HJK Helsinki

HJK
Full name	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Nickname(s)	Klubi (The Club)
Founded	1907
Ground	Finnair Stadium,; Helsinki; (Capacity: 10,770)
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Antti Muurinen
League	Veikkausliiga
2008	Veikkausliiga, 4th
Home colours	Away colours

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Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (or HJK), internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki.

[edit] History

The club was founded as "Helsingfors Fotbollsklubb" in 1907 by Fredrik Wathen.

Generally considered Finland's biggest club, HJK Helsinki is also the most successful Finnish club in terms of league championships with 21. The club has also won eight Finnish Cups and four Finnish League Cups. Many of Finland's internationally most successful players have played for HJK Helsinki before moving abroad.

HJK Helsinki is the only Finnish club to have played in the UEFA Champions League group stage. They did so in the 1998–1999 season, triumphing over FC Metz in the second qualifying round. The club also managed a respectable five points in their group, beating Benfica at home and earning draws at home to Kaiserslautern and away to Benfica. They lost to PSV Eindhoven twice and to Kaiserslautern away.

Formerly HJK had ice hockey and bandy sections. In 1972 the hockey section separated to independent club Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Football

Finnish Championship:
- Winners (21): 1911, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1936, 1938, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2003
- Runners-up (13): 1921, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006

Finnish Cup:
- Winners (10): 1966, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008
- Runners-up (4): 1975, 1985, 1990, 1994

Finnish League Cup:
- Winners (4): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Runners-up (2): 1995, 2009

Finnish Women's Champioship:
- Winners (22): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991. 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005

[edit] Ice hockey

Finnish championship: 1929, 1932, 1935
Finnish Cup: 1970

[edit] Bandy

Finnish championship: 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1937

[edit] Veikkausliiga history

Season	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS-GA	P
1990	1	22	11	6	5	40-29	28
1991	5	33	14	9	10	61-44	51
1992	1	33	20	6	7	59-35	66
1993	3	29	15	4	10	34-26	49
1994	3	26	12	7	7	40-29	43
1995	3	26	14	10	2	44-18	52
1996	9	27	11	5	11	36-37	38
1997	1	27	18	4	5	53-18	58
1998	4	27	9	11	7	33-31	38
1999	2	29	20	5	4	53-18	65
2000	4	33	16	9	8	51-33	57
2001	2	33	19	10	4	64-19	67
2002	1	29	20	5	4	51-21	65
2003	1	26	17	6	3	51-15	57
2004	6	26	9	12	5	42-31	39
2005	2	26	15	7	4	43-26	52
2006	2	24	13	6	5	45-18	45
2007	7	26	7	13	6	31-25	34
2008	4	26	14	5	7	47-29	47

[edit] Current Squad

As of July 5, 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ville Wallén
2	DF	Tuomas Kansikas
3	DF	Mikko Hauhia
4	MF	Medo
5	DF	Jukka Sauso
6	MF	Cheyne Fowler **
7	MF	Tuomas Haapala
8	MF	Ville Taulo
9	MF	Sebastian Sorsa
10	FW	Juho Mäkelä
12	GK	Jani Viander

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Pyry Kärkkäinen
14	FW	Valeri Popovitch **
15	FW	Paulus Roiha
16	FW	Jarno Parikka
17	FW	Dawda Bah
18	DF	Juhani Ojala *
20	DF	Jukka Raitala
21	MF	Petri Oravainen
26	MF	Johannes Westö *
27	MF	Mikko Sumusalo *
31	FW	Akseli Pelvas

*Dual registered with Klubi 04.
**Also hold Finnish citizenship.

Out on loan:

No.		Position	Player

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Notable coaches

Jyrki Heliskoski (2000-2001)
Martti Kuusela (1980-1981, 1990, 1996)
Antti Muurinen (1997-1999, 2008-)
Keith Armstrong (2002-2007)
Bo Johansson (1995)

[edit] European campaigns

[edit] UEFA club competition record

As of 3 July 2009.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
ECCC	42	14	6	22	39	77
ECWC	12	6	1	5	18	24
UCUP	32	9	2	21	29	66
UI	4	1	2	1	6	6
Total	90	30	11	49	92	173

[edit] UEFA Club Ranking

This is the current UEFA Club Ranking, including season 2009-10. ^[1]

Last update: July 3, 2009

Rank	Team	Points
225	Naftan Novopolotsk	2.283
228	FK Ventspils	2.274
229	NK Maribor	2.216
229	Interblock Ljubljana	2.216
231	HJK	2.174
231	Honka Espoo	2.174
231	FC Lahti	2.174
234	Sheriff Tiraspol	2.083
235	FK Vėtra	2.033