Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho

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SJK Seinäjoki
Seinajoen Jalkapallokerho logo.svg
Full nameSeinäjoen Jalkapallokerho
Nickname(s)SJK, Kerho (The Club)
Founded5 November 2007; 14 years ago (5 November 2007)
GroundOmaSP Stadion,
Seinäjoki, Finland
Capacity5,817
ChairmanRaimo Sarajärvi
ManagerJoaquín Gómez
LeagueVeikkausliiga
20213rd
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Current season
SJK supporters.

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (or SJK Seinäjoki or SJK) is a Finnish professional football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest tier of the Finnish league system. Their home ground is OmaSP Stadion, which is located near the city center and next to SJK's training facility Wallsport. SJK was formed in 2007 after the merger of TP-Seinäjoki and Sepsi-78.

History[]

The early years[]

SJK was formed on 5 November 2007 as a merger between the first teams of TP-Seinäjoki and Sepsi-78. It was told to the public five days later. Sepsi-78 had a board meeting on 24 October and TP-Seinäjoki on the next day. Both clubs supported the merger.[1] Sepsi-78 and TP both gave up their place in Kakkonen.[2] The first signing of the new club was Petri Huttu.[3] There were several negotiations about the merger over the years. The main reason was the inadequacy of players. The clubs continued doing junior work after the merger, but could also have their own team in the lower divisions. The work name of the club was Seinäjoki Futis, and there was a contest about the official name, where everyone could suggest a name. The final name was Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, that had been suggested by many people. There was also a contest about the logo and uniform.[4] The registered name of the club is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho ry, and it was registered on January 22, 2008.[5] Mikko Latomäki was chosen as the first chairman. Jukka Saarijärvi was chosen as the vice chairman. Saarijärvi was a former TP-Seinäjoki chairman.

Promotion to Veikkausliiga[]

In 2013 SJK started its second season in Ykkönen. In 2012 SJK had been placed second. SJK made some signings for 2013, which included a Spanish La Masia graduate Josu and Estonian Mihkel Aksalu. SJK started the season on May 4 with a 2–1 win over PK-35 Vantaa. SJK played AC Kajaani on June 30 and won 1–7. Kajaani made a complaint to Palloliitto about the amount of foreigners in SJK. The complaint went through and AC Kajaani was changed as the winner of the match. SJK complained about the decision and the result was again changed. AC Kajaani complained again, but later canceled it.[6] After that SJK lost five matches in a row. SJK however did win eight matches in a row after that. The promotion to Veikkausliiga was confirmed on 29 September 2013 in a homematch against FC Haka. There was a record breaking attendance (4 798). The match was a 1–1 draw.

SJK started the season 2014 with winning the League Cup. SJK won the final 2–0 against local rivals Vaasan Palloseura.[7] The season started poorly, at the end of May the club was at the eleventh place. After that SJK won seven games in a row and those results lifted SJK to the second place. HJK won the league and SJK was second. SJK was the only club to win against HJK under Mika Lehkosuo. SJK lost only two of the last 24 games. The most important players were Mihkel Aksalu, the league's best defender Cedric Gogoua, Johannes Laaksonen and Toni Lehtinen.[8]

For the 2015 season SJK got even stronger. There were new signings like Mehmet Hetemaj and Ariel Ngueukam. SJK was considered as the biggest challenger of HJK. SJK was at the top of the table in September. SJK won HJK 3–0 in Seinäjoki. At the end of the season SJK's biggest challenger was Rovaniemen Palloseura. SJK won the league with one point difference to RoPS. The most important players were Roope Riski and Liverpool FC loanee Allan. SJK was chosen as the team of the year in Finland's sports gala.[9]

SJK won the Finnish Cup in 2016. It was the first time in the club's history.[10]

SJK's head coach Simo Valakari was surprisingly sacked on February 17, 2017. He was replaced by Sixten Boström.[11] Sixten Boström got also sacked after poor results in May and was replaced by Spanish José Manuel Roca[12] Roca was sacked in September. SJK Akatemia coaches Brian Page and Toni Lehtinen did the job for the rest of the poor season.[13] Under Page and Lehtinen SJK lost the Finnish Cup final to HJK.[14] Tommi Kautonen was hired as the new head coach in October 2017.[15] The season 2018 didn't start as planned and Kautonen was sacked. He was replaced by Aleksei Borisovich Yeryomenko. Yeryomenko could save SJK from relegation.[16] Yeryomenko continued as the head coach in 2019. SJK signed for example Sergei Eremenko and Moshtagh Yaghoubi.[17][18] SJK didn't win a single game in the group stage of the Finnish Cup in the winter.[19] The Veikkausliiga-campaign started well, because SJK won in the first round for the first time ever.[20] SJK won KPV in the end of April and was at the first place of the league.[21] Despite the good start, SJK couldn't get good results. Yeryomenko was sacked in August. The replacement was Brian Page.[22] SJK didn't win any games for the rest of the season. SJK placed ninth.

After the season SJK appointed Jani Honkavaara as the new head coach.[23] Honkavaara signed many prolific players for the 2020 season, such as Ariel Ngueukam, Robin Sid, Tero Mäntylä and Niko Markkula.[24] In the winter, SJK once again could not get through from the group stage of the Finnish Cup.[25] As the Veikkausliiga season started in July, SJK won in the first round against TPS.[26] SJK had a good start to the season, but the results started to get worse quite quickly.[27] In the summer transfer window the club signed a couple of players, such as Jake Jervis and Emmanuel Ledesma.[28] They proved themselves quickly and with their lead SJK could end the season somewhat brightly. SJK finished seventh, which was disappointing for the club and the supporters.[29]

Domestic history[]

Season Level Pos Pld W D L For Against Points Finnish Cup League Cup Top goalscorer (League)[30] Top goalscorer (All competitions)
2008 3rd 8 26 10 7 9 57 37 37 – Finland Tommi Haanpää  – 10 -
2009 5 26 14 1 11 56 52 43 Third round – Finland Mikael Muurimäki  – 14 -
2010 5 26 11 9 6 46 31 42 Fifth Round – Finland Mikael Muurimäki  – 9 -
2011 1 26 22 4 0 72 14 70 Seventh Round – Finland Petter Meyer  – 23 -
2012 2nd 2 27 14 5 8 42 29 47 Fifth Round – Finland Toni Lehtinen – 13 Finland Toni Lehtinen - 14
2013 1 27 18 5 4 51 17 59 Third round – Finland Toni Lehtinen – 10 Finland Toni Lehtinen – 10
2014 1st 2 33 16 11 6 40 26 59 Quarter-final Winners Finland Akseli Pelvas – 11 Finland Akseli Pelvas – 12
2015 1 33 18 6 9 50 22 60 Fifth Round Quarter-final Finland Akseli Pelvas – 14 Finland Akseli Pelvas – 20
2016 3 33 17 6 10 49 36 57 Winners Runners-up Finland Roope Riski – 17 Finland Roope Riski – 25
2017 6 33 13 8 12 42 47 47 Runners-up – England Billy Ions – 12 England Billy Ions – 14
2018 9 33 8 8 17 28 37 32 Quarter-final – Finland Johannes Laaksonen – 6 Finland Johannes Laaksonen, Democratic Republic of the Congo Aristote M'Boma  – 6
2019 9 27 7 9 11 18 29 30 Group-stage - Ukraine Denys Oliynyk - 8 Ukraine Denys Oliynyk - 10
2020 7 22 8 5 9 27 29 29 Group-stage - Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma - 5 Finland Joonas Lepistö - 6
2021 3 27 14 6 7 45 34 48 Quarter-final - Cameroon Ariel Ngueukam –14 Cameroon Ariel Ngueukam – 14

European history[]

Accurate as of 6 July 2017
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 000.00
UEFA Europa League 4 0 1 3 0 4 −4 000.00

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Iceland FH 0–1 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 2Q Belarus BATE Borisov 2–2 0–2 2–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Iceland KR Reykjavík 0–2 0–0 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

Stadium and sponsors[]

Stadium[]

OmaSP Stadion
Main article: OmaSP Stadion

SJK play their home matches at OmaSP Stadion. Previously SJK played their home matches at Seinäjoen keskuskenttä.

In 2010, it was reported for the first time that SJK were planning a new football stadium. Eventually, in autumn 2014 it was announced that the construction of SJK's new stadium would start soon. The construction began in summer 2015 and the new stadium was completed in June 2016.[31] Stadium has a capacity of 5817 seats.

SJK play their friendlies and cup matches during the winter at which is an indoor training facility owned and operated by the team.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors[]

As of 3 May 2021[32]
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors
2008-2009 England Umbro Nordea, S-Market
2010-2011 Germany Adidas Nordea, Carlsberg, Eepee
2012 Kotijoukkue, Prisma
2013 Kotijoukkue, Lähitapiola, ABC, Sokos Hotels
2014 Conline, Ilkka, Lähitapiola, GapCon, Sokos Hotels
2015 Conline, Kotijoukkue, Lähitapiola, EPPK, ABC, Sokos Hotels
2016 Conline, Kotijoukkue, Lähitapiola, EPPK, Prima Power
2017 FinCap, I-Print, OmaSp, Lähitapiola, Prima Power, Elisa
2018 Visura, ProPrint, Peab, Lähitapiola, OmaSp, Elisa
2019 Atria, ProPrint, Peab, Lähitapiola, OmaSp, Elisa
2020 Atria, ProPrint, Lähitapiola, OmaSp, Elisa
2021- Atria, ProPrint, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, Lähitapiola, OmaSp, Elisa

Honours[]

Current squad[]

As of 23 February 2022[33][34]

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 Finland FIN Jesse Öst (vice-captain)
3 DF Finland FIN Martti Haukioja
4 DF Finland FIN Matias Vainionpää
5 DF Brazil BRA Pablo Andrade
6 MF Ghana GHA Jude Arthur
7 FW Chile CHI Josepablo Monreal
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jake Dunwoody
9 FW Poland POL Rafał Wolsztyński
10 MF Chile CHI Diego Rojas
11 FW Ukraine UKR Denys Oliynyk (4th captain)
14 FW England ENG Jake Jervis (5th captain)
15 DF Colombia COL Cristian Valencia
16 GK Finland FIN Tuomas Pöyhönen
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Finland FIN Ville Tikkanen
18 DF Finland FIN Niko Markkula
19 MF Finland FIN Tuomas Kaukua
20 MF England ENG Alfie Bates
22 MF Finland FIN Matej Hradecky (3rd captain)
23 MF Finland FIN Nooa Laine
25 MF Finland FIN Daniel Håkans
28 MF Finland FIN Vertti Hänninen
29 FW Finland FIN Jeremiah Streng
30 GK Finland FIN Markus Uusitalo
45 FW Finland FIN Serge Atakayi
58 MF Finland FIN Mehmet Hetemaj (captain)

Out on loan[]

As of 2 November 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Management and boardroom[]

Management[]

As of 7 January 2022[35][36][37][38]

Name Role
Spain Joaquín Gómez Head Coach
Spain Guillem Santesmases Assistant Coach
England Lewis Bush Assistant Coach
Finland Juha-Jaakko Ulvila Fitness Coach
Finland Risto-Matti Toivonen Fitness Coach
Brazil Luís Fernando Goalkeeping Coach
Finland Tiitus Lehtinen Physiotherapist
Finland Pekka Lehtinen Team Manager
Finland Ranno Kukk Doctor
Brazil Adriel Gabilan Analyst/Scout
England Paul Riley Analyst/Scout
Scotland Brian Page Academy Leader/U23 Head Coach
Finland Arttu Aromaa U17 Head Coach
Finland Mika Ojala Talent Coach

Boardroom[]

As of 19 February 2021[39]

Name Role
Finland Raimo Sarajärvi Chairman
Wales Richie Dorman Technical Director
Finland Sami-Petteri Kivimäki Managing Director
Finland Heikki Leppänen Chief Financial Officer
Finland Elina Paavola Finance Manager
Finland Joonas Kuivalainen Sales Negotiator
Finland Lari Paski Media Manager
Finland Tommi Kilpiö Marketing Assistant

SJK Akatemia[]

Main article: SJK Akatemia

SJK Akatemia contains two teams: SJK U17 and SJK U23 which is the reserve team of SJK. SJK's reserve team currently plays in Ykkönen (the second highest league in Finland). The teams are coached by Brian Page and Arttu Aromaa.[40][41] In 2018 SJK started a football high school with Kuortane sports school. It produces young players to SJK and SJK Akatemia.

Records and notable stats[]

Club Records[]

  • Biggest home win: SJK 8-1 TUS (30 May 2008)
  • Biggest away win: VPS-j 0–7 SJK (7 September 2008)
  • Biggest home loss: SJK 0–6 HJK (10 August 2017)
  • Biggest away loss: HJK 6-0 SJK (31 May 2017)
  • Most consecutive matches without lost: 44 (18 August 2010 – 30 May 2012)
  • Most consecutive wins: 9 (11 July 2011 – 27 August 2011)
  • Most consecutive losses: 3 (28.6.2009 – 11.7.2009, 30.5.2012 – 16.6.2012, 2.7.2015 – 9.7.2015, 2.8.2015 – 12.8.2015, 9.4.2016 – 21.4.2016, 3.5.2018 – 18.5.2018, 16.6.2018 – 26.6.2018, 14.7.2018 – 29.7.2018, 21.9.2019 – 6.10.2019, 17.7.2020 - 26.7.2020)

Individual Records[]

Club captains[]

Name Nat Period
Juha-Pekka Salminen[42] Finland 2008
Petri Niemi[43] Finland 2009
Ville Ylinen[44] Finland 2010
Chris Cleaver[45] England 2011–2013
Pavle Milosavljević[46] Serbia 2014-2015
Mihkel Aksalu[47] Estonia 2016-2018
Mehmet Hetemaj[48] Finland 2019–

Supporters player of the year[]

[49]

Name Nat Period
Jani Asuintupa Finland 2008
Ville Pajula Finland 2009
Ville Pajula Finland 2010
Aki Sipilä Finland 2011
Patrik Lomski Finland 2012
Pavle Milosavljević Serbia 2013
Cedric Gogoua Ivory Coast 2014
Mihkel Aksalu Estonia 2015
Roope Riski Finland 2016
Mehmet Hetemaj Finland 2017
Johannes Laaksonen Finland 2018
Denys Oliynyk Ukraine 2019
Emmanuel Ledesma Argentina 2020
Ville Tikkanen Finland 2021

SJK All Stars[]

In April 2020, SJK fans participated in a fan vote selecting their 11 favourite SJK players from the 2014-2019-seasons.[50]

The SJK 2014-2019 All Stars.
Name Pos Nat Years Games Goals League
games		 League
goals
Mihkel Aksalu GK Estonia 2013-2019 221 0 158 0
Richie Dorman RB Wales 2012-2018 168 7 95 4
Pavle Milosavljević CB Serbia 2013-2015 77 1 38 1
Cedric Gogoua CB Ivory Coast 2014-2015 59 3 52 3
Timo Tahvanainen LB Finland 2013-2017 128 4 79 2
Johannes Laaksonen CM Finland 2013-2018 200 18 141 14
Mehmet Hetemaj CM Finland 2015- 185 21 142 14
Denys Oliynyk CM Ukraine 2018- 101 25 84 21
Ariel Ngueukam RW Cameroon 2015-2016
2020-2021		 133 36 108 28
Roope Riski CF Finland 2015-2016 58 34 46 25
Billy Ions LW England 2016-2020 74 19 64 17

Managers[]

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