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| Full name | Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | ||
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| Nickname | Klubi (The Club) | ||
| Founded | 19 June 1907; 118 years ago (1907-06-19) | ||
| Ground | Töölö Football Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 10,770 | ||
| Chairman | Olli-Pekka Lyytikäinen | ||
| Manager | Joonas Rantanen | ||
| League | Veikkausliiga | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga, 5th of 12 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (lit. 'Helsinki's Football Club'), commonly known asHJK Helsinki (Swedish:HJK Helsingfors), or simply asHJK (Finnish:['hoːjiːkoː]), is a Finnishfootball club based inHelsinki. The club competes inVeikkausliiga, the top division of theFinnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history in the top tier of Finnish football. The club's home ground is the 10,770-seatTöölö Football Stadium, where they have played their home games since 2000.[1]
Generally considered as Finland's biggest football club, HJK is the most successful Finnish club in terms ofchampionship titles with 33. The club has also won 14Finnish Cups and 6Finnish League Cups. Many of Finland's most successful players have played for HJK before moving abroad. The club has also similar success withwomen'sKansallinen Liiga.
HJK is the only Finnish club that has participated in theUEFA Champions League group stage. In 1998, they beatMetz in theplay-off round to clinch their place in the competition for thefollowing season. HJK have also participated twice in the group stages of theUEFA Europa League in2014–15 and2022–23 respectively, along with appearing three times in theUEFA Europa Conference League. The club's highest score in a European competition came during the2011–12 season, with a 13–0 aggregate victory over Welsh championsBangor City, which included a 10–0 home win.
HJK's traditional kit colours have long been blue and white striped shirts with blue shorts and socks. The club's crest has been nearly untouched for a century, it has only undergone one minor font change to modernize it.
The club was founded asHelsingin Jalkapalloklubi – Helsingfors Fotbollsklubb in 1907 by Fredrik Wathén. The founding meeting was held at a bowling alley inKaisaniemi Park in May. The first ever competitive fixture was played againstEkenäs IF inEkenäs. HJK won 2–4.
Early on, HJK became popular among Finnish-speaking students, while Swedish-speaking students preferred to play mainly for Unitas orHIFK. In late 1908, after a heated debate, the language was switched to unilingually Finnish and this resulted in many Swedish-speaking members switching over to HIFK and other clubs, although a few chose to stay.
In 1909, the colours blue and white were chosen to support thefennoman movement andbandy was introduced as the club's second official sport. The club moved from Kaisaniemi Ground to the newEläintarha Stadium. At the end of the year, Fredrik Wathen was forced to leave his post as the club's chairman due to illness.
In 1910,Lauri Tanner became the longest-running club chairman to date. The same year, the club's first international match was played, against Eriksdals IF fromStockholm in Kaisaniemi. The first championship title was won in 1911. In 1915, the club moved to newly buildTöölön Pallokenttä. In 1916, tennis was introduced as the third official sport in HJK, and it was played in the club until the early 1920s. During theFinnish Civil War in 1918, two HJK club members, fighting for the "Whites", were killed.
In 1921, the firstbandy championship was won and during the following five seasons, HJK reached five finals, winning three more titles. Bowling was added to the club's repertoire in 1925, but the bowlers formed their own club, Helsingin Keilaajat, the following year. In 1928,ice hockey became an official sport and the first championship was won in 1929. League format was introduced to Finnish football in 1930 but HJK failed to qualify for the first season. In 1931, HJK played their first season in the league, however at the end of the season, they were relegated.
During World War II, HJK lost 22 members serving in the military, of which nine fell in theWinter War, twelve in theContinuation War and one in theLapland War. In 1943,handball was introduced as the club's sixth official sport. HJK won one silver and two bronze medals in handball during the following three seasons but did not gain further success. Handball was first of HJK's sports where women also competed. Thewomen's team played a total of 22 seasons at the highest level; their highest finish was fourth.
In 1963, HJK played their last ever season in the second level of the football pyramid, winning 20 out of 22 matches and scoring 127 goals. In 1964, the newly promoted club won their tenth championship title and the following season, in1965–66, they played their firstEuropean Cup match, againstManchester United at theHelsinki Olympic Stadium. However, a 2–9 aggregate loss resulted in HJK's elimination from the competition.
In 1966, the club secured their first ever cup title by winningKTP 6–1 in the final in front of 7,000 spectators. Bandy section was disbanded in the late 1960s. The last official sport,figure skating, was added into the club's repertoire in 1966, was abolished in 1972. The ice hockey section was also disbanded in 1972 and the last season in handball was played in 1978. Hereafter, HJK therefore only participated in football following 69 years as a multisport club.
The1998–99 season saw HJK become the first and, to date, only Finnish club to play in the group stage of theUEFA Champions League, after defeatingMetz in thesecond qualifying round. The club also managed a respectable five points in their group, defeatingBenfica at home and earning draws at home to1. FC Kaiserslautern and away to Benfica. They lost toPSV twice and to Kaiserslautern away.
The club's current home stadium, theBolt Arena, was opened in 2000. The 20th championship title was won in 2002, and in 2008 the club won its tenthFinnish Cup title. The2009 season was the start of a championship run that resulted in six titles in a row from 2009 to 2014.
In 2014, HJK became the first Finnish club to play in theUEFA Europa League group stage after defeatingRapid Wien in theplay-off round. HJK, with wins overTorino andCopenhagen at home, finished third in their group with six points.[2][3][4]
HJK made several acquisitions during the winter of 2015, includingCórdoba forwardMike Havenaar,J-league playmakerAtomu Tanaka andBirmingham City holding midfielderGuy Moussi. With the new signings on their side, HJK began the season on a high by winning the league cup, a feat they had not accomplished since 1998. HJK also played its firstlocal derby against HIFK since April 1972, drawing 1–1. However, HJK could not replicate the league success they had enjoyed for the last six seasons, finishing the 2015 season in third place, behind championsSJK and runners-upRoPS.
During the 2017 campaign the club lost only three games, which resulted in a domestic double.
HJK won the 2018 Veikkausliiga, 16 points clear at the top.
HJK failed to win the 2019 championship, asKuPS won the league. HJK's season was unusually unsuccessful, managerMika Lehkosuo was replaced byToni Koskela mid-season, and the club finished in a disappointing 5th place in the league with 37 points. During the season, HJK namedMiika Takkula their newsporting director in July.
Koskela's first three full seasons have seen HJK win three titles in a row, including the club's 30th championship in 2020. HJK also won the Finnish cup in 2020. For the2022 season, HJK loaned in some new additions likeConor Hazard,Nassim Boujellab,Bojan Radulović andMalik Abubakari. The club's 2022 title was a remarkable 11th in 15 years.[5]
The club has also fared well in European competitions under Koskela. During the 2021 season, HJK qualified for the2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage, where they finished 3rd in the group with six points. During the 2022 season, HJK qualified for the2022–23 UEFA Europa League for only the second time in the club's history, by defeatingSilkeborg IF 2–1 on aggregate in the play-off round. HJK's group included ItalianAS Roma, SpanishReal Betis, and BulgarianLudogorets. Despite valiant home performances, HJK performed poorly on the road, losing all three away games with a total goal difference of 0–7. HJK ended the campaign fourth in the group with a single point, from a 1–1 draw to Ludogorets at home.[6]
HJK started the2023 Veikkausliiga season relatively poorly, and eventually head coach Koskela was dismissed, following a 1–0 home victory againstLarne FC in the Champions League qualifiers in July.
Koskela was replaced by his last season's assistant coachToni Korkeakunnas.[7] Korkeakunnas led HJK to a third consecutive European group stage, advancing to the2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, by defeating Romanian championsFarul Constanța in the play-off round 3–2 on aggregate.[8] HJK also renewed their league title for the fourth straight season, on a goal difference againstKuPS.
After the season, the club announced that Korkeakunnas will not receive a contract extension, and that the new manager would be announced soon.[9] It was also announced earlier in late August 2023, that sporting directorMiika Takkula departs from the club.[10] In September,Vesa Mäki was named as his replacement as a new sporting director.[11]
On 3 November 2023, the club announced that they had appointed Spanish coachFerran Sibila as the manager of HJK on a two-year deal, starting in January 2024.[12] On 21 December, it was reported byHelsingin Sanomat that Sibila lacks the required UEFA Pro -coaching licence, and thus would not be eligible to work solely as a head coach inVeikkausliiga.[13] The club's new sporting directorVesa Mäki, who was in charge of recruiting Sibila, said in the media that Sibila is going to start the required UEFA Pro -training in February 2024 in Sweden, or the club could name their assistant coachOssi Virta as an associate head coach with Sibila.
On 3 January 2024, it was reported in Swedish media that Sibila was not granted a spot in the aforementioned UEFA Pro -training class bySwedish FA.[14][15][16] The next day, HJK announced that the club will comply with the licence requirements set byVeikkausliiga,Finnish FA andUEFA.[17][18] On 12 January, HJK appointed Ossi Virta as the club's new interim head coach, until Sibila is able to attend the UEFA Pro -class.[19]
During the 2024 pre-season, reigning Veikkausliiga Top GoalscorerBojan Radulović was sold toHuddersfield Town for £1.2 million and Defender of the YearTuomas Ollila was acquired byParis FC.
On 20 May 2024, Ferran Sibila and the sporting director Vesa Mäki were both sacked andToni Korkeakunnas was appointed the head coach of the first team again.[20]
WingerTopi Keskinen joinedAberdeen FC in August for an estimated transfer fee of around €1 million.[21] During the summer of 2024, as has become routine, HJK made a slate of transfers mid-season as the team's form remained poor. The club brought in striker and former Veikkausliiga golden boot winnerLee Erwin, goalkeeperThijmen Nijhuis, centre-backsGeorgios Antzoulas andDaniel O'Shaughnessy, midfielderKevor Palumets, and wingersAlessandro Albanese andOzan Kökcü. Despite being knocked out of the Champions League earlier in the 1st qualifying round byPanevėžys, HJK managed to qualify for the2024–25 UEFA Conference League new league phase, after defeatingKÍ Klaksvík in the play-off round 3–2 on aggregate with two stoppage-time goals, making it the club's fourth consecutive appearance in the final phase of a European competition. During the club's European qualification campaign, Erwin scored five goals in six matches, including three goals over the two games against Klaksvik.[22]
After HJK was not able to defend their championship and had finished third in Veikkausliiga, in late October 2024 the club appointedPetri Vuorinen the new sporting director to fill the vacancy. Korkeakunnas led the club to start the 2025 Veikkausliiga season with a historical record-breaking six-game losing streak.[23] Korkeakunnas was fired on 4 May, after 1–1 draw againstInter Turku.[24] Assistant coachMiika Nuutinen was named the interim manager.
HJK started their European campaign poorly by losing 4–0 away against Faroese clubNSÍ Runavík in the first leg game of the2025–26 UECL qualifiers. However, they managed to advance to the second round, thanks to a 5–0 comeback win at home.[25] Next round they were knocked out by BulgarianArda Kardzhali on penalties.[26] In late-September, HJK won the2025 Finnish Cup title by 1–0 win overKuPS, which was the club's first cup title since 2020. They finished the 2025 season in disappointing 5th place, having not won a single game in Veikkausliiga championship group in over two years.
In 1910, HJK arranged competition to find a crest for club, but the club board wasn't happy with the proposals. The crest was finally designed by Osmo Korvenkontio in 1913, it has only gone through minor changes during history.[27]
First kit of HJK was plain white shirt, black shorts and black socks with few white horizontal stripes on top. In 1909 HJK introduced its trademark blue and white striped shirt. Blue and white colours were homage tofennoman movement.[28] Black trunks still remained for decades. Shirt was changed to unicolour blue for season 1973 due to pressure from sponsors. In attempt to professionalize hockey department club had fallen in to financial despair and sponsors demanded more visibility for their logos. Clubs financial situation had improved by 1986 and due fans demands shirt was changed back to striped by the end of the year and has remained so ever since.[29]
       HJK home colours 1907–08 |     HJK home colours 1909–50s | HJK home colours 1960s–72, 1986– |   HJK home colours 1973 |      HJK home colours 1979 |    HJK home colours 1985 |
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HJK Helsinki supportersHistorically HJK had a wide support within Finnish speaking, prosperous middle class of Helsinki. The club's supporters were often nationalistic after the fashion of almost every otherFinnish FA club at the time. Leftist working class' clubs played their own leagues and competitions under theFinnish Workers' Sports Federation. However, The club remained open to all 'honorable citizens' regardless of their native language, race or social class, and always had members from other communities as well. Before the 1970s HJK came to be known especially as aTöölöan club due to most of their activity taking place in this particular district.
During recent decades the club's old image as a prosperous, middle class group from Töölö has largely disappeared due to social changes in Finland as well as migration from inner city to housing projects built during the mass migration from the countryside during the 1960s and the 1970s.[3][2]
HJK's main rivals in Helsinki were widely considered to beKiffen,HPS andHIFK. In the past these were the four big clubs from Helsinki. The clubs were mainly separated by language, HJK and HPS being Finnish speaking clubs whereas HIFK and KIF were Swedish speaking. These four clubs competed also in bandy, ice hockey and handball. The support for HJK mainly came from around the inner city and after 1940s also fromTöölö, in its early years HPS Support came from same areas as HJK. Later in 1940s and 1950s when HJK support shifted more towards Töölö area, HPS gained more support inVallila andAlppila districts, this was mostly due their youth activities taking part in those particular areas, these boundaries were not strict however and each of the four clubs had support, players and members across the city. HJK were already founding youth teams to new suburbs in 1960s and their reputation as a Töölöan club was short lived.[37] KIF and HPS were both struggling to survive and were both relegated to lower leagues after 1964 season and rapidly lost their support. KIF made a brief two season stint to first level in 1977–78. While both KIF and HPS are still active as of 2020, they have spend their recent decades playing in lower levels, HPS focusing more on youth football in northern Helsinki.[38]
HJK and HIFK share the biggest rivalry being two of the oldest and most successful clubs. Both were also successful in Bandy which was major winter sport in the first half of the 20th century, KIF and HPS gained lesser success. Also in Ice Hockey clubs faced numerous times and played more seasons in first level than HPS or KIF. A match between these two clubs is called asStadin derby. Language was the biggest separating factor between the clubs, HIFK was the club of choice for the Swedish speaking population of the city and HJK for the Finnish speaking. In 2015 HIFK was promoted back to thetop flight after 40 years of struggling in the lower leagues having played their last season in the top division in 1972. Since HJK ceased their activity in other sports during the 1960s and 1970s the rivalry faded away on a large scale and in recent decades many even supported both clubs at the same time, HJK in football and HIFK in ice hockey. However, due to the rise of the Finnishsupporter scene in the 2000s, there is a high tension between the most vocal supporters.
HJK shared a short but fierce rivalry withFC Jokerit around the late 1990s and the early 2000s.Jokerit were well supported due to their popular ice hockey section and the clubs also competed against each other in ice hockey in the late 1960s and the early 1970s.[39][40][41]
Multiple Helsinki based clubs have played in the league but due to their short term visits and relatively low support base large scale rivalries were never born. Some notable clubs werePonnistus,FinnPa,Pallo-Pojat andHelsingin Toverit.[42][43][44][45][3][2]
HJK has competed againstLahti based clubs from the 1960s, between 1964 and 1980 HJK andLahden Reipas had a minor rivalry as both clubs gained good success winning some titles and were also generally well supported. Reipas also won seven cup titles against one of HJK. Reipas was relegated after 1980 season. More notable rivalry was againstKuusysi from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. Between 1981 and 1992 HJK won six league titles against Kuusysi's five, both clubs also won the cup twice, facing two times in the finals (which were both won by HJK). Both clubs also performed well in the European competitions. In 1996 both the Lahti clubs merged and FC Lahti was born, HJK and FC Lahti matches are more known from outside pitch activities, some crowd disturbances and small fights have occurred[46] which otherwise are rare in Finnish football. Due to a relatively short distance between the two cities, these matches often draw more notable away support than others.
HJK andValkeakosken Haka are the two most successful clubs in Finnish football, HJK with 27 league and 12 cup titles and Haka with 9 league and 12 cup titles. The match is also considered as "urban vs. rural" rivalry as HJK is a club from Finland's biggest city Helsinki and Haka is representing the small town ofValkeakoski.
On 1 October 2012, in a Veikkausliiga match at theTehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski, Haka and HJK drew 2–2 after scandalous events. When Haka was leading the match 2–0, HJK was given a throw-in. Two HJK players threw two balls in at the same time in different places, and the referee let the game continue with two balls on the field. Seconds later,Juho Mäkelä scored a goal for HJK with the ball which was thrown-in further up the pitch.[47][48][49] The goal was granted and shortly after HJK equalized the game. At the end of the season, HJK won their 18th Finnish championship title, and Haka were relegated to second-tierYkkönen, after 15 consecutive seasons in the Veikkausliiga.
The club's current home stadium isTöölö Football Stadium, located inTöölö neighbourhood in Helsinki, where HJK has played their home matches since its completion in 2000. Initially the stadium had natural grass pitch, but in 2003 the surface was changed toartificial turf.
During their first years in 1907–1908, HJK played at theKaisaniemen kenttä, and in 1909–1914 at theEläintarha Stadium. HJK's first official home ground wasTöölön Pallokenttä where they played in 1915–1998. During theVeikkausliiga era, HJK played their home matches occasionally also at theHelsinki Olympic Stadium.
HJK reached their highest average attendance record in the1969 Mestaruussarja-season with 8,058 spectators, when the club was playing atTöölön Pallokenttä.
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HJK Helsinki has produced a large number of players who have gone on to represent theFinland national team.[53] Over the years, HJK has also provided the most probable way for transfers abroad in Finland for Finnish and international players. In August 2011, HJK soldTeemu Pukki to a GermanBundesliga clubSchalke 04 for €1.8 million, which is the record transfer fee inVeikkausliiga. Besides Pukki, alsoJoel Pohjanpalo,Alexander Ring,Jukka Raitala,Dawda Bah andLuka Hyryläinen transferred toBundesliga clubs from HJK.
| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
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| 1. |  Teemu Pukki |  Schalke 04 | €1.8 million | 2011[54] |
| 2. | Joel Pohjanpalo | Bayer Leverkusen | €1.5 million | 2014 |
| 3. |  Bojan Radulović |  Huddersfield Town | €1.4 million | 2024[55] |
| 4. |  Alfredo Morelos |  Rangers | €1.2 million | 2017[56] |
| 5. | Topi Keskinen | Aberdeen | €1.0 million | 2024[57] |
| 6. | Sakari Mattila |  Udinese | €800,000 | 2009[58] |
| Janne Saarinen |  Rosenborg | €800,000 | 2001[59] | |
| 8. | Juho Mäkelä | Hearts | €730,000 | 2006[60] |
| 9. | Lassi Lappalainen | Bologna | €700,000 | 2019[61] |
| 10. | Juhani Ojala |  Young Boys | €600,000 | 2011 |
| 11. | Aapo Halme | Leeds United | €560,000 | 2018[62] |
| 12. | Paulus Roiha |  Utrecht | €500,000 | 2002 |
| Mika Kottila | Brann | €500,000 | 1999 | |
| Alexander Ring | FC Kaiserslautern | €500,000 | 2013[63] | |
| 15. | Perparim Hetemaj |  AEK Athens | €450,000 | 2006[64] |
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HJK's reserve team Klubi 04 currently plays in theYkkösliiga, Finnish second tier.[66]
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Updated 4 May 2025[68]
| Name | Role |
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| Manager | |
| Miika Nuutinen | Interim manager |
| Mikael Forssell | Assistant coach |
 Edgar Reina | Coach, Analyst |
| Ville Wallén | Goalkeeping coach, Team Manager |
Also withWomen's team andReserve team. Updated 24 April 2025
| Name | Role |
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| Risto-Matti Toivonen | Head of sports science |
| Joni Ruuskanen | Conditioning coach |
| Toni Taipale | Physiotherapist |
| Tony Elomaa | Physiotherapist |
| Tuomas Brinck | Doctor |
| Klaus Köhler | Doctor |
| Name | Role |
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| Aki Riihilahti | CEO |
| Sirja Luomaniemi | Commercial Director |
| Petri Vuorinen | Sporting Director |
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The HJK Hall of Fame was established in 1997, when the club celebrated its 90th anniversary. Initially 16 people were named, after which it has been completed several times.[87]
Niilo TammisaloEino SoinioAatos LehtonenReijo JalavaKai PahlmanAulis RytkönenPaavo Heinonen [fi]Lauri LehtinenMiikka ToivolaJari EuropaeusHenry Forssell [fi]Juha DahllundPasi RautiainenJyrki NieminenHanna-Mari SarlinAtik IsmailMarkku KanervaMarkku PeltoniemiJari RantanenKari RissanenAki HyryläinenTommi GrönlundPetri HelinMika LehkosuoAarno TurpeinenVille NylundChristina ForssellTerhi Uusi-LuomalahtiMarkku Palmroos [fi]Aki RiihilahtiPasi RasimusKaija SalopuroHeidi LindströmVille WallénMikael ForssellSanna MalaskaSebastian SorsaUpdated 12 December 2024.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| UEFA Champions League | 85 | 31 | 14 | 40 | 109 | 132 |
| UEFA Cup /UEFA Europa League | 78 | 22 | 12 | 44 | 79 | 152 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 24 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 202 | 67 | 34 | 101 | 245 | 365 |
Correct as of 21 May 2025.[88]
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 126 |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 13.000 |
| 127 |  Cercle Brugge | 12.750 |
| 128 | HJK Helsinki | 12.500 |
| 129 |  Arouca | 12.453 |
| 130 | Gil Vicente | 12.453 |
