2013 HJK season explained

Club:	HJK
Season:	2013
Chairman:	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager:	Sixten Boström
Stadium:	Sonera Stadium
League:	Veikkausliiga
League Result:	Champions
Cup1:	Finnish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Sixth round vs RoPS
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-final vs JJK
League Topscorer:	Mikael Forssell (14)
Season Topscorer:	Mikael Forssell (17)
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Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014

The 2013 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 105th competitive season.^[1] HJK is the most successful Finnish football club with 25 Finnish Championships, 11 Finnish Cup titles, 4 Finnish League Cup titles and one appearance in the UEFA Champions League Group Stages.^[2]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ville Wallén		GK	2013 10, df=yes	Jokerit	2003
13	Carljohan Eriksson		GK	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2012		0	0
35	Saku-Pekka Sahlgren		GK	2013 10, df=yes	KPV	2011
Defenders
2	Tuomas Kansikas		DF	2013 10, df=yes	MyPa	2008
3	Valtteri Moren		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2010
5	Tapio Heikkilä		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Honka	2013		37	1
6	Timi Lahti		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Haka	2011
11	Mathias Lindström		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Tampere United	2009
17	Nikolai Alho		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2012		49	6
21	Mikko Sumusalo		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2009
25	Pauli Loukola		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2014		1	0
32	Felipe Aspegren		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2012		3	0
	Mikko Viitikko		DF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2012		0	0
Midfielders
4	Mika Väyrynen		MF	2013 10, df=yes	Leeds United	2012		22	4
7	Sebastian Mannström		MF	2013 10, df=yes	FF Jaro	2011	2014^[3]
10	Teemu Tainio		MF	2013 10, df=yes	New York Red Bulls	2013		26	2
22	Joel Perovuo		MF	2013 10, df=yes	Djurgårdens	2011
25	Sakari Mattila		MF	2013 10, df=yes	loan from Bellinzona	2012^[4]	2013
27	Sebastian Sorsa		MF	2013 10, df=yes	Hamilton Academical	2009	2014^[5]
28	Rasmus Schüller		MF	2013 10, df=yes	Honka	2012	2014	71	11
58	Fredrik Lassas		MF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2013		1	0
Forwards
8	Erfan Zeneli		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2005
9	Mikael Forssell		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Leeds United	2013
14	Eero Markkanen		FW	2013 10, df=yes	loan from JJK	2013	2013	6	1
26	Demba Savage		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Honka	2012^[6]		78	28
31	Robin Lod		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2011
Out on loan
15	Akseli Pelvas		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2007
20	Joel Pohjanpalo		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2011
29			MF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2012		2	0
Left during the season
5	Radoš Bulatović		FW	2013 10, df=yes	Hajduk Kula	2013	2013	1	0
36	Kristian Nicht		GK	2013 10, df=yes	Rochester Rhinos	2013	2013	1	0
	Alexander Ring		MF	2013 10, df=yes	Youth Team	2010

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
30 October 2012	FW		Mikael Forssell	Leeds United	Free	^[7]
9 January 2013	FW		Teemu Tainio	New York Red Bulls	Free	^[8]

Transfer announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2013.

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
7 January 2013	DF		Rami Hakanpää	KuPS	Undisclosed	^[9]
8 January 2013	MF		Antti Okkonen	RoPS	Undisclosed	^[10]
25 January 2013	FW		Berat Sadik	Thun	Undisclosed	^[11]
30 January 2013	FW		Juho Mäkelä	Sandhausen	Undisclosed	^[12]
26 February 2013	FW		Sherif Ashraf	Haras El Hodoud	Undisclosed
19 June 2013	MF		Alexander Ring	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Undisclosed	^[13]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
15 July 2013	FW		Akseli Pelvas	SJK	End of Season	^[15]
3 September 2013	FW		Joel Pohjanpalo	Bayer Leverkusen	End of Season	^[16]

Trial

Date From	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Date To	Ref.
January 2013	DF		Radoš Bulatović	Hajduk Kula		^[17]
February 2013	GK		Kristian Nicht	Rochester Rhinos		^[18]

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

See main article: 2013 Veikkausliiga.

League table

Finnish Cup

See main article: 2013 Finnish Cup.

League Cup

See main article: 2013 Finnish League Cup.

Group 2

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Knockout stages

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying phase

See main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan=14|Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:|-|colspan=14|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan=14|Players who left HJK during the season:|}

Goal scorers

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1	FW		9	Mikael Forssell	14	0	3	0	17
2	FW		26	Demba Savage	11	0	4	1	16
3	FW		8	Erfan Zeneli	11	0	3	0	14
4	MF		28	Rasmus Schüller	7	1	0	0	8
5	MF		31	Robin Lod	7	0	0	0	7
6	DF		3	Valtteri Moren	4	1	0	0	5
	FW		17	Nikolai Alho	3	0	2	0	5
	FW		20	Joel Pohjanpalo	5	0	0	0	5
	FW		25	Sakari Mattila	5	0	0	0	5
10	MF		7	Sebastian Mannström	2	0	1	0	3
	FW		15	Akseli Pelvas	0	0	3	0	3
	MF		22	Joel Perovuo	2	0	1	0	3
13	MF		10	Teemu Tainio	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		27	Sebastian Sorsa	2	0	0	0	2
15	DF		5	Tapio Heikkilä	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		14	Eero Markkanen	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		21	Mikko Sumusalo	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	78	2	17	1	98

Clean sheets

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1	GK		1	Ville Wallén	15	0	4	1	20
2	GK		35	Saku-Pekka Sahlgren	1	0	1	0	2
3	GK		36	Kristian Nicht	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	16	0	6	1	23

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	League Cup	UEFA Champions League	Total
1		GK	Ville Wallén	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Tuomas Kansikas	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Valtteri Moren	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Tapio Heikkilä	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Timi Lahti	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Sebastian Mannström	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
8		FW	Erfan Zeneli	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
9		FW	Mikael Forssell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Teemu Tainio	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1
11		DF	Mathias Lindström	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
21		DF	Mikko Sumusalo	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	1
22		MF	Joel Perovuo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Sakari Mattila	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
26		FW	Demba Savage	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
27		DF	Sebastian Sorsa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
28		MF	Rasmus Schüller	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
31		MF	Robin Lod	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left HJK during the season:
5		DF	Radoš Bulatović	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	39	1	1	0	13	1	3	0	56	2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finland - List of League First Level Tables . Rsssf.com . 2014-12-18 . 2015-11-10 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100717200558/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/finhist.html . 2010-07-17 .
2. Web site: UEFA Champions League 1998/99 - History - Clubs – . Uefa.com . 2015-11-10.
3. Web site: Mannströmille kahden vuoden jatko Klubissa . hjk.fi/ . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 9 November 2012.
4. Web site: Mattilan lainapestille sinetti . hjk.fi/ . hjk . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 5 August 2012.
5. Web site: Sebastian Sorsalle uusi kaksivuotinen sopimus . hjk.fi/ . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 19 November 2012.
6. Web site: Schüller ja Savage HJK:hon . hjk.fi . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 7 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20120209230929/http://www.hjk.fi/joukkueet/miehet/uutiset/1-884 . 2012-02-09 .
7. Web site: Forssell palaa vahvistamaan mestaria . hjk.fi/ . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 30 October 2012.
8. Web site: Tainio signs with HJK Helsinki . bigapplesoccer.com/ . Big Apple Soccer . 15 December 2020 . Finnish . 9 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073200/http://bigapplesoccer.com/teams/redbulls2.php?article_id=32606. 2016-03-04.
9. Web site: Uutiset . KuPS.fi . 2015-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120316/http://www.kups.fi/news.php?id=710 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
10. Web site: Antti Okkonen HJK:sta RoPSiin | Yle Uutiset . yle.fi . 2013-01-08 . 2015-11-10.
11. Web site: Sami Laine . HJK:n maajoukkuehyökkääjä Sveitsiin | Yle Urheilu . yle.fi . 2013-01-25 . 2015-11-10.
12. Web site: Juho Mäkelä siirtyy Saksaan / Suomalaiset maailmalla / Etusivu / Suomalaisesta jalkapallosta - Kymppipaikka . fi . Kymppipaikka.fi . 2013-01-30 . 2015-11-10.
13. Web site: Alexander Ring Kaiserslauterniin . HJK.fi . 2015-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211912/https://hjk.fi/uutiset/1-1675 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
14. Web site: EERO MARKKANEN KLUBIIN LOPPUKAUDEN KESTÄVÄLLÄ LAINASOPIMUKSELLA . hjk.fi . Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi . 15 December 2020 . Finnish . 1 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201236/https://hjk.fi/uutiset/1-1790/liput . 2016-03-04 .
15. Web site: HJK Helsinki . HJK.fi . 2015-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192140/https://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/Miehet-1709 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
16. Web site: Pohjanpalo moves to Bayer Leverkusen . Helsinkitimes.fi . 3 September 2013. 2015-11-10.
17. Web site: HJK:n kilpailukauden avaus: Honka kaatui 1-0 . is.fi/ . Ilta-Sanomat . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 17 January 2013.
18. Web site: HJK höykytti Honkaa rumin numeroin . yle.fi/ . yle . 14 December 2020 . Finnish . 8 February 2020.
19. Web site: 2013 Jalkapallo | Suomen Palloliitto . fi . Palloliitto.fi . 2015-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070453/http://www.palloliitto.fi/tulospalvelu/arkisto/2013-jalkapallo?&spljp13&44 . 2016-03-04 . dead .