The 2016 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 108th competitive season. HJK is the most successful football club in Finland in terms of titles, with 27 Finnish Championships, 12 Finnish Cup titles, 5 Finnish League Cup titles, one appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stages and one appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stages.
After finishing 3rd in the 2015 Veikkausliiga season, HJK entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. For the 2nd consecutive season, HJK U-19 competed in the UEFA Youth League.
Season Review 31 January: HJK kicked off their 20th League Cup campaign with a 1 - 0 win over IFK Mariehamn. HJK eventually finished third in Group B, however, remained unbeaten throughout the campaign. 12 February: Jarno Parikka announced his retirement from football due to a knee injury. 19 March: HJK started their 62nd Finnish Cup edition with a 3 - 1 victory over FC Honka/Akatemia and advanced to the sixth round. 2 April: HJK started their 27th Veikkausliiga season with a 2 - 0 home win against IFK Mariehamn. Atomu Tanaka headed in the first goal of the 2016 Veikkausliiga season from a cross delivered by Taye Taiwo. 31 May: Taye Taiwo was named the Veikkausliiga Player of the Month for May 2016. Mika Lehkosuo was likewise named the Manager of the Month. 30 June: HJK started their 2016–17 UEFA Europa League campaign with a 0 - 2 away win against Lithuanian side FK Atlantas. A week later HJK went through to the next qualifying round after beating Atlantas 3 - 1 on aggregate. 4 August: HJK's 2016–17 UEFA Europa League campaign came to an end after a 0 - 2 home defeat to IFK Göteborg. Göteborg advanced to the play-off round 3 - 2 on aggregate. 24 September: HJK were beaten on penalties in the 2016 Finnish Cup Final by SJK, who were crowned Finnish Cup Champions for the first time in club history. Alfredo Morelos was the top scorer of the competition with 7 goals in 4 matches. 12 October: Alfredo Morelos was named the Veikkausliiga Player of the Month for September 2016. 23 October: HJK finished runners-up in the 2016 Veikkausliiga season with 58 points from 33 matches. Alfredo Morelos was the top scorer for HJK with 16 league goals and a total of 30 goals in all competitions.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 21 Thomas Dähne GK RB Leipzig 25 Jiri Koski GK Klubi-04 29 Markus Uusitalo GK VPS Defenders 3 Taye Taiwo DF Bursaspor 5 Lum Rexhepi DF Lillestrøm 8 Rafinha DF Gent 14 Ivan Tatomirović DF FK Sarajevo 15 Ville Jalasto DF Stabæk 16 Aapo Halme DF Klubi-04 18 Roni Peiponen DF Loan from Molde 27 Sebastian Sorsa DF Hamilton Academical Midfielders 6 Obed Malolo MF Klubi-04 10 Atomu Tanaka MF Albirex Niigata 13 Toni Kolehmainen MF Hønefoss 19 Lucas Lingman MF Klubi-04 20 Vincent Onovo MF Inter Turku 22 Anthony Annan MF Stabæk 37 Saku Ylätupa MF Klubi-04 38 Sebastian Dahlström MF Klubi-04 Forwards 7 Nikolai Alho FW Klubi-04 9 Mikael Forssell FW VfL Bochum 11 Alfredo Morelos FW Loan from Independiente Medellín 17 Ousman Jallow FW Irtysh Pavlodar 31 Akseli Pelvas FW Falkenbergs FF 34 Lassi Lappalainen FW Klubi-04 77 Evans Mensah FW Loan from Inter Allies 90 Nnamdi Oduamadi FW Loan from A.C. Milan
On loan
Transfers
Winter
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Summer
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Friendlies
Competitions
Veikkausliiga
The 2016 Veikkausliiga season began 2 April 2016 and ended on 23 October 2016.
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results
Finnish Cup
Final
League Cup
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:
|colspan="14"|Players who left HJK during the season:
|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameVeikkausliigaFinnish CupLeague CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW11Alfredo Morelos16734302 MF10Atomu Tanaka5122103 DF3 Taye Taiwo602194 FW90Nnamdi Oduamadi700075 FW9Mikael Forssell320056 FW7Nikolai Alho30003DF15Ville Jalasto12003FW31Akseli Pelvas30003MF38Sebastian Dahlström3000310 FW17Ousman Jallow2000211 MF4Medo10001MF6Obed Malolo01001DF8Rafinha10001MF13Toni Kolehmainen01001DF31Leo Väisänen01001DF35Lassi Järvenpää00101MF37Saku Ylätupa01001#Own goals10001TOTALS52168783
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameVeikkausliigaFinnish CupLeague CupEuropa LeagueTotal3 DFTaye Taiwo10001000204 MFMedo70000010805 DFLum Rexhepi921021301536 MFObed Malolo20101000407FWNikolai Alho91000000918DFRafinha510000005110MFAtomu Tanaka401000207011FWAlfredo Morelos400010106013MFToni Kolehmainen200000002014DFIvan Tatomirović201010206015DFVille Jalasto200000103016DFAapo Halme411000106118DFRoni Peiponen400000004019MFLucas Lingman100000001020MFVincent Onovo200000002021 GKThomas Dähne100000001022MFAnthony Annan9100001010127DFSebastian Sorsa300000104031FWAkseli Pelvas100000001038MFSebastian Dahlström201000003043FWRichard Gadze200000103090FWNnamdi Oduamadi3000001040TOTALS79660611501067
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