2016 SJK season

SJK

2016 season
Chairman	Raimo Sarajärvi
Manager	Simo Valakari
Stadium	Seinäjoen keskuskenttä
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 9th competitive season, and third in the Veikkausliiga. SJK where defending champions, having won the 2015 title, and will enter the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

Squad

As of 27 March 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jere Koponen 2 DF El-Hadji Kane 4 DF Richie Dorman 5 DF Henri Aalto 7 DF Timo Tahvanainen 6 MF Matej Hradecky 8 MF Johannes Laaksonen 9 MF Jussi Vasara 11 FW Tuco 13 FW Roope Riski 14 FW Toni Lehtinen 16 FW Tarmo Kink 17 DF Teemu Penninkangas 18 DF Jarkko Hurme 19 MF Emil Lidman

No. Position Player 19 FW Youness Rahimi 26 MF Jesse Sarajärvi 27 FW Aleksis Lehtonen 33 GK Mihkel Aksalu 35 GK Paavo Valakari 35 DF Abdoulaye Méïté 53 DF Joona Ala-Hukkala 58 MF Mehmet Hetemaj 63 MF Arttu Aromaa TBA DF Nicolas Kotamäki TBA MF Aatu Kujanpää TBA MF Matti Lähde TBA FW Joonas Lepistö TBA FW Aleksi Pöntinen

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 25 FW Elias Ahde (at FC Jazz)

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 2 DF Tapio Heikkilä (from HJK)[2] 2 DF El-Hadji Kane (from RCD Mallorca)[3] 6 MF Matej Hradecky (from TPS)[4] 10 MF Alexei Eremenko (from Jaro)[5] 13 FW Roope Riski (from Haugesund, previously on loan)[6] 16 FW Tarmo Kink (from Levadia)[7] 18 DF Jarkko Hurme (from Odd)[8] 19 FW Youness Rahimi (from HIFK)[2] 27 FW Aleksis Lehtonen (from JJK) 35 DF Abdoulaye Méïté [9]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 2 DF Tapio Heikkilä (to Start)[10] 5 DF Pavle Milosavljević (to Ilves) 10 MF Wayne Brown 15 DF Željko Savić (to PS Kemi Kings) 16 FW Akseli Pelvas (to Falkenbergs) 20 MF Marco Matrone (to Ilves) 21 FW Bahrudin Atajić (to Žalgiris) 25 FW Elias Ahde (loan to FC Jazz) 27 DF Cédric Gogoua (to Partizan)[11] 28 MF Allan (loan return to Liverpool)[12]

Trial: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player MF Aria Jasuru Hasegawa [13]

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 10 MF Alexei Eremenko [14]

Friendlies

Aalesunds v SJK

6 February 2016	Aalesunds	2 – 1	SJK	Ålesund
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Marlinho  17' Larsen  28'	Report	Kink  20'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

The 2016 Veikkausliiga season begins 2 April 2016 and ends on 23 October 2016.^[15]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK	7	4	2	1	14	6	+8	14	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	IFK Mariehamn	7	4	2	1	5	3	+2	14	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	RoPS	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
4	Inter Turku	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
5	HIFK	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8
6	PS Kemi Kings[lower-alpha 1]	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7
7	VPS	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7
8	Lahti	5	1	3	1	7	5	+2	6
9	KuPS	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6
10	Ilves	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
11	PK-35 Vantaa	7	1	2	4	6	11	−5	5	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	SJK[lower-alpha 1]	6	1	1	4	2	8	−6	4	Relegation to Ykkönen

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2016. Source: Veikkausliiga (Finnish), Soccerway
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).
Notes:

1. SJK fielded ineligible players against PS Kemi Kings and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win for PS Kemi.^[16]

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
6	1	1	4	2	8	−6	4	1	0	2	1	3	−2	0	1	2	1	5	−4

Last updated: 5 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway

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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	D	W

Last updated: 5 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

PS Kemi v SJK

9 April 2016 1	PS Kemi	3 – 0[17]	SJK	Turku
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gilligan  65' Turpeenniemi  78'	Report	Vasara  20' T.Penninkangas  68' Riski  90'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 415 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

SJK v IFK Mariehamn

14 April 2016 2	SJK	0 – 1	IFK Mariehamn	Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	T.Penninkangas  33'	Report	Orgill  25' Mantilla  42'	Stadium: Seinäjoen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Marko Grönholm

HJK v SJK

18 April 2016 3	HJK	2 – 1	SJK	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rexhepi  66' Morelos  69' Tanaka  74'  87' L. Lingman  90+3'	Report	T. Penninkangas  10' Ngueukam  25'  58'	Stadium: Sonera Stadium Attendance: 5,237 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

SJK v Ilves

24 April 2016 4	SJK	0 – 2	Ilves	Seinäjoki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Méïté  83', 88'	Report	M.Soisalo  59' Lahtinen  62' (pen.) 88' Tendeng  83'	Stadium: Seinäjoen keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,782 Referee: Jani Laaksonen

PK-35 Vantaa v SJK

29 April 2016 5	PK-35 Vantaa	0 – 0	SJK	Vantaa
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kane  61' T.Penninkangas  64' Laaksonen  70'	Stadium: Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Dennis Antamo

SJK v Inter Turku

5 May 2016 6	SJK	1 – 0	Inter Turku	Seinäjoki
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Riski  75'	Report	E.Belica  45' Nyman  59' Obilor  78'	Stadium: Seinäjoen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,191 Referee: Jari Järvinen

Lahti v SJK

9 May 2016 7	Lahti	–	SJK	Lahti
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		[ Report]		Stadium: Lahti Stadium

Finnish Cup

PS Kemi v SJK

5 April 2016 Fifth Round	PS Kemi	1 – 1 (4 – 5 p)	SJK	Kemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ions  116'	Report	Riski  118'	Stadium: CitySport Areena TN Attendance: 401
		Penalties
	Jovović Eissele Räihä Ions Veteli Turpeenniemi		Eremenko Riski Aalto Klinga Laaksonen Rahimi

VPS v SJK

21 April 2016 Sixth Round	VPS	1 – 2	SJK	Vaasa
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	L.Hertsi  36'	Report	Ngueukam  26', 58' T.Penninkangas  69'	Stadium: Elisa Stadion

v

Quarterfinals		–
EEST (UTC+3)		[ Report]

League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SJK	5	4	1	0	6	2	+4	13	Final
2	PS Kemi	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7
3	VPS	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7
4	RoPS	5	1	3	1	4	3	+1	6
5	KuPS	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4
6	Ilves	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2015. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head

KuPS v SJK

29 January 2016 1	KuPS	0 – 0	SJK	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Kink  64'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

SJK v VPS

10 February 2016 2	SJK	2 – 1	VPS	Seinäjoki
19:15 EET (UTC+2)	Hurme  14' Ngueukam  56' Riski  63'	Report	Clennon  12' Klepczarek  80'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 482

SJK v PS Kemi Kings

13 February 2016 3	SJK	1 – 0	PS Kemi Kings	Seinäjoki
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kink  42' Vasara  70' Riski  90+2'	Report	Kaby  18' Könönen  66' S.Jovović  79', 84'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 459

SJK v Ilves

16 February 2016 4	SJK	1 – 0	Ilves	Seinäjoki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ngueukam  57' J.Sarajärvi  76'	Report	Ala-Myllymäki  17' Hilska  30'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Referee: Marko Grönholm

RoPS v SJK

27 February 2016 5	RoPS	1 – 2	SJK	Oulu
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	M.Saine  21' J.Hämäläinen  26' Okkonen  50' 76' Pirinen  88'	Report	Riski  27' (pen.), 32'	Stadium: Heinäpään Attendance: 253 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Final

SJK v Lahti

27 March 2016	SJK	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Lahti	Seinajoki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kane  24' T.Penninkangas  85'	Report		Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 487 Referee: D.Antamo
		Penalties
	Eremenko Rahimi Riski Laaksonen Tahvanainen		Rafael J.Tuominen Multanen Kärkkäinen Sesay

UEFA Champions League

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 5 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jere Koponen	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF		El-Hadji Kane	12	0	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
5	DF		Henri Aalto	7	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF		Matej Hradecky	11	0	4+2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
7	DF		Timo Tahvanainen	8	0	0+1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
8	MF		Johannes Laaksonen	11	0	5+1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
9	MF		Jussi Vasara	13	0	4+1	0	1+1	0	4+2	0	0	0
11	FW		Ariel Ngueukam	14	5	6	1	2	2	5+1	2	0	0
13	FW		Roope Riski	13	6	6	1	2	1	5	4	0	0
15	MF		Matti Klinga	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Tarmo Kink	11	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	5	0	0	0
17	DF		Teemu Penninkangas	10	0	5	0	2	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	DF		Jarkko Hurme	13	0	6	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
19	FW		Youness Rahimi	8	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
21	MF		Aatu Kujanpää	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
26	MF		Jesse Sarajärvi	6	0	0+1	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
33	GK		Mihkel Aksalu	11	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
35	DF		Abdoulaye Méïté	6	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
56	MF		Joonas Lepistö	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
58	MF		Mehmet Hetemaj	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
63	MF		Arttu Aromaa	4	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
25	FW		Elias Ahde	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
Players who left SJK during the season:
2	DF		Tapio Heikkilä	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Wayne Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Alexei Eremenko	12	0	3+2	0	1+1	0	2+3	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW		13	Roope Riski	1	1	4	0	6
2	FW		11	Ariel Ngueukam	1	2	2	0	5
TOTALS					2	3	6	0	11

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Total
2		DF	El-Hadji Kane	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7		DF	Timo Tahvanainen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Johannes Laaksonen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		MF	Jussi Vasara	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Ariel Ngueukam	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		FW	Tarmo Kink	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Teemu Penninkangas	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
18		DF	Jarkko Hurme	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
26		MF	Jesse Sarajärvi	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
35		DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				8	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	19	1

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