HJK Helsinki

HJK Helsinki
Full name	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Nickname(s)	Klubi (The Club)
Founded	19 June 1907; 118 years ago
Ground	Bolt Arena; (capacity: 10,770)
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Toni Koskela
League	Veikkausliiga
2025	5th
Website	Club home page

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (translation: The Football Club of Helsinki), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. The club's home stadium is the Bolt Arena, with a capacity of 10,770.^[1]

European campaigns

UEFA club competition record

As of 6 August 2019.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	71	25	12	34	89	110
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	12	6	1	5	18	24
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	61	18	9	34	62	124
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	2	1	6	6
Total	148	50	24	74	175	264

Season	Competition	Round	Opposing team	Home	Away	Aggregate
1965–66	European Cup	PR	Manchester United	2–3	0–6	2–9
1967–68	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Wisla Kraków	1–4	0–4	1–8
1974–75	European Cup	1R	Valletta	4–1	0–1	4–2
1974–75	European Cup	2R	Åtvidabergs FF	0–3	0–1	0–4
1975–76	UEFA Cup	PR	Hertha Berlin	1–2	1–4	2–6
1979–80	European Cup	1R	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Amsterdam	1–8	1–8	2–16
1982–83	European Cup	1R	Omonia	3–0	0–2	3–2
1982–83	European Cup	2R	Liverpool	1–0	0–5	1–5
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1R	Spartak Moscow	0–5	0–2	0–7
1984–85	UEFA Cup	PR	Dinamo Minsk	0–6	0–4	0–10
1985–86	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Flamurtari	3–2	2–1	5–3
1985–86	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Dynamo Dresden	1–0	2–7	3–7
1986–87	European Cup	1R	APOEL	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
1988–89	European Cup	1R	FC Porto	2–0	0–3	2–3
1989–90	European Cup	1R	AC Milan	0–1	0–4	0–5
1991–92	European Cup	1R	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–3	0–4
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	PR	Norma Tallinn	1–1	1–0	2–1
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	1R	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht	0–3	0–3	0–6
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	PR	B71 Sandur	2–0	5–0	7–0
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Beşiktaş	1–1	0–2	1–3
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 5	IFK Norrköping	N/A	1–1	3rd
			Bohemians	3–2	N/A
			OB Odense	N/A	1–2
			Bordeaux	1–1	N/A
1996–97	UEFA Cup	PR	Pyunik Yerevan	5–2 (aet)	1–3	6–5
1996–97	UEFA Cup	QR	Chernomorets Odessa	2–2	0–2	2–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–3	1–3
1998–99	UEFA Champions League	1QR	FC Yerevan	2–0	3–0	5–0
		2QR	FC Metz	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Group F	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven	1–3	1–2	4th
			1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	2–5
			Benfica	2–0	2–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Shirak Gyumri	2–0	0–1	2–1
1999–00	UEFA Cup	1R	Lyon	0–1	1–5	1–6
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	CS Grevenmacher	4–1	0–2	4–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Celtic	2–1 (aet)	0–2	2–3
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	FK Ventspils	2–1	1–0	3–1
2001–02	UEFA Cup	1R	Parma	0–2	0–1	0–3
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	FC Gomel	0–4	0–1	0–5
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Glentoran	1–0	0–0	1–0
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	2QR	MTK Budapest	1–0	1–3	2–3
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Linfield	1–0	1–0	2–0
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	0–1	0–1
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1QR	Drogheda United	1–1	1–3 (aet)	2–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1QR	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	2–0	1–0	3–0
2007–08	UEFA Cup	2QR	Aalborg BK	2–1	0–3	2–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2QR	FK Vėtra	1–3	1–0	2–3
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2QR	FK Ekranas	2–0 (aet)	0–1	2–1
	UEFA Champions League	3QR	FK Partizan	1–2	0–3	1–5
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Beşiktaş	0–4	0–2	0–6
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Bangor City	10–0	3–0	13–0
	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	0–1	1–3
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Schalke 04	2–0	1–6	3–6
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2QR	KR Reykjavik	7–0	2–1	9–1
	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Celtic	0–2	1–2	1–4
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Athletic Bilbao	3–3	0–6	3–9
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Nõmme Kalju	0–0	1–2	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	2QR	FK Rabotnički	2–1	0–0	2–1
	UEFA Champions League	3QR	APOEL	2–2	0–2	2–4
	UEFA Europa League	PO	SK Rapid Wien	2–1	3–3	5–4
		Group B	Copenhagen	2–1	0–2	3rd
			File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge	0–3	1–2
			Torino	2–1	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2QR	FK Ventspils	1–0	3–1	4–1
	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Astana	0–0	3–4	3–4
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Krasnodar	0–0	1–5	1–5
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1QR	FK Atlantas	1–1	2–0	3–1
		2QR	Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	1–1	2–1
		3QR	IFK Göteborg	0–2	2–1	2–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Connah's Quay Nomads	3–0	0–1	3–1
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Shkëndija	1–1	1–3	2–4
2018–19	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Víkingur Gøta	3–1	2–1	5–2
	UEFA Champions League	2QR	BATE Borisov	1–2	0–0	1–2
	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–4	0–3	1–7
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	1QR	HB Tórshavn	3–0	2–2	5−2
	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	0–2	2−3
	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Riga FC	2–2	1–1	3−3 (a)
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1QR

UEFA Club Ranking

This is the current UEFA Club Ranking.^[2]

Last update: 8 July 2019

Rank	Team	Points
129	C.D. Nacional	9.646
130	Asteras Tripoli F.C.	9.500
131	Fehérvár FC	9.000
132	FC Dinamo Minsk	9.000
133	HJK	9.000
134	FC Sion	9.000
135	FC Slovan Liberec	9.000
136	FC Spartak Trnava	8.500
137	AEK Larnaca FC	8.000

Players

First team squad

As of 13 November 2020 ^[3]

No.		Position	Player
3	DF	Finland	Henri Toivomäki
4	DF	Finland	Markus Halsti
5	DF	Finland	Daniel O'Shaughnessy
6	DF	Serbia	Ivan Ostojić
7	FW	Finland	Eetu Vertainen
8	MF	Portugal	Bubacar Djaló
9	MF	Finland	Riku Riski
10	MF	Finland	Lucas Lingman
11	FW	Finland	Roope Riski
13	DF	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	Luis Carlos Murillo
15	DF	Finland	Miro Tenho
16	DF	Finland	Valtteri Moren

No.		Position	Player
17	DF	Finland	Nikolai Alho
19	FW	Finland	Tim Väyrynen
21	MF	Finland	Santeri Väänänen
22	MF	FYR Macedonia	Ferhan Hasani
24	FW	Papua New Guinea	David Browne
25	GK	Spain	Antonio Reguero
28	MF	Finland	Rasmus Schüller
31	GK	Finland	Hugo Keto
37	FW	Japan	Atomu Tanaka
47	MF	Finland	Matti Peltola
88	MF	Finland	Pyry Hannola
-	MF	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	Jair

Out on loan

As of 8 October 2020 ^[4]

No.		Position	Player

Managers

Yrjö Larha (1933–1944)
Eino Nuutinen (1945–1947)
George Duke (1948–1949)
Eino Nuutinen (1950)
János Nagy (1951)
Eino Nuutinen (1952)
Niilo Nordman (1953–1955)
Aatos Lehtonen (1956–1958)
Aulis Rytkönen (1960–71)
Raimo Kauppinen (Jan 1, 1972–74)
Kai Pahlman (1973–74)
Aulis Rytkönen (July 1, 1975–79)
Raimo Kauppinen (1975 – Dec 31, 1979)
Martti Kuusela (Jan 1, 1980 – Dec 31, 1981)
Raimo Kauppinen (Jan 1, 1981–82)
Thure Sarnola (1982)

Miikka Toivola (1983–1984)
Jyrki Heliskoski (Jan 1, 1985 – Dec 31, 1989)
Martti Kuusela (Jan 1, 1990 – Dec 31, 1990)
Jyrki Nieminen (Jan 1, 1991 – Dec 31, 1991)
Jari-Pekka Keurulainen (Jan 1, 1992 – Dec 31, 1994)
Bo Johansson (Jan 1, 1995 – Dec 31, 1995)
Tommy Lindholm (Jan 1, 1996 – July 8, 1996)
Jari-Pekka Keurulainen, Martti Kuusela (July 8, 1996 – Dec 31, 1996)
Antti Muurinen (Jan 1, 1997 – Dec 31, 1999)
Jyrki Heliskoski (Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 31, 2001)
Keith Armstrong (Jan 1, 2002 – Sept 5, 2007)
Aki Hyryläinen (Sept 6, 2007 – Oct 10, 2007)
Antti Muurinen (Oct 10, 2007 – Dec 31, 2012)
Sixten Boström (Jan 1, 2013 – April 28, 2014)
Mika Lehkosuo (April 29, 2014 – May 22, 2019)
Toni Koskela (May 22, 2019–)

Honours

Veikkausliiga:
- Winners (30): 1911, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1936, 1938, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020
- Runners-up (14): 1921, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2016
Finnish Cup:
- Winners (15): 1966, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016–17, 2020, 2025
- Runners-up (5): 1975, 1985, 1990, 1994, 2010
Finnish League Cup:
- Winners (5): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2015
- Runners-up (3): 1995, 2009, 2012

HJK Helsinki Media

Sonera Stadium 22.7.2014
Toni Koskela managed HJK to win three Veikkausliiga titles in 2020–2022
Nabil Bahoui of AIK taking on HJK winger Demba Savage during a friendly match in March 2013
HJK after winning the club's first Finnish Cup title in 1966
HJK supporters at the Bolt Arena in 2017.
HJK supporters Tifo in 2022
Stadin derby 23.5.2017 (1. kaudella 2017)
Stadiums in Töölö in 2005: Helsinki Olympic Stadium before the renovation (above), Töölö Football Stadium (front) and Töölön Pallokenttä (right)