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
2020	Champions
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	File:Flag of Poland.svg Wisla Kraków	1–4	0–4	1–8
1974–75	European Cup	1R	File:Flag of Malta.svg Valletta	4–1	0–1	4–2
1974–75	European Cup	2R	File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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	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	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Spartak Moscow	0–5	0–2	0–7
1984–85	UEFA Cup	PR	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Minsk	0–6	0–4	0–10
1985–86	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	23x15px Flamurtari	3–2	2–1	5–3
1985–86	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2R	File:Flag of East Germany.svg 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	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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	Anderlecht	0–3	0–3	0–6
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	PR	23x15px 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	File:Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Norrköping	N/A	1–1	3rd
			Bohemians	3–2	N/A
			File:Flag of Denmark.svg OB Odense	N/A	1–2
			Bordeaux	1–1	N/A
1996–97	UEFA Cup	PR	File:Flag of Armenia.svg 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	23x15px Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–3	1–3
1998–99	UEFA Champions League	1QR	File:Flag of Armenia.svg FC Yerevan	2–0	3–0	5–0
		2QR	FC Metz	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Group F	PSV Eindhoven	1–3	1–2	4th
			1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	2–5
			Benfica	2–0	2–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	File:Flag of Armenia.svg 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	23x15px 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	File:Flag of Belarus.svg FC Gomel	0–4	0–1	0–5
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	1QR	File:Flag of Northern Ireland (1953–1972).svg 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	File:Flag of Northern Ireland (1953–1972).svg 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	23x15px FC Etzella Ettelbruck	2–0	1–0	3–0
2007–08	UEFA Cup	2QR	File:Flag of Denmark.svg 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	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen	2–1	0–2	3rd
			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	File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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	23x15px Víkingur Gøta	3–1	2–1	5–2
	UEFA Champions League	2QR	File:Flag of Belarus.svg 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	23x15px 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	File:Flag of Belarus.svg FC Dinamo Minsk	9.000
133	HJK	9.000
134	FC Sion	9.000
135	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Slovan Liberec	9.000
136	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg 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	Henri Toivomäki
4	DF	Markus Halsti
5	DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy
6	DF	Ivan Ostojić
7	FW	Eetu Vertainen
8	MF	Bubacar Djaló
9	MF	Riku Riski
10	MF	Lucas Lingman
11	FW	Roope Riski
13	DF	Luis Carlos Murillo
15	DF	Miro Tenho
16	DF	Valtteri Moren

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Nikolai Alho
19	FW	Tim Väyrynen
21	MF	Santeri Väänänen
22	MF	Ferhan Hasani
24	FW	David Browne
25	GK	Antonio Reguero
28	MF	Rasmus Schüller
31	GK	Hugo Keto
37	FW	Atomu Tanaka
47	MF	Matti Peltola
88	MF	Pyry Hannola
-	MF	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)
File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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
Demba Savage & Nabil Bahoui.jpg

Nabil Bahoui of AIK taking on HJK winger Demba Savage during a friendly match in March 2013
HJK cup winners 1966.jpg

HJK after winning the club's first Finnish Cup title in 1966
HJK klubipääty.jpg

HJK supporters at the Bolt Arena in 2017.
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HJK supporters Tifo in 2022
Stadin derby 2017.jpg

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)

References

↑ "HJK Helsinki - HJK.fi". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ "UEFA Club coefficients". www.uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
↑ "Squad & Staff". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
↑ "Klubipelaajia lainalle". Retrieved 17 January 2019.

Other websites

[1] "HJK Helsinki - HJK.fi". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[2] "UEFA Club coefficients". www.uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[3] "Squad & Staff". Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[4] "Klubipelaajia lainalle". Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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