The 2022 season was
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 114th competitive season. HJK qualified for the
UEFA Europa League and won the
Veikkausliiga for the third consecutive season.
Season Events
Prior to the start of the new year, and new league season, HJK announced the signings of
Pyry Soiri from
Esbjerg fB
Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...
on 4 October,
Joona Toivio
Joona Toivio (born 10 March 1988) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club HJK.
He has previously played for Klubi 04, AZ, Telstar, Molde, Djurgården, and Termalica Nieciecza.
Club career Early career
Earlier ...
from
BK Häcken on 1 November,
Murilo from
SJK on 5 November,
Arttu Hoskonen from
Inter Turku on 8 November and
Jukka Raitala
Jukka Raitala (born 15 September 1988) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK. He usually plays as a left back in both his club side and the national team but can also operate as a right back or a central def ...
from
Minnesota United
Minnesota United FC is an American professional soccer club based in Saint Paul, Minnesota that plays in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. The club began play in 2017 as the league's 22nd club, and replaced the North American So ...
on 21 December.
On 11 January, HJK announced the signing of
Manuel Martic to a one-year contract, from
Mezőkövesd.
On 19 January, HJK announced the signing of
Conor Hazard
Conor William Hazard (born 5 March 1998) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle and the Northern Ireland national team.
He previously played for Celtic, where he was part ...
from
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
, on loan for the season.
The next day, 20 January, HJK announced the signing of
Miska Ylitolva to a two-year contract, from
RoPS.
On 15 February, HJK announced the loan signing of
Bojan Radulović from
AIK until the end of the season.
On 1 March, HJK announced the loan signing of
Nassim Boujellab from
Schalke 04 until the end of the season.
On 21 April, HJK announced the return of
Përparim Hetemaj on a two-year contract, from
Reggina
Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo.
They are nic ...
.
On 13 June, HJK terminated their contract with
Jair following his conviction for
Child sexual abuse.
On 14 July, HJK announced the loan signing of
Malik Abubakari
Abdul Malik Abubakari (born 10 May 2000) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for Slovak club ŠK Slovan Bratislava on loan from Malmö FF.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Malmö FF
* Allsvenskan: 2021
* Svenska Cupen: 2021†...
from
Malmö until the end of the season.
The following day, 15 July, free-agent
Paulus Arajuuri
Paulus Verneri Arajuuri (born 15 June 1988) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for HIFK. He began his senior club career playing for FC Espoo, before making his Veikkausliiga debut with Honka at age 18 in 2006.
Ar ...
signed for HJK on a contract until the end of the season.
On 25 July, HJK announced the signing of
Aapo Halme
Aapo Ilmari Halme (born 22 May 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Veikkausliiga club HJK. He has also represented the Finland national under-21 football team from 2017 to 2020. Halme was born in Helsinki, ...
on a contract until the end of 2024, from
Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
.
On 31 July, HJK made their loan signing of
Bojan Radulović a permanent from
AIK, with Radulović signing until the end of the 2023 season.
Squad
On loan
Left the club during the season
Transfers
In
: Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2022.
Loans in
Out
Loans out
Released
Friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Veikkausliiga
Regular season
=Results summary
=
=Results by matchday
=
=Results
=
=Table
=
Championship round
=Results summary
=
=Results by matchday
=
=Results
=
=Table
=
Finnish Cup
League Cup
Group Stage
Knockout stage
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Group stage
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players from Klubi-04 who appeared:''
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players away from the club on loan:''
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players who left HJK during the season:''
Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
References
{{2022 in Finnish football
2022
File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...
HJK
HJK
HJK