The 2020 season is
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history i ...
's 112th competitive season.
Season Events
On 9 January,
Harmeet Singh left HJK by mutual consent.
On 11 January, HJK announced the signing of
Rasmus Schüller
Rasmus Schüller (born 18 June 1991) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Djurgårdens IF and the Finland national team.
Club career
Early career
Schüller began his career at FC Kasiysi, a club based in his hometown ...
on a two-year contract.
On 29 January, HJK announced the signing of Jakob Tånnander on a one-year contract, with the option of another year, from
Malmö
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,
and
Ivan Ostojić from
Radnički Niš on a 1+1-year contract.
On 3 February, HJK announced the signing of
Papua New Guinea
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international forward
David Browne on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional two years.
On 3 March, HJK announced that
Atomu Tanaka
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki.
He was a participant at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and scored 1 goal in 3 appearances.
Club career
Tanaka was educated at and played for Maebashi ...
had returned to the club after two-years playing in Japan, signing on a contract until the end of July.
On 10 March, HJK announced that youngster
Jimi Tauriainen would leave the club to join
Chelsea in the summer.
On 13 March, the
2020 Veikkausliiga
The 2020 Veikkausliiga was the 90th season of top-tier Association football, football in Finland with Kuopion Palloseura, KuPS being the defending champions.
New league format
Veikkausliiga adopted a new league format for the 2019 season. Each te ...
season was delayed until June, and HJK's Quarterfinal match against
KPV
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was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
On 6 May, the
Veikkausliiga announced that the 2020 season would begin on 1 July, running until 21 November.
On 15 May, Atomu Tanaka extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2020 season.
On 26 May,
Enoch Banza extended his contract with HJK until the end of the 2021 season,
before joining
RoPS on loan for the season on 7 June.
On 6 June, HJK announced the signing of Hugo Keto from
Brighton & Hove Albion on a contract until the end of 2021, with the option for an additional year.
On 15 June, goalkeeper Matias Niemelä left the club to join
RoPS on loan for the rest of the season.
On 18 June, HJK announce the singing of
Pyry Hannola from
Midtjylland.
On 2 July, HJK announced that Julius Tauriainen, who had been on loan at
SC Freiburg U19, was now permanently moving to the German club.
On 3 July,
Roni Peiponen
Roni Peiponen (9 April 1997 – November/December 2022) was a Finnish professional footballer who played as a right-back. He retired in July 2020.
Club career
Molde
In November 2015, Peiponen moved from HJK Helsinki to Norwegian side Molde FK ...
announced his retirement from football,
whilst HJK announced the signing of Ítalo to their second team, Klubi 04.
On 20 July,
Kalle Katz
Kalle Katz (born 4 January 2000) is a Finnish football player for EIF.
Club career
He made his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK on 28 July 2018 in a game against Honka, as a starter.
On 7 January 2019, Katz was loaned out for the 2019 season to Ro ...
's loan move to
RoPS was confirmed having been held up by the
COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Finland has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
On 29 January 2020, the first case in Finland was confirmed, when a Chinese tourist visiting Ivalo from Wuhan tested positive for the virus.
Background ...
.
On 25 July,
Valtteri Moren
Valtteri Moren (born 15 June 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club HJK and the Finland national team. Moren was born in Vantaa, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for Klubi-04, ...
returned to HJK on a contract until the end of the 2022 season.
On 21 August,
Matti Peltola signed a new contract with HJK, keeping him at the club until 2022, with the option of an additional year.
On 27 August, HJK announced the signing of
Markus Halsti on a contract until the end of the season, with the option of an additional year.
On 4 September, HJK announced the signing of Joose Mäkinen on a contract until the end of the 2022 season, with the option of an additional year.
Squad
On loan
Left the club during the season
Transfers
In
: Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.
: Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 July 2020.
Out
: Transfer announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 July 2020.
Loans out
Released
Trial
Friendlies
Competitions
Veikkausliiga
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results
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Table
Finnish Cup
Sixth Round
Knockout stage
Final
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players away from the club on loan:''
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, colspan="14", ''Players who left HJK during the season:''
Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
Notes
References
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