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JJK

Ykkönen

Founded:	1923
Stadium:	Harjun stadion
Coach:	Mikko Manninen
Veikkausliiga Form:
Overall Form:

JJK home ground venue is Harjun stadion.

Mikko Manninen is the current coach for JJK.

JJK Veikkausliiga Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

JJK have played a total of 33 matches in Finland Veikkausliiga. Their current statistics is 6 win, 8 draw and 19 lose.

JJK did not lose their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze JJK results for their home or away matches in Veikkausliiga 2017.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
JJK	33	6	8	19

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
28/10/2017	JJK	2 - 0	VPS	0-0	H2H	O	+
F. Gustavsson 58'		1 - 0
			71' Joonas Vahtera
			71' K. Böling
			71' Veli Lampi
			71' A. Clennon
F. Gustavsson 74'
S. Suoraniemi 79'
Verneri Välimaa 79'
			81' Steven Morrissey
Patrick Poutiainen 82'
A. Manninen 82'
			87' J. Hakola
			87' M. Jürgenson
T. Kari 87'
T. Koppelomäki 87'
Gaël Etock 89'		2 - 0
M. Manninen 90+2'
20/10/2017	KuPS	2 - 1	JJK	1-0	H2H	O	+
U. Nissilä 3'		1 - 0
			46' S. Suoraniemi
			46' M. Manninen
Reuben Gabriel 57'
			68' Matti Lähitie
			68' Samu Nieminen
G. Salami 69'		2 - 0
A. Purje 69'
G. Salami 69'
Saku Savolainen 86'
Ilmari Niskanen 86'
U. Nissilä 90+2'
E. Pellikka 90+2'
		2 - 1	90+3' Gaël Etock
16/10/2017	JJK	1 - 0	Mariehamn	1-0	H2H	O	+
Gaël Etock 29'		1 - 0
			63' Tommy Wirtanen
			66' Tommy Wirtanen
			66' Filip Hlúpik
			78' Amos Ekhalie
			78' Jani Lyyski
Tomi Petrescu 79'
A. Manninen 79'
S. Suoraniemi 90+3'
Severi Vielma 90+3'
12/10/2017	JJK	0 - 0	Ilves	0-0	H2H	O	+
			55' Ariel Ngueukam
M. Manninen 64'
S. Suoraniemi 64'
			65' Marco Matrone
			65' L. Ala-Myllymäki
T. Kari 78'
			78' Tuure Siira
			78' A. Lehtonen
Tomi Petrescu 78'
Severi Vielma 78'
			85' Aleksis Lehtonen
			85' A. Lehtonen
Samu Suoraniemi 87'
S. Suoraniemi 87'
			87' I. Järvinen
			87' Y. Rahimi
30/09/2017	RoPS	2 - 0	JJK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Lassi Lappalainen 6'		1 - 0
			46' S. Jovović
			46' S. Suoraniemi
			73' A. Tapaninen
			77' A. Tapaninen
			77' Saku Leppänen
Juuso Hämäläinen 79'
Lassi Lappalainen 83'		2 - 0
			83' Patrick Poutiainen
			83' F. Gustavsson
S. Roiha 85'
Sakari Tukiainen 85'
Antti Okkonen 86'
Nathaniël Will 87'
Lassi Järvenpää 87'
Eetu Muinonen 90+1'
Sani Kaita 90+1'
25/09/2017	JJK	1 - 3	Inter Turku	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	58' F. Gustavsson
Tomi Petrescu 64'
Saku Leppänen 64'
T. Kari 64'
S. Suoraniemi 64'
H. Ojamaa 66'
		0 - 2	69' Timo Furuholm
			72' Timo Furuholm
		0 - 3	76' M. Ojala
			77' M. Ojala
			77' Benjamin Källman
M. Manninen 77'
Matti Lähitie 77'
Patrick Poutiainen 78'
S. Suoraniemi 78'		1 - 3
			81' Timo Furuholm
			81' Henri Lehtonen
			86' Tatu Varmanen
			86' Julien Faubert
15/09/2017	HIFK	1 - 1	JJK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jukka Halme 27'		1 - 0
K. Raimi 36'
		1 - 1	58' Tomi Petrescu
			60' H. Ojamaa
A. Ristola 66'
N. Anyamele 66'
Jukka Halme 66'
Tommi Jyry 66'
Nongotamba A Lody 68'
			69' Tomi Petrescu
			69' S. Suoraniemi
			73' A. Tapaninen
			73' Samu Nieminen
			76' Gaël Etock
			76' Saku Leppänen
Pekka Sihvola 78'
Mikael Forssell 80'
Juho Mäkelä 80'
Nongotamba A Lody 85'
10/09/2017	PS Kemi	1 - 2	JJK	0-1	H2H	O	+
L. Nurmos 19'
		0 - 1	41' A. Tapaninen
S. Mošnikov 63'		1 - 1
Albion Ademi 68'
J. Lehto 68'
L. Nurmos 75'
Eduard Zea Chávez 75'
			76' Tomi Petrescu
			76' S. Suoraniemi
		1 - 2	82' T. Kari
Rasmus Karjalainen 84'
A. Gullsten 84'
			86' Gaël Etock
			86' Saku Leppänen
Julián Guevara 88'
			90+3' T. Kari
			90+3' Severi Vielma
07/09/2017	JJK	2 - 4	Lahti	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' H. Sesay
		0 - 2	9' M. Simonovski
S. Jovović 14'		1 - 2
Saku Leppänen 60'
T. Kari 60'
S. Suoraniemi 60'
M. Manninen 60'
			64' H. Sesay
			64' M. Kuningas
		1 - 3	73' Henri Anier
Matti Lähitie 74'
F. Gustavsson 74'
		1 - 4	75' M. Simonovski
Gaël Etock 79'		2 - 4
			80' Henri Anier
			80' Pavel Nazimov
F. Gustavsson 90+1'
Felix Gustavsson 90+1'
			90+2' M. Simonovski
			90+2' Fareed Sadat
26/08/2017	SJK	0 - 4	JJK	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	57' Samu Nieminen
Jesse Sarajärvi 57'
Vahid Hambo 57'
		0 - 2	59' Patrick Poutiainen
T. Tahvanainen 62'
E. Zeneli 62'
		0 - 3	71' Tomi Petrescu
		0 - 4	73' S. Jovović
T. Hradecký 74'
Obed Malolo 74'
			83' Matti Lähitie
			83' Patrick Poutiainen
			83' A. Manninen
20/08/2017	JJK	0 - 4	HJK	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' D. Savage
M. Manninen 18'
Gaël Etock 18'
			23' Ville Jalasto
			23' E. Mensah
			61' A. Annan
			61' V. Onovo
		0 - 2	66' D. Savage
		0 - 3	72' Akseli Pelvas
S. Suoraniemi 73'
Tomi Petrescu 73'
			78' F. Valenčič
			78' Lucas Lingman
Patrick Poutiainen 78'
A. Manninen 78'
		0 - 4	81' Sebastian Dahlström
13/08/2017	JJK	2 - 1	PS Kemi	0-0	H2H	O	+
Severi Vielma 46'
S. Suoraniemi 46'
			58' J. Lehto
			58' Rasmus Karjalainen
Matti Lähitie 62'		1 - 0
F. Gustavsson 65'
			67' M. Kaljumäe
			67' O. Jama
			81' Kevin Tano
			81' A. Gullsten
			82' Abdoulie Mansally
Matti Lähitie 87'
Matti Lähitie 88'
Saku Leppänen 88'
		1 - 1	89' Rasmus Karjalainen
Gaël Etock 90'		2 - 1
Gaël Etock 90+3'
Toni Tahvanainen 90+3'
10/08/2017	KuPS	1 - 0	JJK	0-0	H2H	O	+
J. Mäkelä 61'
A. Purje 61'
A. Purje 69'		1 - 0
G. Salami 71'
Petteri Pennanen 74'
Ville Saxman 74'
			75' T. Kari
			75' Patrick Poutiainen
			75' S. Suoraniemi
			75' Verneri Välimaa
G. Salami 79'
Saku Savolainen 79'
			87' Severi Vielma
			87' Matti Lähitie
05/08/2017	Ilves	2 - 1	JJK	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' Gaël Etock
I. Järvinen 23'		1 - 1
Tatu Miettunen 41'		2 - 1
			46' Saku Leppänen
			46' F. Gustavsson
I. Järvinen 66'
E. Tendeng 66'
			68' F. Gustavsson
			69' Felix Gustavsson
Teemu Penninkangas 74'
			76' H. Abdi
			76' S. Suoraniemi
L. Ala-Myllymäki 76'
Eero Tamminen 76'
			82' M. Manninen
			82' Toni Tahvanainen
Ariel Ngueukam 86'
Antto Hilska 86'
31/07/2017	JJK	1 - 1	RoPS	0-0	H2H	O	+
A. Tapaninen 50'
S. Jovović 56'		1 - 0
			57' Pablo González Reyes
			57' Lassi Lappalainen
			73' Eetu Muinonen
			73' Timo Stavitski
Saku Leppänen 77'
S. Suoraniemi 77'
		1 - 1	80' J. Hyvärinen
			85' Charlie Trafford
			85' Sani Kaita
M. Manninen 90+1'
Toni Tahvanainen 90+1'
Samu Suoraniemi 90+2'
S. Suoraniemi 90+2'
23/07/2017	VPS	1 - 1	JJK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Steven Morrissey 17'		1 - 0
M. Jürgenson 28'
			31' Severi Vielma
Jerry Voutilainen 53'
S. Strandvall 53'
		1 - 1	53' Gaël Etock
J. Hakola 62'
A. Clennon 62'
Andre Clennon 70'
			70' M. Manninen
			70' Toni Tahvanainen
A. Clennon 70'
			82' Saku Leppänen
			82' Verneri Välimaa
16/07/2017	JJK	0 - 2	SJK	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' Aristote Mboma
Samu Nieminen 27'
			61' Aristote Mboma
			61' Sergi Arimany
			61' Matti Klinga
			67' Marc Vales
F. Gustavsson 69'
Toni Tahvanainen 69'
			73' E. Zeneli
			73' Jesse Sarajärvi
			82' Matti Klinga
			82' Obed Malolo
		0 - 2	84' Sergi Arimany
S. Suoraniemi 85'
Verneri Välimaa 85'
08/07/2017	Inter Turku	4 - 0	JJK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' S. Suoraniemi
			46' M. Manninen
Kalle Kauppi 54'
L. García 54'
L. García 58'
Lucas Garcia 58'
Benjamin Källman 59'
G. Gnabouyou 59'
Timo Furuholm 73'		1 - 0
			83' T. Kari
			83' A. Manninen
G. Gnabouyou 85'		2 - 0
Mika Mäkitalo 89'		3 - 0
Njazi Kuqi 90'
Niko Markkula 90'
Niko Markkula 90+1'		4 - 0
01/07/2017	JJK	1 - 3	Lahti	1-0	H2H	O	+
T. Kari 35'		1 - 0
Gaël Etock 47'
		1 - 1	51' Stenio
		1 - 2	55' Loorents Hertsi
A. Manninen 59'
M. Manninen 59'
Tomi Petrescu 69'
Toni Tahvanainen 69'
		1 - 3	72' Loorents Hertsi
			81' Mikko Hauhia
			82' M. Simonovski
			82' Fareed Sadat
			86' Stenio
			86' Pavel Nazimov
			90' Santeri Hostikka
			90' I. Sadik
21/06/2017	JJK	0 - 3	HIFK	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	60' P. Kuusijärvi
Severi Vielma 62'
Tomi Petrescu 64'
S. Suoraniemi 64'
Tomi Petrescu 64'
Toni Tahvanainen 64'
		0 - 2	65' X. Gela
			70' M. Hänninen
Matti Lähitie 72'
		0 - 3	73' Mikael Forssell
			78' Mikael Forssell
			78' Juho Mäkelä
M. Manninen 81'
F. Gustavsson 81'
			83' Jani Bäckman
			83' A. Ristola
			90' Pekka Sihvola
			90' A. Ulmanen
			90+4' K. Raimi
18/06/2017	Mariehamn	2 - 1	JJK	2-1	H2H	O	+
Robbin Sellin 4'		1 - 0
Aleksei Kangaskolkka 20'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	30' S. Suoraniemi
			36' H. Abdi
			36' Samu Nieminen
B. Span 72'
Robin Sid 72'
			77' S. Suoraniemi
			77' F. Gustavsson
Tommy Wirtanen 79'
Bobbie Friberg da Cruz 79'
Philip Sparrdal-Mantilla 83'
R. Amani 83'
			88' Gaël Etock
15/06/2017	HJK	4 - 0	JJK	2-0	H2H	O	+
Akseli Pelvas 7'		1 - 0
Juha Pirinen 10'
A. Annan 36'
V. Onovo 42'		2 - 0
Sebastian Dahlström 46'
Ville Jalasto 46'
Akseli Pelvas 47'
			65' Tomi Petrescu
			68' Tomi Petrescu
			68' Toni Tahvanainen
E. Mensah 71'		3 - 0
Atomu Tanaka 74'
D. Savage 74'
			79' Patrick Poutiainen
Akseli Pelvas 81'
Ousman Jallow 81'
			82' S. Suoraniemi
			82' A. Manninen
E. Mensah 83'		4 - 0
			83' T. Kari
			83' O. Sallinen
03/06/2017	PS Kemi	1 - 1	JJK	1-1	H2H	O	+
			28' Jere Pyhäranta
F. Valenčič 29'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	31' Gaël Etock
			55' Severi Vielma
Rasmus Karjalainen 77'
A. Gullsten 77'
			78' S. Suoraniemi
			78' Toni Tahvanainen
			83' A. Tapaninen
			86' Tomi Petrescu
			88' Severi Vielma
Momoudou Ceesay 90'
E. Salazar 90'
			90+1' Toni Tahvanainen
31/05/2017	JJK	0 - 0	KuPS	0-0	H2H	O	+
F. Gustavsson 17'
Toni Tahvanainen 46'
Jasin Abahassine 46'
A. Manninen 46'
Patrick Poutiainen 46'
Jasin Abahassine 57'
M. Manninen 57'
			67' U. Nissilä
			67' A. Purje
			70' Ville Saxman
			78' Ilmari Niskanen
			78' Solomon Duah
			89' J. Mäkelä
Patrick Poutiainen 89'
27/05/2017	JJK	3 - 1	Ilves	2-0	H2H	O	+
Jasin Abahassine 3'
Severi Vielma 11'		1 - 0
Tomi Petrescu 28'
Gaël Etock 29'		2 - 0
T. Kari 41'
S. Suoraniemi 44'
			46' Tuure Siira
			46' L. Ala-Myllymäki
			46' Y. Rahimi
			46' A. Lehtonen
Jasin Abahassine 63'
Toni Tahvanainen 63'
			67' E. Tendeng
			67' Antto Hilska
H. Abdi 72'
A. Tapaninen 72'
Tomi Petrescu 80'
A. Manninen 80'
		2 - 1	84' Ariel Ngueukam
Gaël Etock 88'		3 - 1
24/05/2017	RoPS	2 - 1	JJK	2-0	H2H	O	+
E. Eze 20'		1 - 0
Ivan Tatomirovic 41'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	64' E. Ahde
			67' Toni Tahvanainen
			67' Gaël Etock
			73' T. Kari
			76' Tomi Petrescu
			76' S. Suoraniemi
Timo Stavitski 80'
S. Roiha 80'
C. Fələk 82'
Robert Taylor 82'
			90+1' Antto Tapaninen
			90+1' A. Tapaninen
			90+3' A. Tapaninen
			90+3' A. Manninen
19/05/2017	JJK	1 - 4	VPS	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' Steven Morrissey
M. Jürgenson 36'		1 - 1
			46' M. Jürgenson
			46' Jonas Levänen
F. Gustavsson 54'
M. Manninen 60'
Toni Tahvanainen 60'
F. Gustavsson 69'
			70' Joonas Vahtera
			70' Mikko Viitikko
Tomi Petrescu 73'
S. Suoraniemi 73'
Gaël Etock 79'
A. Manninen 79'
		1 - 2	81' A. Clennon
		1 - 3	84' Steven Morrissey
			85' Juho Lähde
			87' J. Hakola
			87' K. Böling
		1 - 4	90' Steven Morrissey
Patrick Poutiainen 90+2'
12/05/2017	SJK	1 - 0	JJK	0-0	H2H	O	+
T. Tahvanainen 60'
F. Guichón 60'
E. Zeneli 65'		1 - 0
			74' S. Suoraniemi
			74' Toni Tahvanainen
E. Zeneli 80'
Aristote Mboma 80'
F. Guichón 81'
Facundo Guichón 81'
Aristote Mboma 85'
Aristote Mboma 85'
			89' Severi Vielma
Matti Klinga 89'
T. Hradecký 89'
06/05/2017	JJK	1 - 2	Inter Turku	1-0	H2H	O	+
Gaël Etock 45'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	52' Benjamin Källman
			59' Henri Lehtonen
			59' Salum Mayanga
Samu Nieminen 61'
F. Gustavsson 61'
			67' L. García
			67' Mika Mäkitalo
			71' Benjamin Källman
			71' Timo Furuholm
E. Ahde 72'
Toni Tahvanainen 72'
		1 - 2	79' Alan Henrique
			88' Salum Mayanga
			90+2' Njazi Kuqi
29/04/2017	Lahti	1 - 1	JJK	1-0	H2H	O	+
Stenio 27'		1 - 0
Santeri Hostikka 46'
P. Kärkkäinen 46'
		1 - 1	49' Tomi Petrescu
			60' Tomi Petrescu
			68' Tomi Petrescu
			68' Saku Leppänen
			72' Severi Vielma
M. Kuningas 73'
Loorents Hertsi 73'
			74' Patrick Poutiainen
Aleksi Paananen 80'
Pavel Nazimov 80'
			80' E. Ahde
			80' Toni Tahvanainen
			87' T. Kari
			87' S. Suoraniemi
23/04/2017	JJK	1 - 5	HJK	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' D. Savage
Saku Leppänen 36'
E. Ahde 36'
			49' Moshtagh Yaghoubi
E. Ahde 58'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	60' E. Mensah
			62' V. Onovo
			62' Ousman Jallow
		1 - 3	65' A. Annan
		1 - 4	71' E. Mensah
			72' E. Mensah
			72' Akseli Pelvas
Patrick Poutiainen 78'
A. Manninen 78'
Tomi Petrescu 78'
S. Suoraniemi 78'
			80' A. Annan
			80' Sebastian Dahlström
		1 - 5	83' Alfredo Morelos
15/04/2017	HIFK	0 - 0	JJK	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' Toni Tahvanainen
			46' E. Ahde
X. Gela 51'
Mika Väyrynen 54'
Juho Mäkelä 63'
Mikael Forssell 63'
E. Terävä 72'
N. Anyamele 72'
Pekka Sihvola 73'
X. Gela 82'
Jukka Halme 82'
			82' S. Suoraniemi
			84' Tomi Petrescu
			84' Gaël Etock
M. Hänninen 90+2'
08/04/2017	Mariehamn	5 - 2	JJK	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Toni Tahvanainen
		0 - 2	9' Tomi Petrescu
			22' Matti Lähitie
			22' F. Gustavsson
Philip Sparrdal-Mantilla 31'
Amos Ekhalie 31'
L. Mkosana 31'
B. Span 45+1'		1 - 2
Aleksei Kangaskolkka 52'		2 - 2
Robbin Sellin 62'		3 - 2
Kristian Kojola 70'		4 - 2
			74' S. Suoraniemi
			74' Saku Leppänen
B. Span 74'
Joel Mattsson 74'
Philip Sparrdal-Mantilla 76'
Anthony Dafaa 76'
			85' Tomi Petrescu
			85' Settyslas Loutelamio
L. Mkosana 90'		5 - 2

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of JJK in Veikkausliiga.

Statistics & Analysis of JJK

G. Etock is the leading top goal scorer for JJK with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	1
Longest losing streak	6
Longest run without loss	3
Longest run without win	12
Clean sheets	6
Matches over 2.25 goals	19
Matches under 2.25 goals	14
Matches First Half Over 0.5	21
Matches First Half Under 0.5	12
Matches odd	13
Matches even	20
Average goals scored	0.97
Average goals allowed	1.91
Failure to score	11
Biggest victory	0 - 4
Biggest defeat	1 - 5
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	2 (13%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (6%)
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	G. Etock
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JJK Squad

Detailed statistics of each JJK player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

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#	Name of Player
1	Jere Pyhäranta	25	0	0	0	1	0
2	Matti Lähitie	10	3	3	1	3	0
4	Felix Gustavsson	23	4	3	1	6	1
5	Mikko Manninen	22	4	8	0	1	0
6	Jasin Abahassine	2	2	1	0	1	0
7	Ville Kirvesoja	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	Matti Kohonen	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	Gaël Junior Etock	24	2	5	11	2	0
10	Tommi Kari	24	2	5	2	2	0
12	Antto Tapaninen	17	1	3	1	4	0
13	Tuomas Koppelomäki	9	1	0	0	0	0
14	Verneri Välimaa	11	4	0	0	0	0
15	Toni Tahvanainen	16	11	6	1	1	0
16	Samu Suoraniemi	26	11	13	1	3	0
17	Saku Leppänen	19	6	7	0	0	0
18	Honar Abdi	19	1	1	1	0	0
19	Benno Hanslian	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Samu Nieminen	24	4	0	1	1	0
22	Teppo Marttinen	26	0	0	0	0	0
23	Patrick Poutiainen	25	2	4	1	4	0
24	Settyslas Loutelamio	2	0	1	0	0	0
26	Severi Vielma	25	2	2	1	5	1
27	Saša Jovović	13	0	1	3	0	0
28	Aatu Manninen	25	7	5	0	0	0
29	Hindrek Ojamaa	13	0	0	0	2	0
30	Tatu Österlund	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	Tomi Petrescu	20	8	8	4	4	0
	Oskari Sallinen	1	1	0	0	0	0

Finland Football

Season:

Kansallinen Liiga Women

Kolmonen - Eastern Group

A-Junior League

Women's Cup

Kolmonen - Northern Group

Kolmonen - Western Group

Kolmonen - Southern Group

Kolmonen - Promotion Play-offs Finals

League Cup

Ykköscup

Ykkönen Women

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