The 2020 season was Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 13th competitive season, and seventh in the Veikkausliiga.

SJK
2020 season
ChairmanRaimo Sarajärvi
ManagerJani Honkavaara
StadiumOmaSP Stadion
Veikkausliiga7th
Finnish CupSixth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Emmanuel Ledesma (5)
All: Joonas Lepistö (6)
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Season Events edit

Squad edit

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   NZL Nikko Boxall
3 DF   SEN Seynabou Benga
4 DF   FIN Matias Vainionpää
5 DF   FIN Tero Mäntylä (Vice-captain)
6 MF   GHA Jude Arthur
7 MF   FIN Matej Hradecky (4th captain)
8 FW   ENG Jake Jervis
9 MF   ARG Emmanuel Ledesma
11 MF   UKR Denys Oliynyk
14 FW   FIN Jyri Kiuru
15 DF   MEX Dárvin Chávez
16 DF   FIN Joonas Sundman
17 DF   FIN Ville Tikkanen
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   FIN Niko Markkula
19 MF   FIN Robin Sid
20 FW   FIN Joonas Lepistö
21 MF   KOS Anel Rashkaj
22 DF   BRA Murilo
24 GK   FIN Walter Viitala
25 MF   FIN Daniel Håkans
27 MF   FIN Aatu Kujanpää
29 FW   FIN Jeremiah Streng
31 MF   FIN Keaton Isaksson
32 GK   FIN Mehdi El Moutacim
45 FW   FIN Serge Atakayi
58 MF   FIN Mehmet Hetemaj (Captain)
88 FW   CMR Ariel Ngueukam (3rd captain)

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 January 2020 GK   Mehdi El Moutacim Ekenäs IF Undisclosed
1 January 2020 DF   Tero Mäntylä HIFK Undisclosed
1 January 2020 DF   Niko Markkula Inter Turku Undisclosed
1 January 2020 MF   Keaton Isaksson IFK Mariehamn Undisclosed
1 January 2020 MF   Aatu Kujanpää VPS Undisclosed
1 January 2020 MF   Robin Sid IFK Mariehamn Undisclosed
1 January 2020 MF   Jude Arthur Liberty Professionals Undisclosed
1 January 2020 FW   Ariel Ngueukam KuPS Undisclosed
1 January 2020 FW   Serge Atakayi Rangers Undisclosed
13 January 2020 DF   Dárvin Chávez FF Jaro Undisclosed
7 February 2020 MF   Arjanit Krasniqi Billericay Town Undisclosed [1]
8 February 2020 MF   Anel Rashkaj AFC Eskilstuna Undisclosed [2]
16 February 2020 GK   Walter Viitala Sandefjord Undisclosed [3]
6 March 2020 MF   Matej Hradecky TPS Undisclosed [4]
24 July 2020 DF   Nikko Boxall Viborg Undisclosed [5]
19 August 2020 MF   Emmanuel Ledesma Unattached Free [6]
19 August 2020 MF   Jake Jervis Luton Town Undisclosed [6]
27 August 2020 DF   Murilo Ourense Undisclosed [7]

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref
20 July 2020 DF   Nadson [8]
7 September 2020 MF   Arjanit Krasniqi Braintree Town 7 September 2020 [9]
16 September 2020 FW   Billy Ions [10]

Competitions edit

Veikkausliiga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Ilves 22 10 6 6 37 29 +8 36
6 FC Lahti 22 8 8 6 33 30 +3 32
7 SJK 22 8 5 9 27 29 −2 29
8 HIFK 22 8 4 10 29 33 −4 28
9 IFK Mariehamn 22 6 5 11 29 43 −14 23
Source: [1], [2]
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).

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 8 5 9 27 29  −2 29 4 2 5 14 17  −3 4 3 4 13 12  +1

Last updated: 4 November 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday edit

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GroundHAHAAHHAAHAHHAAHHHAHAA
ResultWDLLLDDDDLLWWWWLWLWLLW
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

1 July 2020 1 SJK 1 – 0 TPS Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Hradecky   11' Report Pikkarainen   85'   90+1' Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Petri Viljanen
8 July 2020 2 Lahti 0 – 0 SJK Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Viitikko   62' Report Ngueukam   36'
Rashkaj   50'
Stadium: Lahti Stadium
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
17 July 2020 3 SJK 1 – 2 IFK Mariehamn Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Hetemaj   52'   90+6' Report Ademi   4'
Makrillos   55'
Taimi   87'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Joni Hyytiä
22 July 2020 4 HIFK 2 – 1 SJK Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Selander   12'
Bäckman   21'
Mattila   27', 90+6'
Luís Henrique   40'
Yaghoubi   55'
Tiquinho   58'
Sharza   83'
Report Håkans   12'
Atakayi   22'
Mäntylä   26'   67'
Oliynyk   74'
Ngueukam   79'
Hetemaj   86'
Stadium: Bolt Arena
Referee: Oskari Hamalainen
26 July 2020 5 KuPS 2 – 1 SJK Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ions   5' (o.g.)
Niskanen   18'
Report Hetemaj   25'
Vainionpää   51'   73'
Oliynyk   63'
Boxall   78'
Ngueukam   85'
Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
1 August 2020 6 SJK 1 – 1 Haka Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Rashkaj   5'
Oliynyk   11'
Boxall   12'
Ngueukam   78'
Report Medo   22'
Chidi   59'
Bushue   87'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Antti Munukka
5 August 2020 7 SJK 1 – 1 KuPS Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Hetemaj   38'
Markkula   60' (pen.)
Mäntylä   90+3'
Report Pennanen   53'
Nissilä   58'
Savolainen   73'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Kalle Mäkinen
10 August 2020 8 Honka 0 – 0 SJK Espoo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Tammilehto   30'
Hatakka   41'
Report Atakayi   45' Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
Referee: Jari Järvinen
15 August 2020 9 Ilves 0 – 0 SJK Tampere
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tamminen   42'
Tomas   82'
Report Markkula   45'
Hetemaj   49'
Vainionpää   90+1'
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion
Referee: Mikko Juusola
21 August 2020 10 SJK 0 – 2 Honka Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Vainionpää   8'
Sid   23'
Boxall   90'
Report Martín   40'
Dongou   52', 59'
Kaufmann   78'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
26 August 2020 11 HJK 2 – 0 SJK Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ro.Riski   13'
Browne   75'
Hannola   81'
Report Atakayi   49'
Boxall   62'
Stadium: Bolt Arena
Referee: Jari Jarvinen
29 August 2020 12 SJK 2 – 1 RoPS Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Hetemaj   25'   50'
Sid   37'
Lepistö   59'
Ngueukam   90+3'
Report Malolo   8'
Kaukua   75'   81'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Mikko Juusola
9 September 2020 13 SJK 3 – 2 Inter Turku Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ledesma   27'   63'
Lepistö   22', 67'
Report Kagayama   6'
Ruane   46'
Ketting   88'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara
12 September 2020 14 Haka 1 – 4 SJK Valkeakoski
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ojala   47' (pen.)
de Lucas   87'
Report Ledesma   22' (pen.)
Oliynyk   34'
Hetemaj   78'
Atakayi   88'
Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
19 September 2020 15 Inter Turku 0 – 1 SJK Turku
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Hämäläinen   64'
Furuholm   73'
Report Murilo   20'   32'
Ledesma   27'
Arthur   62'
Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Referee: Joni Hyytiä
23 September 2020 16 SJK 0 – 1 Lahti Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Mäntylä   36' Report Eninful   1'
Zeqiri   40'
Assehnoun   70'
Imbongo   90+1'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Dennis Antamo
28 September 2020 17 SJK 3 – 2 HIFK Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ngueukam   26' (pen.)
Jervis   27'
Mäntylä   67'
Isaksson   77'
Lepistö   79'
Report Mero   24'
Mattila   53'   90+5'
Bäckman   54'
Yaghoubi   78'
A.Fofana   79'
Vitinho   90+3'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Petri Viljanen
15 October 2020 18 SJK 1 – 2 HJK Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Hetemaj   15'
Ledesma   32'   54'
Report Ro.Riski   18'
Tanaka   70'
Ri.Riski   90+1'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Kalle Makinen
18 October 2020 19 IFK Mariehamn 2 – 3 SJK Mariehamn
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Buwalda   54'
Sjöroos   64'
Backaliden   67'
Ademi   84' (pen.)
Report Jervis   15'   66'
Ledesma   78'   86'
Murilo   86'
Hradecky   89'
Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena
Referee: Dennis Antamo
22 October 2020 21 SJK 1 – 3 Ilves Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Jervis   38' Report Jair   6'
Mömmö   9'
Tomas   30'
Ala-Myllymäki   35' (pen.)
Veteli   70'
Fofana   74'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara
31 October 2020 21 TPS 1 – 0 SJK Turku
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Ääritalo   48' Report Murilo   87' Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
4 November 2020 22 RoPS 2 – 3 SJK Rovaniemi
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Muinonen   64'
Vainionpää   90+2'
Report Ledesma   54'
Ngueukam   74' (pen.)
Jervis   85'
Hetemaj   90+3'
Stadium: Keskuskenttä
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

Finnish Cup edit

Sixth Round edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Ilves 5 3 2 0 10 4 +6 11
KuPS 5 3 2 0 8 2 +6 11
FC Haka 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11
FC Lahti 5 2 0 3 6 7 −1 6
SJK 5 0 1 4 4 11 −7 1
RoPS 5 0 1 4 3 11 −8 1
Source: [3]


25 January 2020 1 RoPS 1 – 1 SJK Oulu
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Malolo   11'
Muinonen   60'
Report Chávez   77' Stadium: Heinäpään tekonurmi
Attendance: 250
Referee: Dennis Antamo
1 February 2020 2 SJK 1 – 3 Haka Seinäjoki
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Markkula   26'
Benga   56'
Kujanpää   72'
Report Popovits   18'
Malundama   20'
Chidi   44'
Häkkinen   54'
Saarinen   63'
Stadium: Wallsport Areena
Referee: Daniel Enkvist
8 February 2020 3 SJK 2 – 3 Lahti Seinäjoki
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Arthur   31'
Lepistö   35', 53'
Mäntylä   61'
Report Imbongo   26'   41'
Hambo   39'   73', 86'
Stadium: Wallsport Areena
Referee: Petri Viljanen
14 February 2020 4 KuPS 1 – 0 SJK Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Rangel   56'
Niskanen   71'
Report Hetemaj   13'
Mäntylä   68'
Stadium: Kuopiohalli
Referee: Jani Laaksonen
22 February 2020 5 Ilves 3 – 0 SJK Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Fofana   27'
Tendeng   57'
Miettunen   74'
Mensah   90+1'
Report Ngueukam   31'
Atakayi   42'
Rashkaj   58'
Lepistö   60'
Nadson   66'
Laitinen   85'
Stadium: Pirkkahalli
Referee: Antti Munukka

Squad statistics edit

As of Match played 4 November 2020

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   FIN Jesse Öst 18 0 14 0 4 0
2 DF   NZL Nikko Boxall 17 0 17 0 0 0
3 DF   SEN Seynabou Benga 3 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF   FIN Matias Vainionpää 15 0 14+1 0 0 0
5 DF   FIN Tero Mäntylä 24 0 19 0 5 0
6 MF   GHA Jude Arthur 18 0 6+7 0 3+2 0
7 MF   FIN Matej Hradecky 19 2 19 2 0 0
8 MF   ENG Jake Jervis 10 3 7+3 3 0 0
9 MF   ARG Emmanuel Ledesma 11 5 11 5 0 0
11 MF   UKR Denys Oliynyk 25 2 11+9 2 3+2 0
14 FW   FIN Jyri Kiuru 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
15 DF   MEX Dárvin Chávez 6 1 2+2 0 2 1
16 DF   FIN Joonas Sundman 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0
17 DF   FIN Ville Tikkanen 16 0 14 0 1+1 0
18 DF   FIN Niko Markkula 18 2 12+2 1 4 1
19 MF   FIN Robin Sid 15 0 9+5 0 1 0
20 FW   FIN Joonas Lepistö 19 6 7+7 4 3+2 2
21 MF   KOS Anel Rashkaj 15 0 8+5 0 2 0
22 DF   BRA Murilo 10 1 10 1 0 0
24 GK   FIN Walter Viitala 8 0 8 0 0 0
25 MF   FIN Daniel Håkans 14 0 6+5 0 2+1 0
27 MF   FIN Aatu Kujanpää 3 0 0 0 2+1 0
29 FW   FIN Jeremiah Streng 6 0 0+1 0 2+3 0
31 MF   FIN Keaton Isaksson 17 0 5+9 0 3 0
32 GK   FIN Mehdi El Moutacim 1 0 0 0 1 0
45 FW   FIN Serge Atakayi 24 1 15+4 1 3+2 0
58 MF   FIN Mehmet Hetemaj 22 4 11+6 4 5 0
88 FW   CMR Ariel Ngueukam 19 4 14+4 4 1 0
DF   FIN Joel Laitinen 3 0 0 0 2+1 0
U23 Players:
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left SJK during the season:
10 FW   ENG Billy Ions 9 0 3+6 0 0 0
23 MF   KOS Arjanit Krasniqi 2 0 0 0 0+2 0
30 DF   BRA Nadson 3 0 0 0 3 0

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
1 FW   20 Joonas Lepistö 4 2 6
2 MF   9 Emmanuel Ledesma 5 0 5
3 MF   58 Mehmet Hetemaj 4 0 4
FW   88 Ariel Ngueukam 4 0 4
5 FW   8 Jake Jervis 3 0 3
6 MF   7 Matej Hradecky 2 0 2
MF   77 Denys Oliynyk 2 0 2
MF   18 Niko Markkula 1 1 2
9 DF   22 Murilo 1 0 1
FW   45 Serge Atakayi 1 0 1
DF   15 Dárvin Chávez 0 1 1
TOTALS 27 4 31

Clean sheets edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
1 GK   1 Jesse Öst 3 0 3
2 GK   24 Walter Viitala 2 0 2
TOTALS 5 0 5

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
           
2   DF Nikko Boxall 4 0 0 0 4 0
3   DF Seynabou Benga 0 0 1 0 1 0
4   DF Matias Vainionpää 4 1 0 0 4 1
5   DF Tero Mäntylä 5 1 2 0 7 1
6   MF Jude Arthur 1 0 1 0 2 0
8   FW Jake Jervis 2 0 0 0 2 0
9   MF Emmanuel Ledesma 4 0 0 0 4 0
11   MF Denys Oliynyk 2 0 0 0 2 0
18   DF Niko Markkula 1 0 0 0 1 0
19   MF Robin Sid 2 0 0 0 2 0
20   FW Joonas Lepistö 0 0 1 0 1 0
21   MF Anel Rashkaj 2 0 1 0 3 0
22   DF Murilo 3 0 0 0 3 0
25   MF Daniel Håkans 1 0 0 0 1 0
27   MF Aatu Kujanpää 0 0 1 0 1 0
31   MF Keaton Isaksson 1 0 0 0 1 0
45   FW Serge Atakayi 3 0 1 0 4 0
58   MF Mehmet Hetemaj 7 0 1 0 8 0
88   FW Ariel Ngueukam 3 0 1 0 4 0
  DF Joel Laitinen 0 0 1 0 1 0
Players who left SJK during the season:
30   DF Nadson 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 45 0 12 2 57 2

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Arjanit Krasniqi SJK-paitaan". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Anel Rashkaj ja SJK sopimukseen". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Walter Viitala siirtyy SJK:n riveihin Norjasta". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Matej Hradecky palaa SJK-paitaan". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Nikko Boxall SJK:n riveihin". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "SJK:n hyökkäys vahvistuu kahdella pelaajalla". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Laitapuolustaja Murilo SJK-paitaan". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  8. ^ "José Nadson ja SJK purkavat sopimuksen". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Arjanit Krasniqi ei jatka SJK:ssa". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Billy Ionsin ja SJK:n tiet erkanevat". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.