Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi ( German Helsinki football club), internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club from the capital Helsinki. HJK is the only club in Europe, both as men's women's football is also in the record champion of his country. As far the only Finnish club HJK succeeded in the 1998/99 season of reaching the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

In the past, the association maintained even departments in other sports and won three Finnish ice hockey and five Bandymeisterschaften.

  • 4.1 Achievements
  • 4.2 Known players

History

The Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi founded in 1907 under the leadership of Fredrik Wathen. Quickly, the team has developed into one of the leading teams in the country and won in 1911 at the fourth staging of his time in the Cup mode, the played state championship title. With the title defense the following year the club became the most successful club before KIF Helsinki with three championships the club in 1916 overtook in a row. After HJK had his hand caught up with the championship in 1917, the team won three championships in a row until 1919 and was re- record champions. After two more championship titles in 1923 and 1925, the local rivals Helsingin Palloseura took a dominant position in the Finnish football. When introducing the league system, and thus the Mestaruussarja as top tier in 1930, the club was not taken for the Elite series and was classified second-rate. After three seasons in 1932 succeeded the rise.

In 1935 after the eighth title of HPS again lost its position as the most successful club HJK, the club began after the championships of 1936 and 1938 back to the top, he to this day (as of the end of season 2009) occupied. 1936, the club also with Kurt Weckström Aatos Lehtonen and Armas Pyy three players for the Finnish national team at the Olympic Games in Berlin, which failed on the Hertha place in Peru.

After the Englishman George Duke a foreign coach was officially hired in 1948 for the first time, it took nine years to Mauno with Rintanen - he went to Hull City in England - the first time a player HJK moved abroad. 1960 undertook the club with Aulis Rytkönen a former foreign professional, than this from French club Toulouse FC to Finland returned. As a player, a coach, he led the now second-rate antretenden club in the top flight and at the end of the season in 1964 for the tenth league title in club history. As a consequence, the club held its first meeting in the European Champions Cup in appearance, but in the first round of the competition 1965/66 the team failed after two defeats at the English representatives Manchester United. The following year, the club won the National Cup for the first time when it was outclassed by a 6-1 victory in the final Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat.

HJK took root in the late 1960s in the front table space. With few exceptions, the club was one of the best three teams in the league, but it was not until the 1973 season, before two points clear at Kokkola PV again a championship was won. In subsequent seasons, the club alternated between front table area and a relegation battle. In 1978 again the championship, this time Koparit was distant. By the early 1980s, HJK developed an almost dominant position in the league. Up to and including 1990, the club won five league titles and finished the league twice as runner-up.

In 1981, he took the cup also by winning the Double. After another championship in 1992 a dry spell followed until 1997, but in which two cup victories were significant. The team led by Mika Kottila, Jari Ilola, Aki Riihilahti, Markku Kanerva Piracaia and reached in the subsequent Champions League season after victories over FC Yerevan and FC Metz in the group stage of the competition. There, the club failed despite a victory against Benfica after the first FC Kaiserslautern and PSV Eindhoven with five points as a group last.

Although still regularly represented in the top tier of the league, it took until 2002 before HJK again won the league title under coach Keith Armstrong. After a successful title defense team in 2003 brought also for the eighth time in club history the cup and thus the second Double in their history. In 2006 and again in 2008 Cup winner, took the since 2007 by Antti Muurinen coached club at the end of the 2009 with three points ahead of FC Honka again the championship. The title was defended in 2010.

As a master you participated in the qualification for the UEFA Champions Leage part. In the second qualifying round they won against the Welsh club Bangor City. After a 3-0 victory in Bangor, could defeat the domestic Sonera Stadium, the Welsh 10-0. In the third qualifying round they met the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb. And this proved to be too large for the capital club from Finland. After a 1-2 defeat in Helsinki, they lost the return leg in Zagreb, 0-1. This one came to UEFA Europa League in the play offs. There they met the German Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 In the first leg in Helsinki, HJK Helsinki won sensational 2-0. Both goals made ​​here Teemu Pukki. In the return match in Gelsenkirchen, they lost against the team to Raul and Klaas -Jan Huntelaar with 1:6. Thus, the first-time participation in the group stage of a European club competition was missed for thirteen years.

End of August 2011 left two performers HJK Helsinki and went to the German Bundesliga. Dawda Bah went to FC Augsburg, while Teemu Pukki at FC Schalke 04 signed. In the 2012 they won for the 25th time the Finnish championship. 2013, there was the fifth championship in a row.

Achievements

  • Finnish Championships: 26: In the Cup Mode: 7 1911, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925
  • Championships of the 2nd Division: 3 1932, 1952, 1963
  • Finnish Cup: 11 1966, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011
  • Finnish League Cup: 4 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998

People

Current squad 2013

Known player

  • Gambia Dawda Bah, 2007-2011 (101 inserts)
  • Finland Verner Eklöf, 1920
  • Alexei Eremenko Finland, Jr. from 2002 to 2004 ( 60 inserts)
  • Finland Jari Europaeus, 1981-1984 and 1990-1995 (226 inserts)
  • Finland Mikael Forssell from 1997 to 1999 ( 17 appearances )
  • Finland Markus Heikkinen, 2000-2003 (85 inserts)
  • Finland Ari Hjelm, 1995 and 1996 (31 inserts)
  • Finland Atik Ismail ( born 1957 ), 1975 /76 1978/79 and 1981 to 1984
  • Finland Mikko Kavén, 1997 and 1998 (10 inserts)
  • Finland Peter Kopteff, 1996-1998 and 1999-2001 (76 inserts)
  • Finland Toni Kuivasto, 1999 and 2000 (60 inserts)
  • Shefki Kuqi Finland from 1997 to 1999 ( 72 inserts)
  • Finland Aatos Lehtonen, 1934-1947
  • Finland Juho Mäkelä from 2003 to 2006 and 2009 and 2010 ( 116 inserts)
  • Finland Antti Niemi from 1991 to 1995 ( 101 inserts)
  • Finland Petri Oravainen, 2008 and 2009 (35 inserts)
  • Finland Teemu Pukki, 2010-2011 (24 inserts)
  • Finland Janne Saarinen from 1993 to 1996, 1999 and 2000 and 2009 and 2010 ( 85 inserts)
  • Finland Pasi Rautiainen, 1978 and 1979, 1986 and 1989 to 1994 (107 inserts)
  • Finland Aki Riihilahti, 1995-1999 and 2009-2011 (102 inserts)
  • Finland Mauno Rintanen, 1952-1955
  • Finland Paulus Roiha from 1999 to 2001 and 2008 and 2009 (88 inserts)
  • Finland Aulis Rytkönen from 1960 to 1966 ( 85 inserts)
  • Berat Sadik Finland, 2011-2013 (39 inserts)
  • Finland Hannu Tihinen from 1997 to 2000 ( 65 inserts)

Women's Soccer

The Women's Department of the HJK are Finnish record champions and trophy winners. Overall, the HJK women have been able to win the championship and twelve times the trophy 22 times. The greatest success at the European level was reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2001/ 02, however, where they lost against the Swedish representative Umeå IK.

Achievements

  • Finnish Champion: 23
  • Finnish Cup Winner: 10

Known players

  • Susanna Heikari ( 44malige national team )
  • Laura Österberg Kalmari (now Djurgårdens IF / Älvsjö )
  • Essi Sainio (now 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam )

Hockey

Between 1928 and 1972 maintained HJK also a hockey department. 1933-1947, 1948-1955, 1956-1966 and 1970-1973 the team played in the first-class SM- sarja. The first two championships played its HJK in 1929 and 1932 still in the Cup mode, a third title was followed by 1935. During the years 1931, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1972 HJK was runner-up.

1972 merged the Division with the Helsinki Karhu -Kissat to Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi.

Bandy

The Bandyabteilung of the association was the Finnish Bandymeisterschaft 1909-1963. During the years 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928 and 1937 won HJK. 1925, 1927 and 1946, the club vice-champion and 1938 and 1941 third.

Volleyball

The volleyball club was 1943-1976 and was once Finland and third twice runner-up.

1998–99 UEFA Champions League Stadion am Gesundbrunnen Hull City A.F.C. 1965–66 European Cup Manchester United F.C. FC KTP Double (association football) S.L. Benfica 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Bangor City F.C. 2012 Veikkausliiga 1936 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship 1938 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship 1964 Mestaruussarja 1973 Mestaruussarja 1990 Veikkausliiga 1992 Veikkausliiga 1997 Veikkausliiga 2009 Veikkausliiga 2010 Veikkausliiga 2011 Veikkausliiga 2013 Veikkausliiga Mikko Sumusalo Teemu Tainio Demba Savage Joel Pohjanpalo 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 2014 Veikkausliiga FF Jaro FC Lahti IFK Mariehamn
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