Referees · Finland
Joona Kontinen: referee stats
Joona Kontinen has refereed 16 league games in the 2026 season, with 3.2 yellow cards and 0.1 penalties a game and no red card. That is below the same leagues' average this season: 3.7 yellow and 0.2 red a game. The latest game was KuPS – HJK Helsinki 0–0 on 13 September (2 yellow, 0 red). Joona Kontinen has refereed 53 league games in our data in three seasons (2024–2026), 16 of them this season. Cards a game: 3.8 yellow and 0.1 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 4.0 yellow and 0.2 red.
This season's games
| Date | League | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep | Veikkausliiga | KuPS – HJK Helsinki | 0–0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 Sep | Veikkausliiga | VPS – AC Oulu | 1–0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 Aug | Veikkausliiga | HJK Helsinki – FF Jaro | 3–0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Aug | Veikkausliiga | Gnistan – KuPS | 0–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 Jul | Veikkausliiga | Mariehamn – AC Oulu | 1–1 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 Jul | Veikkausliiga | FF Jaro – Inter Turku | 0–0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 Jul | Ykkösliiga | PK-35 – KäPa | 3–1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 Jul | Veikkausliiga | SJK – Turku PS | 3–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 Jun | Veikkausliiga | Gnistan – VPS | 1–1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 Jun | Veikkausliiga | Ilves – FF Jaro | 5–0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 Jun | Ykkösliiga | Ekenäs IF – MP | 1–0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 May | Ykkösliiga | Kooteepee – SJK Akatemia | 1–0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 May | Veikkausliiga | Mariehamn – KuPS | 1–1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 May | Veikkausliiga | Gnistan – Inter Turku | 2–0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 Apr | Veikkausliiga | VPS – Ilves | 3–2 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 Apr | Veikkausliiga | Turku PS – Lahti | 2–1 | 10 | 0 |
Yellow and red cards of both teams. A match with a page of its own is a link.
By season
| Season | League | Games | Yellow a game | Red a game | Penalties a game | Home wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 3.46 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 54% |
| 2026 | Ykkösliiga | 3 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100% |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 3.69 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 31% |
| 2025 | Ykkönen | 2 | 2.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0% |
| 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 2 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0% |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 3.75 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 75% |
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 5 | 3.40 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 20% |
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 11 | 5.09 | 0.09 | 0.45 | 36% |
| 3 seasons | 53 | 3.77 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 42% |
Cards of both teams as the source records them, a red counted once (twice when a card tip is settled). Penalties awarded in play, scored or missed, where our data has every game's events (else –).
Leagues
- Veikkausliiga30 games
- Ykkösliiga16 games
- Ykkönen7 games
See also
Finland: all referees Veikkausliiga: table and matches All referees
League games of the last three seasons in our data. A name that appears in two games on one day belongs to two people and gets no page. History only, never a prediction.
The day's tips on Telegram
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