2020 SJK season

SJK
2020 season
Chairman	Raimo Sarajärvi
Manager	Jani Honkavaara
Stadium	OmaSP Stadion
Veikkausliiga	7th
Finnish Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Emmanuel Ledesma (5); All: Joonas Lepistö (6)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020 season was Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 13th competitive season, and seventh in the Veikkausliiga.

Season Events

Squad

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

In

Date	Position	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

Date	Position	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

Veikkausliiga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W

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

Results

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

Sixth Round

Team v t e	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

As of Match played 4 November 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Place	Position	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
3	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

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

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

References

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

[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.

[Ledesma_&_Jervis-6] "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.

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