2019 RoPS season

The 2019 season was RoPS's 7th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012. RoPS finished the season in 10th position, reached the Quarterfinals of the Finnish Cup where they were knocked out by KPV and the First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League where they were beaten by Aberdeen.

RoPS
2019 season
ChairmanRisto Niva
ManagerPasi Tuutti
StadiumRovaniemen keskuskenttä
Veikkausliiga10th
Finnish CupQuarterfinal vs KPV
UEFA Europa LeagueFirst Qualifying Round vs Aberdeen
Top goalscorerLeague: Youness Rahimi (5)
All: Two Players (5)

Squad

As of 2 August 2019

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 Henrik Ölander
3 DF  NGA Taye Taiwo
4 MF  ESP Jagoba Beobide
5 DF  FIN Kalle Katz (on loan from HJK)
6 DF  FIN Atte Sihvonen
7 MF  FIN Youness Rahimi
8 MF  ESP Sergio Llamas
10 MF  FIN Lucas Lingman
11 FW  FIN Aleksandr Kokko
12 GK  FIN Mikko Rantala
14 MF  FIN Eetu Muinonen
15 DF  FIN Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (on loan from HJK)
17 FW  FIN Sampo Ala
18 FW  FIN Veka Pyyny
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  FIN Tuomas Kaukua
20 DF  FIN Juho Hyvärinen
21 FW  FIN Matias Tamminen
22 MF  FIN Rasmus Degerman
23 FW  FIN Niklas Jokelainen
24 MF  FIN Tommi Jäntti
25 GK  ESP Antonio Reguero
26 DF  FIN Eerik Kantola
27 DF  NGA Samuel Olabisi
33 MF  BRA Agnaldo
34 MF  NED Tarik Kada
35 GK  FIN Juhani Kangas
88 DF  FRA Mohamadou Sissoko

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
13 November 2018DFHenrik ÖlanderKemi CityUndisclosed[1]
13 November 2018MFTommi JänttiKlubi 04Undisclosed[1]
13 November 2018FWNiklas JokelainenIlvesUndisclosed[1]
1 February 2019GKDamjan ShishkovskiLahtiUndisclosed[2]
5 February 2019MFSergio LlamasAlavésUndisclosed[3]
13 February 2019DFMohamadou SissokoKardemir KarabüksporUndisclosed[4]
21 February 2019MFTarik KadaHeracles AlmeloUndisclosed[5]
27 February 2019MFAgnaldoMoldeUndisclosed[6]
10 April 2019FWYouness RahimiHonkaUndisclosed[7]
30 July 2019MFJagoba BeobideBurgosUndisclosed[8]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
7 January 2019DFKalle KatzHJKEnd of Season[9]
2 August 2019DFKevin Kouassivi-BenissanHJKEnd of Season[10]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
30 January 2019[11]DFJuuso HämäläinenInter Turku
30 January 2019[11]DFLassi JärvenpääIFK Mariehamn
30 January 2019[11]DFJems GeffrardFresno
30 January 2019[11]DFFugo SegawaAC Oulu
30 January 2019[11]MFAntti OkkonenRetired
30 January 2019[11]MFGiorgi GoroziaLocomotive Tbilisi
30 January 2019[11]FWVahid HamboAstra Giurgiu
30 January 2019[11]FWSimo RoihaKPV
21 July 2019[12]GKDamjan ShishkovskiRabotnički
31 December 2019DFHenrik ÖlanderAC Oulu
31 December 2019DFTaye TaiwoDoxa Katokopias
31 December 2019MFJagoba BeobideReal Unión
31 December 2019MFSergio Llamas
31 December 2019FWNiklas JokelainenAC Oulu
31 December 2019DFEerik Kantola
31 December 2019MFAgnaldo
31 December 2019MFTarik KadaAl-Ahli
31 December 2019GKJuhani Kangas
31 December 2019DFMohamadou Sissoko

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

The 2019 Veikkausliiga season begins on 3 April 2019 and ends on 3 November 2019.[13]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 FC Lahti 27 9 9 9 29 36 7 36 Qualification for the national UEFA Europa League qualification tournament.
9 SJK 27 7 9 11 18 29 11 30
10 RoPS 27 8 6 13 23 35 12 30
11 KPV (R) 27 7 4 16 32 47 15 25 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 VPS (R) 27 3 10 14 30 45 15 19 Relegation to the Ykkönen
Source: Veikkausliiga, 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).
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 8 6 13 23 35  −12 30 5 2 6 12 12  0 3 4 7 11 23  −12

Last updated: 19 October 2019.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAAHHA
ResultDLWLLWLLWDLWLDLLLDWDWDLLWWL
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2019. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

3 April 2019 1KuPS2 2RoPSKuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Savolainen  34'
Pennanen  56'  90+2'
Rangel  73'  83'
Report Sihvonen  15'
Sissoko  55'
Hyvärinen  58'
Lingman  67'
Ala  90+4'
Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: Antti Munukka
7 April 2019 2RoPS1 2HonkaRovaniemi
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ala  70'
Jokelainen  81'
Sissoko  83'
Report Borjas  48'
Baah  71'
Silva  75'
Sumusalo  83'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
13 April 2019 3KPV0 1RoPSKokkola
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Helmke  54' Report Hyvärinen  66'
Shishkovski  89'
Stadium: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä
Attendance: 459
Referee: Joni Hyytiä
20 April 2019 4IFK Mariehamn2 0RoPSMariehamn
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Crawford  26'
M'Boma  44'
Ketting  45+4'  79'
Mäenpää  64'
Murnane  66'
Sjöroos  78'
Report Katz  34' Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena
Attendance: 1,329
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara
26 April 2019 5RoPS0 1KuPSRovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Karjalainen  73' Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Petri Viljanen
3 May 2019 6RoPS1 0HIFKRovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Jäntti  33'  79' Report Mäntylä  39'
Dunsby  41'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
7 May 2019 7Inter Turku3 0RoPSTurku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Furuholm  4'
Tenho  7'
Valenčič  25'
Muñiz  65'
Report Sissoko  36' Stadium: Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Mikko Leino
12 May 2019 8RoPS0 1IlvesRovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Fofana  31'
Addy  44'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,363
Referee: Jari Järvinen
20 May 2019 9VPS0 1RoPSVaasa
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Auvinen  65'
Morrissey  76'
Report Rahimi  51'  86'
Muinonen  58'
Sihvonen  60'
Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: Antti Munukka
25 May 2019 10RoPS1 1SJKRovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Katz  43'
Muinonen  59'  63'
Report Oliynyk  45+1'
Arthur  61'
Elhi  71'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 767
Referee: Mohammad Al Emara
31 May 2019 11RoPS0 1HJKRovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Agnaldo  74' Report Riski  32'  87'
Dahlström  72'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,596
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
18 June 2019 12Lahti1 2RoPSLahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Klinga  48'
Etock  72'
Lagerblom  88'
Report Rahimi  5'
Sihvonen  51'
Lingman  65'  84'
Jokelainen  90+2'
Stadium: Lahti Stadium
Attendance: 2,922
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
25 June 2019 13Honka1 0RoPSEspoo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Silva  79' (pen.) Report Sihvonen  52'
Lingman  82'
Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Dennis Antamo
29 June 2019 14RoPS0 0KPVRovaniemi
22:15 EEST (UTC+3) Taiwo  29' Report Byskata  75'
Vidjeskog  90+3'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Mikko Leino
6 July 2019 15RoPS1 2IFK MariehamnRovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Sihvonen  37'
Sissoko  46'
Jokelainen  55'
Rahimi  64'
Report M'Boma  35'
Isaksson  39'
Mäenpää  75'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
21 July 2019 16HIFK1 0RoPSHelsinki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tukiainen  23'
Toró  39'
Selander  90+4'
Hänninen  90+5'
Report Olabisi  33'
Lingman  89'
Stadium: Telia 5G -areena
Attendance: 2,103
Referee: Mikko Leino
28 July 2019 17RoPS0 2Inter TurkuRovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kada  47'
Sissoko  87'
Katz  88'
Report Ademi  36'
Paananen  59'
Hämäläinen  74'
Kuningas  85'
Valenčič  86'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,789
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
4 August 2019 18Ilves2 2RoPSTampere
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ala-Myllymäki  55'
Moussa  86'
Mensah  90+1'
Report Sihvonen  19'
Lingman  40'
Tamminen  49'  56'
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion
Attendance: 4,421
Referee: Dennis Antamo
11 August 2019 19RoPS2 1VPSRovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Rahimi  5'
Tamminen  35'  59'
Sissoko  44'
Kokko  90+4'
Report Lahti  17'
Lähde  20'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,776
Referee: Kalle Mäkinen
19 August 2019 20SJK0 0RoPSSeinäjoki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Hatakka  65'
Hetemaj  85'
Yaghoubi  89'
Report Beobide  19' Stadium: OmaSP Stadion
Attendance: 2,591
Referee: Toni Pohjoismaki
25 August 2019 21RoPS3 0LahtiRovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Kouassivi-Benissan  13'
Sihvonen  21'
Rahimi  25' (pen.)
Report Coubronne  45+3'
Lepistu  62'
Penninkangas  79'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: Jari Järvinen
1 September 2019 22HJK2 2RoPSHelsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Riski  4'
Zeneli  38'
Dahlström  45'
Toivomäki  57'
Obilor  65'
Vertainen  73'
Väänänen  85'
Report Muinonen  24'
Lingman  59'
Sissoko  63'
Stadium: Telia 5G -areena
Attendance: 7,931
Referee: Antti Munukka
14 September 2019 23Lahti3 0RoPSLahti
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Amione  42'
Törnros  49'
E.Virta  58'  61'
Coubronne  62'
Jäntti  90+5'
Report Beobide  30'
Olabisi  59'  83'
Stadium: Lahti Stadium
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Jari Järvinen
21 September 2019 24KPV4 1RoPSKokkola
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Mannström  31'
Helmke  53'
Banza  74'
Mäkelä  79'
Yartey  84'
Report Taiwo  11'
Sissoko  81'
Stadium: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,523
Referee: Dennis Antamo
28 September 2019 25RoPS2 1VPSRovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Rahimi  60' (pen.)
Kokko  68'
Lingman  74'
Report Holmgren  20'
Strandvall  57'
Kompalla  61'
Lähde  76'
Morrissey  83'
Alanko  90+2'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,101
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
6 October 2019 26RoPS1 0SJKRovaniemi
16:00 EET (UTC+3) Hyvärinen  20' Report Arthur  25'
Oliynyk  77'  78'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Atte Jussila
19 October 2019 27HIFK2 0RoPSHelsinki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tukiainen  21'
Mattsson  51'
Bäckman  80'
Mäntylä  86'
Report Agnaldo  66' Stadium: Telia 5G -areena
Attendance: 1,540
Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Ilves 5 4 1 0 12 4 +8 13
VPS 5 3 0 2 5 6 1 9
KPV 5 2 2 1 6 4 +2 8
RoPS 5 2 1 2 8 9 1 7
SJK 5 0 2 3 7 10 3 2
KuPS 5 0 2 3 6 11 5 2
26 January 2019 1Ilves1 1RoPSTampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Tomas  57' Report Ölander  36'
Tamminen  61'  74'
Stadium: Pirkkahalli C
Attendance: 820
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
9 February 2019 2VPS2 1RoPSVaasa
17:45 EET (UTC+2) Sarr  31'
Gatambiye  45+3'
Morrissey  45+4'
Report Jokelainen  28'  70' Stadium: Fennia Arena
Attendance: 262
Referee: Toni Pohjoismäki
16 February 2019 3RoPS3 2SJKSeinäjoki
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Olabisi  3'
Sihvonen  11' 89'
Llamas  44' 57'
Jokelainen  67'
Shishkovski  74'
Report Kadio  38'
Malolo  63'  81'
Lautamaja  88'
Stadium: Wallsport Areena
Attendance: 350
Referee: Atte Jussila
28 February 2019 4RoPS0 2KPVKajaani
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Report Banza  45+1'
H.Heiermann  64'
Stadium: Pallohalli TN
Attendance: 80
Referee: Pietu Niinimäki
3 March 2019 5RoPS3 2KuPSKajaani
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Tamminen  80'
Jokelainen  84'
Ala  90+3'
Ölander  90+7'
Report Niskanen  19'
Ayarna  64'
 78' (o.g.)
Stadium: Pallohalli TN
Attendance: 93
Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

Knockout stage

16 March 2019 Last 16Haka0 1RoPSValkeakoski
14:30 EET (UTC+2) V.Starck  68' Report Katz  54'
Sihvonen  72'
Llamas  90+3'
Stadium: Saharan tekonurmi
Attendance: 243
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
30 March 2019 QuarterfinalRoPS1 2KPVRovaniemi
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Hyvärinen  66'
Taiwo  83'
Report Mäkelä  13'
Mannström  79'
Josimov  90+2'
Stadium: Rovaniemen Keskuskentta
Attendance: 822
Referee: Ville Nilleinen

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

11 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st legAberdeen 2 1 RoPSAberdeen, Scotland
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) McGinn  36'
Cosgrove  40'  48'
Report Llamas  19'
Katz  25'
Sissoko  73'
Jäntti  90+3'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 14,377[14]
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)
18 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd legRoPS 1 2
(2 4 agg.)
AberdeenRovaniemi, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kada  2'
Kokko  30'
Report Cosgrove  27' (pen.)
Campbell  75'
Logan  88'
Ferguson  90+4'
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Attendance: 2,000[14]
Referee: Ümit Öztürk (Turkey)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 19 October 2019

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalVeikkausliigaFinnish CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Henrik Ölander 2105+907000
3 DF Taye Taiwo 3112711+1020
4 MF Jagoba Beobide 1001000000
5 DF Kalle Katz 26116+107120
6 DF Atte Sihvonen 34224+216120
7 FW Youness Rahimi 27521+45001+10
8 MF Sergio Llamas 1618+106110
10 MF Lucas Lingman 35325+137020
11 FW Aleksandr Kokko 1417+410+1020
14 MF Eetu Muinonen 25218+520020
15 DF Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan 805+300000
17 FW Sampo Ala 1323+511+4100
18 FW Veka Pyyny 20002000
19 MF Tuomas Kaukua 503+200000
20 DF Juho Hyvärinen 33325+125120
21 FW Matias Tamminen 2138+617200
22 MF Rasmus Degerman 50002+3000
23 FW Niklas Jokelainen 2757+132530+20
24 MF Tommi Jäntti 2528+1211+200+21
25 GK Antonio Reguero 2402200020
26 DF Eerik Kantola 30000+3000
27 DF Samuel Olabisi 50202+1000
28 MF Kirill Bullat 10000+1000
29 MF Santeri Haarala 100+100000
33 MF Agnaldo 24016+302+2010
34 MF Tarik Kada 1908+50401+10
35 GK Juhani Kangas 10001000
88 DF Mohamadou Sissoko 3002404020
Youth team players:
19 FW Matias Irvankoski 20001+1000
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
1 GK Damjan Shishkovski 110506000

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Europa League Total
1FW23Niklas Jokelainen2305
FW7Youness Rahimi5005
3FW21Matias Tamminen2204
4MF10Lucas Lingman3003
DF6Atte Sihvonen2103
DF20Juho Hyvärinen2103
7MF14Eetu Muinonen2002
FW17Sampo Ala1102
MF24Tommi Jäntti1012
10DF15Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan1001
DF3Taye Taiwo1001
FW11Aleksandr Kokko1001
MF8Sergio Llamas0101
DF5Kalle Katz0101
MF34Tarik Kada0011
TOTALS 2310235

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Veikkausliiga Finnish Cup Europa League Total
2DFHenrik Ölander00200020
3DFTaye Taiwo01100011
4MFJagoba Beobide20000020
5DFKalle Katz30001040
6DFAtte Sihvonen50200070
7MFYouness Rahimi20000020
8MFSergio Llamas00201030
10MFLucas Lingman50000050
11FWAleksandr Kokko10001020
14MFEetu Muinonen20000020
17FWSampo Ala10000010
20DFJuho Hyvärinen10000010
21FWMatias Tamminen20100030
23FWNiklas Jokelainen10100020
24MFTommi Jäntti10000010
27DFSamuel Olabisi31100041
33MFAgnaldo20000020
34MFTarik Kada01000001
88DFMohamadou Sissoko80001090
Players away on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
1GKDamjan Shishkovski10100020
TOTALS 49 3 11 0 4 0 64 3

Notes

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