2018 RoPS season

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)

Squad
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

Winter

Summer

Competitions

Veikkausliiga
Main article: 2018 Veikkausliiga

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
2 RoPS 33 18 8 7 42 25 +17 62 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. HJK qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round
  2. Inter Turku qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017-18 Finnish Cup

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
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
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
Main article: 2017–18 Finnish Cup

Sixth Round
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:
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
As of Match played 27 October 2018

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalVeikkausliigaFinnish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
3 DF Taye Taiwo 33133100
4 MF Antti Okkonen 34120+9150
5 DF Jems Geffrard 2419+11041
6 MF Juho Hyvärinen 21114+313+10
7 MF Giorgi Gorozia 1317+6100
8 MF Erfan Zeneli 11210+1200
9 FW Vahid Hambo 1037+3300
10 MF Lucas Lingman 37630+253+21
11 MF Agnaldo 25518+3342
12 GK Juhani Kangas 100010
13 DF Lassi Järvenpää 31123+413+10
14 MF Eetu Muinonen 27020+204+10
15 DF Leo Väisänen 29024050
17 FW Sampo Ala 100010
18 MF Veka Pyyny 1002+7010
19 FW Jarkko Luiro 100+1000
20 FW Simo Roiha 32716+1144+13
22 MF Rasmus Degerman 702+5000
24 FW Lassi Lappalainen 311125+1853
25 GK Antonio Reguero 37033040
26 DF Fugo Segawa 1102+404+10
47 DF Juuso Hämäläinen 29026+101+10
87 FW Aleksandr Kokko 813+5100
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
7 MF Matheus Caliman 42001+32
8 MF Wato Kuaté 18117110
9 FW Filip Ivanovski 16613+3600
21 MF Aapo Heikkilä 2019+711+30

Goal scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
1FW24Lassi Lappalainen8311
FW20Simo Roiha437
3FW9Filip Ivanovski606
MF10Lucas Lingman516
5MF11Agnaldo325
6FW9Vahid Hambo303
Own goal303
8MF8Erfan Zeneli202
MF7Matheus Caliman022
10MF6Juho Hyvärinen101
DF13Lassi Järvenpää101
MF4Antti Okkonen101
MF8Wato Kuaté101
MF21Aapo Heikkilä101
DF3Taye Taiwo101
MF7Giorgi Gorozia101
FW87Aleksandr Kokko101
DF5Jems Geffrard011
TOTALS 421254

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Total
3DFTaye Taiwo300030
4MFAntti Okkonen301040
5DFJems Geffrard111021
6MFJuho Hyvärinen100010
7MFGiorgi Gorozia200020
8MFErfan Zeneli100010
9FWVahid Hambo210021
10MFLucas Lingman301040
11MFAgnaldo200020
13DFLassi Järvenpää100010
14MFEetu Muinonen100010
15DFLeo Väisänen100010
20FWSimo Roiha200020
25GKAntonio Reguero200020
47DFJuuso Hämäläinen400040
87FWAleksandr Kokko200020
Players who left RoPS during the season:
8MFWato Kuaté510051
9FWFilip Ivanovski100010
21MFAapo Heikkilä100010
TOTALS 37 3 3 0 40 3

References
  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.
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