The 2018 season is RoPS's 6th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

RoPS
2018 season
ChairmanRisto Niva
ManagerToni Koskela
StadiumKeskuskenttä
Veikkausliiga2nd
Finnish CupSixth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Lassi Lappalainen (8)
All: Lassi Lappalainen (11)
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Squad edit

As of 9 August 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   FIN Eerik Kantola
3 DF   NGA Taye Taiwo
4 MF   FIN Antti Okkonen (Captain)
5 DF   HAI Jems Geffrard
6 DF   FIN Juho Hyvärinen
7 MF   GEO Giorgi Gorozia
8 MF   FIN Erfan Zeneli
9 FW   FIN Vahid Hambo
10 MF   FIN Lucas Lingman
11 MF   BRA Agnaldo (on loan from Molde)
12 GK   FIN Juhani Kangas
13 DF   FIN Lassi Järvenpää
14 MF   FIN Eetu Muinonen
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   FIN Leo Väisänen
17 FW   FIN Sampo Ala
18 MF   FIN Veka Pyyny
19 FW   FIN Jarkko Luiro
20 FW   FIN Simo Roiha
22 MF   FIN Rasmus Degerman
24 FW   FIN Lassi Lappalainen (on loan from HJK)
25 GK   ESP Antonio Reguero
26 DF   JPN Fugo Segawa
30 GK   FIN Jimi Vaarala
47 DF   FIN Juuso Hämäläinen
GK   FIN Jarkko Ojaniemi

Transfers edit

Winter edit

Summer edit

Competitions edit

Veikkausliiga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HJK (C) 33 24 6 3 61 19 +42 78 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[a]
2 RoPS 33 18 8 7 42 25 +17 62 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 KuPS 33 17 7 9 56 37 +19 58
4 Honka 33 15 13 5 51 33 +18 58
5 Ilves 33 14 7 12 45 41 +4 49
Source: Veikkausliiga (in Finnish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
33 18 8 7 42 25  +17 62 10 2 4 20 8  +12 8 6 3 22 17  +5

Last updated: 27 October 2018.
Source: See results

Results by matchday edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
GroundHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWWWWDLLWDDLWWWDDWLWLDWWDWWDLLWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

8 April 2018 1 RoPS 2 – 0 IFK Mariehamn Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Lingman   53'
S.Roiha   80'
Report J.Mattsson   88' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,809
Referee: Atte Jussila
14 April 2018 2 VPS 0 – 1 RoPS Vaasa
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Voutilainen   57'
I.Gueye   74'
E.Ciss   79'
Report Lappalainen   24' Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium
Attendance: 1,918
Referee: Mikko Leino
18 April 2018 3 KuPS 0 – 1 RoPS Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) U.Nissilä   81' Report Hyvärinen   90+4' Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
22 April 2018 4 RoPS 3 – 0 PS Kemi Rovaniemi
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Lappalainen   20'
Ivanovski   38'
Agnaldo   56'
Report Tano   40'
V.Shevchenko   54'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,922
Referee: Mikko Leino
25 April 2018 5 RoPS 2 – 0 Lahti Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Agnaldo   12'
Kuaté   79'
Reguero   90+1'
Lappalainen   90+3'
Report Osipov   24' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,721
Referee: Marko Grönholm
28 April 2018 6 TPS 0 – 0 RoPS Turku
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) M.Tenho   45+1' Report Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Jari Järvinen
3 May 2018 7 RoPS 1 – 2 Honka Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Okkonen   20'
Kuaté   41'
Lappalainen   44'
Report Kandji   76'
Rahimi   90+2'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,973
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara
7 May 2018 8 Ilves 1 – 0 RoPS Tampere
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Onduku   25'
Rannankari   46'
Tamminen   74'
T.Siira   90+1'
Report L.Järvenpää   82'
Taiwo   90+1'
Lingman   90+9'
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion
Attendance: 3,190
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
13 May 2018 9 RoPS 2 – 0 KuPS Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) M.Pitkänen   26' (o.g.)
Muinonen   89'
Ivanovski   90+5'
Report M.Töyräs   27'
Karjalainen   30'
Gabriel   39'   58'
Toivomäki   46'
Rexhepi   52'
Purje   87'
Matulevičius   90+7'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,934
Referee: Jari Järvinen
18 May 2018 10 Lahti 0 – 0 RoPS Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Lahti Stadium
Attendance: 2,133
Referee: Antti Munukka
26 May 2018 11 Inter Turku 3 – 3 RoPS Turku
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kuningas   33'
Furuholm   50', 78'
T.Varmanen   61'
Report Ivanovski   13', 18'
J.Hämäläinen   32'
Väisänen   58'
Kuaté   83'   88'
Lingman   90+3'
Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 1,914
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
1 June 2018 12 RoPS 1 – 2 HJK Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) L.Järvenpää   90+3' Report Klauss   52', 88' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 4,013
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
12 June 2018 13 RoPS 1 – 0 VPS Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Geffrard   84'
Okkonen   90+5'
Report Meerits   90+6' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,111
Referee: Atte Jussila
16 June 2018 14 IFK Mariehamn 1 – 3 RoPS Mariehamn
19:15 EEST (UTC+3) Kangaskolkka   2'
Tatomirović   67'
Maripuu   90+3'
Report Kuaté   25'  34'
Heikkilä   67'
Lingman   85'
Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena
Attendance: 1,795
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
21 June 2018 15 PS Kemi 0 – 1 RoPS Kemi
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Vidjeskog   81' Report Okkonen   4'
Ivanovski   53'  71'
Hämäläinen   83'
Stadium: Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto
Attendance: 3,650
Referee: Petri Viljanen
26 June 2018 16 RoPS 0 – 0 TPS Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Roiha   64'
Heikkilä   88'
Lingman   90+3'
Report Rähmönen   61'
Ahde   73'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Jani Laaksonen
30 June 2018 17 Honka 2 – 2 RoPS Tapiola
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kandji   16', 84'
Hervás   76'
Report Taiwo   23'
Ivanovski   40'
Roiha   45+1'
Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Mikko Leino
4 July 2018 18 RoPS 2 – 0 Ilves Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Okkonen   23'
Hämäläinen   57'
Kokko   67'
Tanska   79' (o.g.)
Lingman   88' (pen.)
Report Tanska   87' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
9 July 2018 19 SJK 2 – 1 RoPS Seinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Mero   42'
Bååth   63'
Laaksonen   72'
Report Agnaldo   87'
Lingman   90+4'
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Attendance: 2,814
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
21 July 2018 20 RoPS 1 – 0 SJK Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Hämäläinen   59'
Roiha   64'  65'
Report Hurme   34'
Klinga   68'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,439
Referee: Joni Hyytiä
26 July 2018 21 RoPS 0 – 1 Inter Turku Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Kamy   82'  85' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Kalle Mäkinen
4 August 2018 22 HJK 2 – 2 RoPS Helsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Annan   14'
Dahlström   45'
Obilor   47'
Klauss   88'
Report Taiwo   54'
Hambo   81'
Stadium: Telia 5G -areena
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Jari Järvinen
12 August 2018 23 RoPS 1 – 0 IFK Mariehamn Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Hambo   86' Report Kojola   49'
Kangaskolkka   49'
Maripuu   88'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,392
Referee: Atte Jussila
20 August 2018 24 Lahti 1 – 2 RoPS Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Vyatkin   58'
Osipov   75'
Hauhia   79'
Report Roiha   25'
Zeneli   68'
Gorozia   90+2'
Stadium: Lahti Stadium
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Petri Viljanen
25 August 2018 25 Inter Turku 0 – 0 RoPS Turku
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Guevara   19'
Furuholm   90+2'
Report Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 1,680
Referee: Dennis Antamo
31 August 2018 26 RoPS 2 – 1 Honka Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Gorozia   23'  90+5'
Hambo   26'  90+3'   90+8'
Report Rahimi   52'
Kaufmann   89'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,879
Referee: Mikko Leino
14 September 2018 27 PS Kemi 0 – 2 RoPS Kemi
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Kaljumäe   16'
Heinolainen   65'
Report Zeneli   8'
Lappalainen   71'
Stadium: Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto
Attendance: 2,248
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
17 September 2018 28 RoPS 1 – 1 KuPS Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Agnaldo   42'
Lappalainen   75'
Report Karjalainen   72' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara
21 September 2018 29 HJK 3 – 0 RoPS Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Pirinen   28'
Klauss   30'
Vertainen   56', 90+1'
Jalasto   73'
Patronen   87'
Riski   87'
Report Lingman   74'
Geffrard   90'
Stadium: Telia 5G -areena
Attendance: 4,021
Referee: Atte Jussila
30 September 2018 30 RoPS 0 – 1 SJK Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Kokko   85' Report Hetemaj   12'
Oliynyk   19'  26'
Klinga   64'
Hatakka   69'
Hurme   82'
Opiyo   90'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,024
Referee: Jari Järvinen
6 October 2018 31 TPS 1 – 2 RoPS Turku
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ääritalo   42'
Yateke   52'
Report Holma   7' (o.g.) Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 2,721
Referee: Dennis Antamo
21 October 2018 32 VPS 1 – 2 RoPS Vaasa
14:30 EEST (UTC+3) Voutilainen   26'
Vahtera   71'
David   90+3'
Report Agnaldo   60' (pen.)
Taiwo   81'
Lappalainen   89'
Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium
Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Joni Hyytiä
27 October 2018 33 RoPS 1 – 0 Ilves Rovaniemi
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Lappalainen   44'
Zeneli   83'
Report Tomas   90+2' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Antti Munukka

Finnish Cup edit

Sixth Round edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
KuPS 5 5 0 0 22 6 +16 15
AC Oulu 5 3 1 1 13 12 +1 10
RoPS 5 2 1 2 12 7 +5 7
AC Kajaani 5 2 0 3 10 14 −4 6
PS Kemi 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
MuSa 5 0 1 4 5 19 −14 1
Source: [citation needed]
27 January 2018 1 Musan Salama 0 – 6 RoPS Pori
16:30 EET (UTC+2) J.Välilä   38'
R.Dieter   69'
S.Mäkelä   86'
Report Lingman   5'
S.Roiha   36', 39', 62'
M.Caliman   66', 82'
Stadium: Karhuhalli
Referee: Petri Viljanen
2 February 2018 2 RoPS 1 – 2 PS Kemi Kemi
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Lappalainen   81' Report Tano   56'
A.Isomäki   78'
K.Heinolainen   90+4'
Stadium: Junkohalli
Referee: Antti Leo
9 February 2018 3 RoPS 1 – 1 AC Oulu Oulu
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Agnaldo   39'
Okkonen   78'
Lingman   83'
Report L.Nurmos   5'
Soto   56'
K.Koljonen   71'
A.Alvarado   72'
Stadium: Heinäpään urheilukeskus
Referee: Jani Laaksonen
17 February 2018 4 RoPS 4 – 2 AC Kajaani Rovaniemi
13:00 EET (UTC+2) Agnaldo   2'
Geffrard   22'  44'
Lappalainen   29', 60'
Report A.Nuutinen   4'
Ramírez   24'  74'
R.Kahelin   73'
Stadium: Ounashalli
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
10 March 2018 5 KuPS 2 – 0 RoPS Kuopio
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Pennanen   15'
I.Niskanen   65'
H.Coulibaly   84'
S.García   90'
Report Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium
Referee: Jani Laaksonen

Squad statistics edit

As of Match played 27 October 2018

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF   NGA Taye Taiwo 33 1 33 1 0 0
4 MF   FIN Antti Okkonen 34 1 20+9 1 5 0
5 DF   HAI Jems Geffrard 24 1 9+11 0 4 1
6 MF   FIN Juho Hyvärinen 21 1 14+3 1 3+1 0
7 MF   GEO Giorgi Gorozia 13 1 7+6 1 0 0
8 MF   FIN Erfan Zeneli 11 2 10+1 2 0 0
9 FW   FIN Vahid Hambo 10 3 7+3 3 0 0
10 MF   FIN Lucas Lingman 37 6 30+2 5 3+2 1
11 MF   BRA Agnaldo 25 5 18+3 3 4 2
12 GK   FIN Juhani Kangas 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF   FIN Lassi Järvenpää 31 1 23+4 1 3+1 0
14 MF   FIN Eetu Muinonen 27 0 20+2 0 4+1 0
15 DF   FIN Leo Väisänen 29 0 24 0 5 0
17 FW   FIN Sampo Ala 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF   FIN Veka Pyyny 10 0 2+7 0 1 0
19 FW   FIN Jarkko Luiro 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 FW   FIN Simo Roiha 32 7 16+11 4 4+1 3
22 MF   FIN Rasmus Degerman 7 0 2+5 0 0 0
24 FW   FIN Lassi Lappalainen 31 11 25+1 8 5 3
25 GK   ESP Antonio Reguero 37 0 33 0 4 0
26 DF   JPN Fugo Segawa 11 0 2+4 0 4+1 0
47 DF   FIN Juuso Hämäläinen 29 0 26+1 0 1+1 0
87 FW   FIN Aleksandr Kokko 8 1 3+5 1 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
7 MF   BRA Matheus Caliman 4 2 0 0 1+3 2
8 MF   POR Wato Kuaté 18 1 17 1 1 0
9 FW   MKD Filip Ivanovski 16 6 13+3 6 0 0
21 MF   FIN Aapo Heikkilä 20 1 9+7 1 1+3 0

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
1 FW   24 Lassi Lappalainen 8 3 11
FW   20 Simo Roiha 4 3 7
3 FW   9 Filip Ivanovski 6 0 6
MF   10 Lucas Lingman 5 1 6
5 MF   11 Agnaldo 3 2 5
6 FW   9 Vahid Hambo 3 0 3
Own goal 3 0 3
8 MF   8 Erfan Zeneli 2 0 2
MF   7 Matheus Caliman 0 2 2
10 MF   6 Juho Hyvärinen 1 0 1
DF   13 Lassi Järvenpää 1 0 1
MF   4 Antti Okkonen 1 0 1
MF   8 Wato Kuaté 1 0 1
MF   21 Aapo Heikkilä 1 0 1
DF   3 Taye Taiwo 1 0 1
MF   7 Giorgi Gorozia 1 0 1
FW   87 Aleksandr Kokko 1 0 1
DF   5 Jems Geffrard 0 1 1
TOTALS 42 12 54

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
           
3   DF Taye Taiwo 3 0 0 0 3 0
4   MF Antti Okkonen 3 0 1 0 4 0
5   DF Jems Geffrard 1 1 1 0 2 1
6   MF Juho Hyvärinen 1 0 0 0 1 0
7   MF Giorgi Gorozia 2 0 0 0 2 0
8   MF Erfan Zeneli 1 0 0 0 1 0
9   FW Vahid Hambo 2 1 0 0 2 1
10   MF Lucas Lingman 3 0 1 0 4 0
11   MF Agnaldo 2 0 0 0 2 0
13   DF Lassi Järvenpää 1 0 0 0 1 0
14   MF Eetu Muinonen 1 0 0 0 1 0
15   DF Leo Väisänen 1 0 0 0 1 0
20   FW Simo Roiha 2 0 0 0 2 0
25   GK Antonio Reguero 2 0 0 0 2 0
47   DF Juuso Hämäläinen 4 0 0 0 4 0
87   FW Aleksandr Kokko 2 0 0 0 2 0
Players who left RoPS during the season:
8   MF Wato Kuaté 5 1 0 0 5 1
9   FW Filip Ivanovski 1 0 0 0 1 0
21   MF Aapo Heikkilä 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 37 3 3 0 40 3

References edit

  1. ^ "RoPS:lle keskikenttämies Moldesta - Moraes loppukauden lainalla Napapiirille". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Georgialainen Giorgi Gorozia vahvistamaan RoPS:n keskikenttää". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Erfan Zeneli vahvistaa loppukauden Rovaniemen Palloseuraa". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Hyökkääjä Vahid Hambo siirtyy Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Aleksandr Kokko palaa Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.