2023 HJK season

HJK
2023 season
Chairman	Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen
Manager	Toni Koskela, Toni Korkeakunnas
Stadium	Bolt Arena
Veikkausliiga	Champions
Finnish Cup	Fifth round vs Honka
Finnish League Cup	Champions
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round vs Molde
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round Qarabağ
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bojan Radulović (18); All: Bojan Radulović (25)
Highest home attendance	10,121 vs Larne ; (12 July 2023) ; 10,121 vs KuPS ; (3 September 2023) ; 10,121 vs KuPS ; (21 October 2023)
Lowest home attendance	217 vs Lahti ; (8 February 2023)
Average home league attendance	5,631 (21 October 2023)
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 115th competitive season.^[1] HJK entered the Veikkausliiga season as three time defending champions. In Europe, HJK qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage. After four years at the helm, Manager Toni Koskela was replaced by Toni Korkeakunnas mid-season.

Season Events

On 27 December 2022, Anthony Olusanya extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2025 season.^[2]

On 4 January, David Ezeh signed a new contract with HJK until the end of the 2025 season.^[3]

On 10 January, Francis Etu signed a three-year contract with HJK.^[4]

On 12 January, HJK extended the loan-deal with Helsingborgs for Lucas Lingman until the end of the season.^[5]

On 14 January, HJK announced the singing of Georgios Kanellopoulos to a two-year contract, with an option of a third year, from Asteras Tripolis.^[6]

On 8 February, free-agent Dejan Iliev signed for HJK on a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.^[7]

On 10 February, HJK extended their contract with Samuel Anini Junior until the end of the 2024 season, and loaned him out to IFK Mariehamn for the season alongside Elmo Henriksson and Patrik Raitanen.^[8]

On 15 February, Santeri Hostikka signed a new contract with HJK until the end of the 2024 season.^[9]

On 16 February, HJK announced the singing of Nils Svensson from Vänersborgs IF, to a two-year contract with the option of a third year.^[10]

On 6 March, Altti Hellemaa extended his contract with HJK until the end of 2025, and then joined SJK on loan for the season.^[11]

On 4 April, HJK extended their contract with Kai Meriluoto until the end of the 2025 season.^[12]

On 24 July, HJK announced the signings of Filip Rogić and Niko Hämäläinen.^[13]

On 26 July, HJK announced the loan signing of Kristopher Da Graca from IK Sirius with the rights to make the move permanent at the end of the season.^[14]

On 3 August, HJK extended their contract with Aaro Toivonen until the end of the 2025 season.^[15] The following day, 4 August, HJK announced the signing of Niki Mäenpää on a contract until the end of the season as cover for the injured Dejan Iliev.^[16]

On 11 August, HJK announced the signing of Hassane Bandé from Amiens until the end of June 2025.^[17]

On 5 November, HJK exercised a clause in their contract with Jesse Öst to extend his contract with the club until the end of the 2024 season.^[18] The following day, 6 November, Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2025 season.^[19]

On 28 November, Atomu Tanaka extended his contract with the club for another season, until the end of 2024.^[20]

Squad

As of match played 14 December 2023

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Jesse Öst	GK	(1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 33)	SJK	2023	2024^[18]
25	Dejan Iliev	GK	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 28)	Unattached	2023^[7]	2023(+1)^[7]
78	Alex Ramula	GK	(2005-01-17)17 January 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
85	Niki Mäenpää	GK	(1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 38)	Unattached	2023^[16]	2023^[16]
Defenders
2	Tuomas Ollila	DF	(2000-04-25)25 April 2000 (aged 23)	Ilves	2023
3	Niko Hämäläinen	DF	(1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 26)	Unattached	2023^[13]
4	Joona Toivio	DF	(1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 35)	BK Häcken	2022^[21]	2024^[21]
5	Kristopher Da Graca	DF	(1998-01-16)16 January 1998 (aged 25)	on loan from IK Sirius	2023^[14]	2023^[14]
6	Aapo Halme	DF	(1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 25)	Barnsley	2022^[22]	2024^[22]
15	Miro Tenho	DF	(1995-04-02)2 April 1995 (aged 28)	Inter Turku	2020^[23]	2023^[24]
16	Valtteri Moren	DF	(1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 32)	Waasland-Beveren	2020^[25]	2022^[25]
22	Jukka Raitala	DF	(1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 35)	Minnesota United	2022^[26]	2023^[26]
Midfields
8	Filip Rogić	MF	(1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 30)	Unattached	2023^[13]
10	Lucas Lingman	MF	(1998-01-25)25 January 1998 (aged 25)	on loan from Helsingborgs	2022	2023^[5]
14	Matti Peltola	MF	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 21)	Klubi 04	2019
19	Aleksi Paananen	MF	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 30)	Inter Turku	2023
23	Pyry Soiri	MF	(1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 29)	Esbjerg fB	2022^[27]	2023^[27]
24	Georgios Kanellopoulos	MF	(2000-01-29)29 January 2000 (aged 23)	Asteras Tripolis	2023^[6]	2024(+1)^[6]
27	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 24)	Klubi 04	2018	2025^[19]
37	Atomu Tanaka	MF	(1987-10-04)4 October 1987 (aged 36)	Cerezo Osaka	2020^[28]	2024^[20]
46	Oliver Pettersson	MF	(2003-05-13)13 May 2003 (aged 20)	Ekenäs IF	2022
52	Aaro Toivonen	MF	(2005-04-19)19 April 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2022	2025^[15]
56	Përparim Hetemaj	MF	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 37)	Reggina	2022^[29]	2023^[29]
59	Liam Möller	MF	(2004-12-21)21 December 2004 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
Forwards
7	Santeri Hostikka	FW	(1997-09-30)30 September 1997 (aged 26)	Pogoń Szczecin	2021^[30]	2024^[9]
9	Bojan Radulović	FW	(1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 23)	AIK	2022^[31]	2023^[31]
11	Roope Riski	FW	(1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 32)	SKN St. Pölten	2020^[32]
17	Hassane Bandé	FW	(1998-10-30)30 October 1998 (aged 25)	Amiens	2023^[17]	2025^[17]
18	Topi Keskinen	FW	(2003-03-07)7 March 2003 (aged 20)	Mikkelin Palloilijat	2023
29	Anthony Olusanya	FW	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 23)	FF Jaro	2021^[33]	2025^[2]
34	Maksim Stjopin	FW	(2003-04-08)8 April 2003 (aged 20)	on loan from Nordsjælland	2023
73	David Ezeh	FW	(2006-02-13)13 February 2006 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2023^[3]	2025^[3]
Klubi 04
43	Santeri Silander	DF	(2004-04-20)20 April 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023
48	Francis Etu	FW	(2004-04-10)10 April 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023^[4]	2025^[4]
56	William Grönblom	DF	(2005-01-13)13 January 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
61	Ville Vuorinen	DF	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
62	Nils Svensson	DF	(2002-05-09)9 May 2002 (aged 21)	Vänersborgs IF	2023^[10]	2024(+1)^[10]
64	Matias Ritari	MF	(2005-07-15)15 July 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
65	Otto Hannula	FW	(2005-09-29)29 September 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
67	Dylan Hayes	FW	(2004-04-14)14 April 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023
68	Jasper Pikkuhookana	MF	(2003-07-06)6 July 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2023
71	Stanislav Baranov	FW	(2005-04-15)15 April 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
74	Benjamin Dahlström	MF	(2003-08-08)8 August 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2023
75	Johan Lietsa	DF	(2005-02-15)15 February 2005 (aged 18)	Klubi 04	2023
76	Kingsley Kwasi Kwaw	FW	(2006-03-16)16 March 2006 (aged 17)	Klubi 04	2023
97	Michael Boamah	DF	(2003-04-16)16 April 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2023
Away on loan
17	Johannes Yli-Kokko	MF	(2001-08-24)24 August 2001 (aged 22)	Klubi 04	2022
28	Miska Ylitolva	DF	(2004-05-23)23 May 2004 (aged 19)	RoPS	2022^[34]	2023^[34]
41	Samuel Anini Junior	FW	(2002-09-07)7 September 2002 (aged 21)	PK Keski-Uusimaa	2019^[35]	2024^[8]
42	Kai Meriluoto	FW	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2020	2025^[12]
45	Elmo Henriksson	GK	(2003-03-10)10 March 2003 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2021
57	Niilo Kujasalo	MF	(2004-03-17)17 March 2004 (aged 19)	Klubi 04	2023
	Halil Bağci	GK	(2003-04-04)4 April 2003 (aged 20)	MKE Ankaragücü	2023
	Patrik Raitanen	DF	(2001-06-13)13 June 2001 (aged 22)	Unattached	2021^[36]

Transfers and contracts

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
1 February 2023	DF	Murilo	SJK	22 February 2023	^[37]^[38]
31 December 2023	DF	Jukka Raitala	IF Gnistan	1 January 2024	^[39]^[40]
31 December 2023	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	Retired		^[41]
31 December 2023	MF	Aleksi Paananen	AC Oulu	1 January 2024	^[42]^[43]
31 December 2023	MF	Matti Peltola	D.C. United	2 February 2024	^[44]^[45]
31 December 2023	FW	Roope Riski	Ilves	1 January 2024	^[46]^[47]

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
14 January 2023	MF	Georgios Kanellopoulos	Asteras Tripolis	Undisclosed	^[6]
8 February 2023	GK	Dejan Iliev	Unattached	Free	^[7]
24 July 2023	DF	Niko Hämäläinen	Unattached	Free	^[13]
24 July 2023	MF	Filip Rogić	Unattached	Free	^[13]
4 August 2023	GK	Niki Mäenpää	Unattached	Free	^[16]
11 August 2023	FW	Hassane Bandé	Amiens	Undisclosed	^[17]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
19 January 2023	DF	Anton Aaltonen	Inter Turku	Undisclosed	^[48]
23 January 2023	DF	Arttu Hoskonen	MKS Cracovia	€250,000	^[49]^[50]
20 December 2023	DF	Miro Tenho	Djurgården	Free	^[51]
28 December 2023	MF	Pyry Soiri	U Craiova	Free	^[52]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
12 January 2023	MF		Lucas Lingman	Helsingborgs	End of season	^[5]
26 July 2023	DF		Kristopher Da Graca	IK Sirius	End of season	^[14]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
10 February 2023	GK	Elmo Henriksson	IFK Mariehamn	End of season	^[8]
10 February 2023	DF	Patrik Raitanen	IFK Mariehamn	End of season	^[8]
10 February 2023	FW	Samuel Anini Junior	IFK Mariehamn	End of season	^[8]
20 February 2023	MF	Johannes Yli-Kokko	Dundalk	31 July 2023	^[53]
6 March 2023	MF	Altti Hellemaa	SJK	End of season	^[11]
20 April 2023	MF	Niilo Kujasalo	KPV	End of season	^[54]
14 July 2023	MF	Kai Meriluoto	Stal Mielec	30 June 2024	^[55]
17 July 2023	DF	Miska Ylitolva	KTP	End of season	^[56]

Friendlies

21 January 2023	HJK	4–0	Haka	Helsinki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

11 February 2023	Tromsø	2–3	HJK	Oliva
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

8 March 2023	HJK	2–3	SJK	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

11 March 2023	HJK	3–1	Ilves	Helsinki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Veikkausliiga	2 April 2023	21 October 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	27	15	8	4	50	26	+24	055.56
Finnish Cup	30 May 2023	30 May 2023	Fifth round	Fifth round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
League Cup	27 January 2022	1 April 2023	Group stage	Winners	7	5	1	1	17	9	+8	071.43
UEFA Champions League	12 July 2022	2 August 2023	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00
UEFA Europa League	10 August 2022	17 August 2022	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	24 August 2022	14 December 2023	Playoff round	Group stage	8	1	2	5	10	19	−9	012.50
Total					49	23	13	13	84	63	+21	046.94

Last updated: 14 December 2023
Source: Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Regular season

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	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	7	3	1	21	7	+14	5	5	1	18	12	+6

Last updated: 3 September 2023.
Source: See Matches

Results

5 April 2023 1	HJK	2 – 0	Honka	Helsinki
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Tanaka 38' Radulović 54' 86' Hetemaj 80'	Report	Aalto 61'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara

15 April 2023 2	VPS	0 – 1	HJK	Vaasa
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Hostikka 37' Radulović 60' Bashkirov 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 2,612 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

19 April 2023 19	HJK	4 – 0	VPS	Helsinki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 20', 73' Peltola 29' Ollila 32' 68' Meriluoto 78' 81'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

23 April 2023 3	HJK	1 – 1	AC Oulu	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ollila 5' Tanaka 44' Radulović 52' (pen.) Raitala 61' Toivio 80'	Report	Kallinen 30' Selander 50' Valencia 53' Baliso 54' Coffey 78' (pen.) Huhtala 90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Petri Viljanen

29 April 2023 4	HJK	2 – 0	Haka	Helsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 38' Meriluoto 42' Kanellopoulos 51'	Report	Laine 52'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

5 May 2023 5	KuPS	2 – 1	HJK	Kuopio
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Bispo 13' Veteli 18' Sichenje 61' Savolainen 80' Popovitch 82' Jensen 90+1'	Report	Keskinen 45' Peltola 90+4'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Attendance: 5,423 Referee: Peiman Simani

9 May 2023 15	KTP	3 – 3	HJK	Kotka
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Roiha 58' Mika 78' 82' Furtado 90+2' Mäkelä 90+4'	Report	Stjopin 3' Peltola 23' Tanaka 60' Möller 84'	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

13 May 2023 6	HJK	4 – 1	Inter Turku	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Paananen 54' Tenho 63' Ollila 83', 90'	Report	Nurmi 6' Legbo 45+5' Järvinen 90+4'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Antti Munukka

21 May 2023 7	Ilves	1 – 1	HJK	Tampere
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	James 48' 90+2' Ala-Myllymäki 53' 64' Larsson 68' Katz 88' Aspegren 88'	Report	Olusanya 39' Toivio 85' Radulović 90+4' Keskinen 90+5'	Stadium: Tampere Stadium Attendance: 6,588 Referee: Petri Viljanen

27 May 2023 8	IFK Mariehamn	0 – 0	HJK	Mariehamn
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Asiri 90+1'	Report	Hetemaj 80' Paananen 82'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Attendance: 1,208 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

3 June 2023 9	HJK	0 – 0	SJK	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ollila 90+1' Kanellopoulos 90+4'	Report	Moreno 76'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 5,639 Referee: Oliver Reitala

7 June 2023 10	Lahti	1 – 2	HJK	Lahti
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tauriainen 3'	Report	Olusanya 40' Radulović 48', 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Lahden Stadion Attendance: 2,890 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara

11 June 2023 11	HJK	1 – 0	KTP	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 64' (pen.) Soiri 86'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 5,012 Referee: Peiman Simani

27 June 2023 12	Haka	1 – 1	HJK	Valkeakoski
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fofana 39' Mahuta 57'	Report	Hostikka 9' Toivio 45+2' Paananen 77' Iliev 89'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Peiman Simani

1 July 2023 13	Honka	1 – 1	HJK	Espoo
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Koskinen 18' 55' Ortiz 60'	Report	Radulović 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Tapiolan urheilupuisto Attendance: 3,443 Referee: Peiman Simani

8 July 2023 14	HJK	0 – 1	Lahti	Helsinki
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Peltola 42' Tenho 43' Soiri 50'	Report	Zeqiri 33', 67' Ljubić 81' Koskipalo 88'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,056 Referee: Oliver Reitala

22 July 2023 16	HJK	1 – 0	Ilves	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tenho 53' 71'	Report	Umar 34' Haarala 37' Katz 54' Traoré 90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Joona Manninen

29 July 2023 17	SJK	1 – 2	HJK	Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Murilo 34' Dunwoody 45+2' Gasc 76'	Report	Kanellopoulos 30' Radulović 55' Olusanya 60' Hetemaj 76' Keskinen 90+3'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 5,016 Referee: Peiman Simani

5 August 2023 18	HJK	4 – 2	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Olusanya 9' Hostikka 19', 77' Rogić 23' Halme 34' Soiri 90' (pen.)	Report	Ngueukam 35' van der Heyden 85' Coubronne 90+1'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

20 August 2023 20	Inter Turku	1 – 3	HJK	Turku
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Smith 15' Forsell 56'	Report	Radulović 62', 64', 68'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Peiman Simani

27 August 2023 21	AC Oulu	1 – 3	HJK	Oulu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Valencia 43' Coffey 80' 82' Morais 85'	Report	Tenho 27' Ollila 68', 78' Tanaka 74'	Stadium: Raatti Stadium Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Joni Hyytiä

3 September 2023 22	HJK	2 – 2	KuPS	Helsinki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lingman 20' Peltola 44' Radulović 50' Tenho 63'	Report	Vidjeskog 14' Sichenje 40' Yengi 58'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Oliver Reitala

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK	22	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	Qualification for the Championship Round
2	KuPS	22	13	4	5	34	15	+19	43
3	SJK	22	11	5	6	29	24	+5	38
4	VPS	22	11	3	8	30	23	+7	36
5	Honka	22	10	5	7	23	17	+6	35

Source: Flashscore
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).

Championship round

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
5	3	0	2	11	7	+4	9	2	0	1	6	2	+4	1	0	1	5	5	0

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: See Matches

Results

16 September 2023 23	HJK	2 – 0	Inter Turku	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bandé 71' Radulović 81'	Report	Diallo 3' Jyry 54' 56' Smith 71'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Antti Munukka

24 September 2023 24	SJK	2 – 3	HJK	Seinäjoki
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tikkanen 25' Moreno 83' (pen.), 85' Gasc 90+2' Dunwoody 90+3'	Report	Ollila 31', 48' Keskinen 33' Tanaka 86' Bandé 90+2'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 3,493 Referee: Dennis Antamo

27 September 2023 25	HJK	3 – 0	Honka	Helsinki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Toivio 16' Keskinen 50' 56' Radulović 80'	Report	Arko-Mensah 38' Banahene 90'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 4,235 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara

8 October 2023 26	VPS	3 – 2	HJK	Vaasa
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bashkirov 2' Michael 14', 90+4' Ahiabu 57'	Report	Bandé 40' Radulović 77'	Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 4,105 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

21 October 2023 27	HJK	1 – 2	KuPS	Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Soiri 63' Radulović 84' Öst 85' Rogić 86' Hetemaj 90+5' Hämäläinen 90+7'	Report	Éliton Júnior 8' Saarinen 67' Cissé 90+1' Miettinen 90+7' Yengi 90+7'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Oliver Reitala

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK (C)	27	15	8	4	50	26	+24	53	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	KuPS	27	16	5	6	41	20	+21	53	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
3	VPS	27	15	4	8	41	26	+15	49	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round play-off final
4	SJK	27	12	6	9	35	33	+2	42	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals
5	Honka	27	12	5	10	29	27	+2	41
6	Inter Turku	27	10	5	12	35	40	−5	35

Source: Flashscore
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).
(C) Champions

Finnish Cup

30 May 2023 Fifth round	HJK	1 – 1 (2 – 4 p)	Honka	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Meriluoto 23'	Report	Kaufmann 60'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 3,093 Referee: Ville Nevalainen
	Penalties
	Möller Ollila Lingman Olusanya		Clésio Eremenko Alegría Krebs

League Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK (Q)	5	4	0	1	14	7	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Inter Turku (Q)	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Lahti	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7
4	KTP	5	1	2	2	3	6	−3	5
5	Honka	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5
6	IFK Mariehamn	5	0	2	3	1	7	−6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

27 January 2023 1	HJK	3 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Meriluoto 25' Ollila 40' Lingman 53' Tanaka 58' Keskinen 60'	Report	Coubronne 39' Dé 42' Sjöroos 84'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 734 Referee: Joona Kontinen

8 February 2023 2	HJK	5 – 2	Lahti	Helsinki
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Paananen 2' Keskinen 3' 29', 54' (pen.), 58', 60' Pettersson 27' 78' Möller 57'	Report	Ali 6' Pirttijoki 80' Penninkangas 89'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 217 Referee: Oliver Reitala

18 February 2023 3	HJK	4 – 0	Honka	Helsinki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Meriluoto 17' Radulović 32' Ollila 63' Möller 76'	Report	Baak 80'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 503 Referee: Juho Nieminen

22 February 2023 4	Inter Turku	4 – 0	HJK	Kupittaa
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stavitski 7' 41' Smith 13' 72' Kuittinen 37' Jyry 58'	Report	Baranov 90+2'	Stadium: LähiTapiola Arena Attendance: 1 Referee: Dennis Antamo

4 March 2023 5	KuPS	1 – 2	HJK	Kotka
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	de Vries 10' (pen.) Vesiaho 42' Sandberg 65' 90+3' Ogungbaro 71'	Report	Meriluoto 32' Olusanya 34', 36' Tenho 42' Tanaka 44' Kouassivi-Benissan 78' Hetemaj 90+4'	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena Attendance: 722 Referee: Matti Roth

Knockout Stage

18 March 2023 Semifinal	HJK	1 – 1 (5 – 4 p)	KuPS	Helsinki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Soiri 33'	Report	Antwi 27' Oksanen 54' Veteli 69'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 845 Referee: Joona Kontinen
	Penalties
	Meriluoto Tanaka Olusanya Peltola Ezeh Kanellopoulos		Jensen Bakker Bispo Tuominen Vidjeskog Oksanen

Final

1 April 2023	HJK	2 – 1	AC Oulu	Helsinki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Soiri 43' Tanaka 83' Stjopin 86'	Report	Luquinhas 30' Affi 68' Suutari 85' 89'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Peiman Simani

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

12 July 2023 First qualifying round 1st leg	HJK	1–0	Larne	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 3' (pen.) Tenho 28'	Report	Bolger 32' Cosgrove 46' Want 89' Donnelly 90+5'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121^[57] Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

19 July 2023 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Larne	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	HJK	Belfast, Northern Ireland
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Donnelly 47' Bonis 65' (pen.) 73' Thomson 87' Want 110'	Report	Ollila 26' 79' Raitala 64' Tenho 74' Want 97' (o.g.) Radulović 107'	Stadium: Solitude Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Greece)
Note: Match played at the Solitude in Belfast, instead of Larne's regular stadium, Inver Park, in Larne, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

25 July 2023 Second qualifying round 1st leg	HJK	1–0	Molde	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keskinen 25'	Report	Brynhildsen 50' Haugen 67'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 8,154^[58] Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

2 August 2023 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Molde	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	HJK	Molde, Norway
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hagelskjær 64' Öst 74' (o.g.) Brynhildsen 89'	Report	Tanaka 26'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: ^[59] Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

10 August 2023 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Qarabağ	2–1	HJK	Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	L.Andrade 55' Juninho 85'	Report	Radulović 30' Olusanya 77'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 24,984^[60] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

17 August 2023 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	HJK	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Qarabağ	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hostikka 10' Kouassivi-Benissan 14' 16' Keskinen 45+6' Hetemaj 75'	Report	Bayramov 45+3' (pen.) Benzia 56' Magomedaliyev 83' Romão 85'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 7,612^[61] Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

24 August 2023 Playoff round 1st leg	Farul Constanța	2–1	HJK	Ovidiu, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Larie 35' Rivaldinho 58' Munteanu 69' Popescu 82'	Report	Hostikka 46' Toivio 50'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 4,032^[62] Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)

31 August 2023 Playoff round 2nd leg	HJK	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Farul Constanța	Helsinki, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Radulović 20', 70' Toivio 54'	Report	Nedelcu 37' Kiki 74' Dussaut 85'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 6,671^[63] Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PAOK	6	5	1	0	16	10	+6	16	Advance to round of 16
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs
3	Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	10	10	0	6
4	HJK	6	0	2	4	7	17	−10	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 September 2023 1	HJK	2–3	PAOK	Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bandé 35' Hetemaj 61' Radulović 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Koulierakis 55' Despodov 64' 81' Thomas 90+4'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 8,532^[64] Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

5 October 2023 2	Aberdeen	1–1	HJK	Aberdeen, Scotland
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Miovski 79'	Report	Radulovic 59' Lingman 90+1'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,316^[65] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

26 October 2023 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	HJK	Frankfurt, Germany
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dina Ebimbe 12' (pen.), 89' Koch 27' 75' Marmoush 31' Tuta 45+3' Skhiri 55'	Report	Tenho 26' Keskinen 29' Peltola 42'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 55,500^[66] Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Ukraine)

9 November 2023 4	HJK	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Chaïbi 31' Buta 77'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 10,121^[67] Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)

30 November 2023 5	HJK	2–2	Aberdeen	Helsinki, Finland
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bandé 16' Hostikka 33' Keskinen 90+9' Lingman 90+15'	Report	MacDonald 41' Barron 42' Duk 56' Devlin 90+9'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Attendance: 9,053^[68] Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

14 December 2023 6	PAOK	4–2	HJK	Thessaloniki, Greece
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Troost-Ekong 35' Ozdoyev 37' Konstantelias 47' Toivio 53' (o.g.) Murg 85'	Report	Radulović 6' Hostikka 22' Hetemaj 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 14 December 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		UEFA Europa Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FIN	Jesse Öst	28	0	14	0	1	0	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	2+1	0
2	DF	FIN	Tuomas Ollila	39	10	21+3	7	1	0	5	2	1+1	1	1+1	0	2+3	0
3	DF	FIN	Niko Hämäläinen	13	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	0
4	DF	FIN	Joona Toivio	37	2	16+3	1	0+1	0	5+1	0	3	0	2	0	6	1
5	DF	CPV	Kristopher Da Graca	9	0	5

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	7	3	1	21	7	+14	5	5	1	18	12	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	7	3	1	21	7	+14	5	5	1	18	12	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	7	3	1	21	7	+14	5	5	1	18	12	+6