 2023)
–	GK	FIN	Elmo Henriksson (at IFK Mariehamn until 31 December 2023)
–	DF	FIN	Patrik Raitanen (at IFK Mariehamn until 31 December 2023)
–	MF	FIN	Samuel Anini Jr. (at IFK Mariehamn until 31 December 2023)
–	GK	TUR	Halil Bagci (at SalPa until 31 December 2023)\|}

Friendlies

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

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Veikkausliiga	5 April 2023		Matchday 1		10	5	4	1	19	8	+11	050.00
Liigacup	27 January 2023	1 April 2023	Group Stage	Champions	7	5	1	1	16	8	+8	071.43
Finnish Cup	30 May 2023		Fifth Round						!—
Total					17	10	5	2	35	16	+19	058.82

Last updated: 29 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

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
10	5	4	1	19	8	+11	19	4	1	0	13	2	+11	1	3	1	6	6	0

Last updated: 22 May 2023.
Source: See Matches

Matches

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

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

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

23 April 2023 3	HJK	1–1	AC Oulu	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 52' (pen.)	Report	Coffey 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Petri Viljanen

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

5 May 2023 5	KuPS	2–1	HJK	Kuopio
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Veteli 18' Savolainen 80'	Report	Keskinen 45'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Attendance: 5,423 Referee: Peiman Simani

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

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'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Antti Munukka

21 May 2023 7	Ilves	1–1	HJK	Tampere
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	James 48'	Report	Radulović 90+4'	Stadium: Tampere Stadium Attendance: 6,588 Referee: Petri Viljanen

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

Liigacup

Group Stage


Position	Team	W	D	L	GD	Points
1	HJK	4	0	1	7	12
2	Inter Turku	3	1	1	4	10
3	FC Lahti	2	1	2	1	7
4	KTP	1	2	2	-3	5
5	FC Honka	1	2	2	-3	5
6	IFK Mariehamn	0	3	2	6	2

Group Stage

27 January 2023 1	HJK	3–0	Mariehamn	Helsinki
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Meriluoto 25' Ollila 40' Tanaka 58'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 734 Referee: Joona Kontinen

8 February 2023 2	HJK	5–2	Lahti	Helsinki
11:30 EET (UTC+2)	Keskinen 29', 54' (pen.), 58', 60' Möller 57'	Report	Ali 6' Pirttijoki 80'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 217 Referee: Oliver Reitala

18 February 2023 3	HJK	4–0	Honka	Helsinki
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Meriluoto 17' Radulović 32' Ollila 63' Möller 76'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 503 Referee: Juho Nieminen

22 February 2023 4	Inter Turku	4–0	HJK	Turku
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stavitski 7' Smith 13' Kuittinen 37' Jyry 58'	Report		Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Dennis Antamo

4 March 2023 5	KTP	1–2	HJK	Kotka
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	de Vries 10' (pen.)	Report	Olusanya 34', 36'	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena Attendance: 722 Referee: Matti Roth

Knockout Stage

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

Final

1 April 2023 Final	HJK	2–1	AC Oulu	Helsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tanaka 83' Stjopin 86'	Report	Suutari 89'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Peiman Simani

Finnish Cup

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

References

^ "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Squad". hjk.fi/. Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

[1] "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

[2] "Squad". hjk.fi/. Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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