2018 RoPS season

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

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 Finland FIN Eerik Kantola
3 DF Nigeria NGA Taye Taiwo
4 MF Finland FIN Antti Okkonen (Captain)
5 DF Haiti HAI Jems Geffrard
6 DF Finland FIN Juho Hyvärinen
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Gorozia
8 MF Finland FIN Erfan Zeneli
9 FW Finland FIN Vahid Hambo
10 MF Finland FIN Lucas Lingman
11 MF Brazil BRA Agnaldo (on loan from Molde)
12 GK Finland FIN Juhani Kangas
13 DF Finland FIN Lassi Järvenpää
14 MF Finland FIN Eetu Muinonen
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Finland FIN Leo Väisänen
17 FW Finland FIN Sampo Ala
18 MF Finland FIN Veka Pyyny
19 FW Finland FIN Jarkko Luiro
20 FW Finland FIN Simo Roiha
22 MF Finland FIN Rasmus Degerman
24 FW Finland FIN Lassi Lappalainen (on loan from HJK)
25 GK Spain ESP Antonio Reguero
26 DF Japan JPN Fugo Segawa
30 GK Finland FIN Jimi Vaarala
47 DF Finland FIN Juuso Hämäläinen
GK Finland 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 57'
I.Gueye Yellow card 74'
E.Ciss Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 40'
V.Shevchenko Yellow card 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 Yellow card 79'
Reguero Yellow card 90+1'
Lappalainen 90+3'
Report Osipov Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 20'
Kuaté Yellow card 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 Yellow card 46'
Tamminen Yellow card 74'
T.Siira Yellow card 90+1'
Report L.Järvenpää Yellow card 82'
Taiwo Yellow card 90+1'
Lingman Yellow card 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 Yellow card 89'
Ivanovski 90+5'
Report M.Töyräs Yellow card 27'
Karjalainen Yellow card 30'
Gabriel Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 58'
Toivomäki Yellow card 46'
Rexhepi Yellow card 52'
Purje Yellow card 87'
Matulevičius Yellow card 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 Yellow card 61'
Report Ivanovski 13', 18'
J.Hämäläinen Yellow card 32'
Väisänen Yellow card 58'
Kuaté Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 84'
Okkonen 90+5'
Report Meerits Yellow card 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 Yellow card 67'
Maripuu Yellow card 90+3'
Report Kuaté 25'Yellow card 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 Yellow card 81' Report Okkonen Yellow card 4'
Ivanovski 53'Yellow card 71'
Hämäläinen Yellow card 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 Yellow card 64'
Heikkilä Yellow card 88'
Lingman Yellow card 90+3'
Report Rähmönen Yellow card 61'
Ahde Yellow card 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 Yellow card 76'
Report Taiwo Yellow card 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 Yellow card 23'
Hämäläinen Yellow card 57'
Kokko Yellow card 67'
Tanska 79' (o.g.)
Lingman 88' (pen.)
Report Tanska Yellow card 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 Yellow card 42'
Bååth 63'
Laaksonen 72'
Report Agnaldo Yellow card 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 Yellow card 59'
Roiha 64'Yellow card 65'
Report Hurme Yellow card 34'
Klinga Yellow card 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'Yellow card 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 Yellow card 14'
Dahlström 45'
Obilor Yellow card 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 Yellow card 49'
Kangaskolkka Yellow card 49'
Maripuu Yellow card 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 Yellow card 75'
Hauhia Yellow card 79'
Report Roiha 25'
Zeneli 68'
Gorozia Yellow card 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 Yellow card 19'
Furuholm Yellow card 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'Yellow card 90+5'
Hambo 26'Yellow card 90+3' Yellow-red card 90+8'
Report Rahimi 52'
Kaufmann Yellow card 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 Yellow card 16'
Heinolainen Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 28'
Klauss 30'
Vertainen 56', 90+1'
Jalasto Yellow card 73'
Patronen Yellow card 87'
Riski Yellow card 87'
Report Lingman Yellow card 74'
Geffrard Red card 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 Yellow card 85' Report Hetemaj Yellow card 12'
Oliynyk 19'Yellow card 26'
Klinga Yellow card 64'
Hatakka Yellow card 69'
Hurme Yellow card 82'
Opiyo Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 26'
Vahtera 71'
David Yellow card 90+3'
Report Agnaldo 60' (pen.)
Taiwo Yellow card 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 Yellow card 83'
Report Tomas Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
R.Dieter Yellow card 69'
S.Mäkelä Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 78'
Lingman Yellow card 83'
Report L.Nurmos Yellow card 5'
Soto 56'
K.Koljonen Yellow card 71'
A.Alvarado Yellow card 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 Yellow card 22' 44'
Lappalainen 29', 60'
Report A.Nuutinen 4'
Ramírez Yellow card 24' 74'
R.Kahelin Yellow card 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 Yellow card 84'
S.García Yellow card 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 Nigeria NGA Taye Taiwo 33 1 33 1 0 0
4 MF Finland FIN Antti Okkonen 34 1 20+9 1 5 0
5 DF Haiti HAI Jems Geffrard 24 1 9+11 0 4 1
6 MF Finland FIN Juho Hyvärinen 21 1 14+3 1 3+1 0
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Gorozia 13 1 7+6 1 0 0
8 MF Finland FIN Erfan Zeneli 11 2 10+1 2 0 0
9 FW Finland FIN Vahid Hambo 10 3 7+3 3 0 0
10 MF Finland FIN Lucas Lingman 37 6 30+2 5 3+2 1
11 MF Brazil BRA Agnaldo 25 5 18+3 3 4 2
12 GK Finland FIN Juhani Kangas 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF Finland FIN Lassi Järvenpää 31 1 23+4 1 3+1 0
14 MF Finland FIN Eetu Muinonen 27 0 20+2 0 4+1 0
15 DF Finland FIN Leo Väisänen 29 0 24 0 5 0
17 FW Finland FIN Sampo Ala 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF Finland FIN Veka Pyyny 10 0 2+7 0 1 0
19 FW Finland FIN Jarkko Luiro 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 FW Finland FIN Simo Roiha 32 7 16+11 4 4+1 3
22 MF Finland FIN Rasmus Degerman 7 0 2+5 0 0 0
24 FW Finland FIN Lassi Lappalainen 31 11 25+1 8 5 3
25 GK Spain ESP Antonio Reguero 37 0 33 0 4 0
26 DF Japan JPN Fugo Segawa 11 0 2+4 0 4+1 0
47 DF Finland FIN Juuso Hämäläinen 29 0 26+1 0 1+1 0
87 FW Finland 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 Brazil BRA Matheus Caliman 4 2 0 0 1+3 2
8 MF Portugal POR Wato Kuaté 18 1 17 1 1 0
9 FW North Macedonia MKD Filip Ivanovski 16 6 13+3 6 0 0
21 MF Finland 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 Finland 24 Lassi Lappalainen 8 3 11
FW Finland 20 Simo Roiha 4 3 7
3 FW North Macedonia 9 Filip Ivanovski 6 0 6
MF Finland 10 Lucas Lingman 5 1 6
5 MF Brazil 11 Agnaldo 3 2 5
6 FW Finland 9 Vahid Hambo 3 0 3
Own goal 3 0 3
8 MF Finland 8 Erfan Zeneli 2 0 2
MF Brazil 7 Matheus Caliman 0 2 2
10 MF Finland 6 Juho Hyvärinen 1 0 1
DF Finland 13 Lassi Järvenpää 1 0 1
MF Finland 4 Antti Okkonen 1 0 1
MF Portugal 8 Wato Kuaté 1 0 1
MF Finland 21 Aapo Heikkilä 1 0 1
DF Nigeria 3 Taye Taiwo 1 0 1
MF Georgia (country) 7 Giorgi Gorozia 1 0 1
FW Finland 87 Aleksandr Kokko 1 0 1
DF Haiti 5 Jems Geffrard 0 1 1
TOTALS 42 12 54

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number Nation Position Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 Nigeria DF Taye Taiwo 3 0 0 0 3 0
4 Finland MF Antti Okkonen 3 0 1 0 4 0
5 Haiti DF Jems Geffrard 1 1 1 0 2 1
6 Finland MF Juho Hyvärinen 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Georgia (country) MF Giorgi Gorozia 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 Finland MF Erfan Zeneli 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 Finland FW Vahid Hambo 2 1 0 0 2 1
10 Finland MF Lucas Lingman 3 0 1 0 4 0
11 Brazil MF Agnaldo 2 0 0 0 2 0
13 Finland DF Lassi Järvenpää 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 Finland MF Eetu Muinonen 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 Finland DF Leo Väisänen 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 Finland FW Simo Roiha 2 0 0 0 2 0
25 Spain GK Antonio Reguero 2 0 0 0 2 0
47 Finland DF Juuso Hämäläinen 4 0 0 0 4 0
87 Finland FW Aleksandr Kokko 2 0 0 0 2 0
Players who left RoPS during the season:
8 Portugal MF Wato Kuaté 5 1 0 0 5 1
9 North Macedonia FW Filip Ivanovski 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Finland 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.