2020 RoPS season

RoPS
2020 season
Chairman	Risto Niva
Manager	Vesa Tauriainen
Stadium	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä
Finnish Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Two Players (5)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2020 season is RoPS's 7th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

Season Events

On 19 November 2019, RoPS announced the signing of Obed Malolo and Arinse Uade.[1]

On 21 November 2019, Aleksandr Kokko signed a new contract for the 2020 season.[2]

On 4 December 2019, Eetu Muinonen signed a new contract for the 2020 season.[3]

On 10 December 2019, Wato Kuaté returned to RoPS, signing a two year contract.[4]

On 11 December 2019, Youness Rahimi signed a new contract for the 2020 season.[5]

On 18 December 2019, RoPS announced the signing of Raymond Gyasi.[6]

On 10 February, RoPS announced the signing of Martin Kompalla.[7]

On 9 March, RoPS announced the signing of Zurab Tsiskaridze from Al-Jabalain.[8]

On 10 March, RoPS announced the signing of Kalle Katz on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.[9]

On 7 June, RoPS announced the signing of Enoch Banza on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.[10]

On 9 June, RoPS announced the signing of Daniel Carr, who'd last played for Apollon Limassol.[11]

On 15 June, RoPS announced the signing of Matias Niemelä on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.[12]

On 26 June, Wato Kuaté was released by RoPS.[13]

On 31 July, Joonas Vahtera joined on loan from HJK for the remainder of the season.[14]

On 12 August, Martin Kompalla left RoPS by mutual consent, whilst Sammy Ndjock joined the club.[15]

Squad

As of 12 August 2020[16]

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	Simo Majander
3	DF	FIN	Otto Kemppainen
5	DF	FIN	Kalle Katz (on loan from HJK)
6	DF	FIN	Atte Sihvonen
7	FW	FIN	Youness Rahimi
8	DF	FIN	Obed Malolo
9	FW	GHA	Raymond Gyasi
11	FW	FIN	Aleksandr Kokko
12	GK	FIN	Mikko Rantala
14	MF	FIN	Eetu Muinonen
15	DF	FIN	Jussi Niska
17	FW	FIN	Sampo Ala
18	FW	FIN	Veka Pyyny
19	MF	FIN	Tuomas Kaukua


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	FIN	Juho Hyvärinen
21	FW	FIN	Matias Tamminen
22	MF	FIN	Rasmus Degerman
23	FW	FIN	Enoch Banza (on loan from HJK)
24	MF	FIN	Tommi Jäntti
25	FW	TRI	Daniel Carr
26	DF	FIN	Eerik Kantola
27	DF	NGA	Samuel Olabisi
28	FW	FIN	Jarkko Luiro
29	DF	FIN	Joonas Vahtera (on loan from HJK)
32	GK	FIN	Matias Niemelä (on loan from HJK)
33	GK	CMR	Sammy Ndjock
77	DF	GEO	Zurab Tsiskaridze

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
19 November 2019	DF	Arinse Uade		Free	[1]
19 November 2019	MF	Obed Malolo	SJK	Free	[1]
10 December 2019	MF	Wato Kuaté		Free	[4]
18 December 2019	FW	Raymond Gyasi	Stabæk	Free	[6]
10 February 2020	GK	Martin Kompalla	VPS	Free	[7]
9 March 2020	DF	Zurab Tsiskaridze	Al-Jabalain	Undisclosed	[8]
9 June 2020	FW	Daniel Carr	Apollon Limassol	Free	[11]
12 August 2020	GK	Sammy Ndjock	Mikkelin Palloilijat	Undisclosed	[15]

Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
10 March 2020	DF	Kalle Katz	HJK	End of Season	[9]
7 June 2020	FW	Enoch Banza	HJK	End of Season	[10]
15 June 2020	GK	Matias Niemelä	HJK	End of Season	[12]
31 July 2020	DF	Joonas Vahtera	HJK	End of Season	[14]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 October 2019	GK		Antonio Reguero	HJK	Undisclosed	[17]
28 October 2019	MF		Lucas Lingman	HJK	Undisclosed	[18]

Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined
26 June 2020[13]	MF	Wato Kuaté
30 June 2020	DF	Arinse Uade	Rampla Juniors
12 August 2020[15]	GK	Martin Kompalla

Friendlies

6 June 2020	RoPS	3 – 1	AC Kajaani	Rovaniemi
EEST (UTC+3)	Kuaté 70' M.Tamminen 79' J.Niska 82'	Report	Zeneli 54'

12 June 2020	AC Oulu	0 – 0	RoPS	Oulu
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Heinäpää

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Regular season

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	0	2	7	8	18	−10	2	0	2	3	7	10	−3	0	0	4	1	8	−7

Last updated: 14 August 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

2 July 2020 1	Inter Turku	3 – 1	RoPS	Turku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nurmi 5' Mastokangas 27' Muñiz 39' Paananen 81' Ketting 88'	Report	A.Sihvonen 18' Kokko 67' Kompalla 71' Carr 85'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Mattias Gestranius

8 July 2020 2	RoPS	0 – 1	HIFK	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	T.Kaukua 67'	Report	Bäckman 3' Sharza 39' Mattsson 39' Tukiainen 68' Auvinen 80' Halme 90+1'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Mohammad Al Emara

17 July 2020 3	RoPS	2 – 2	Haka	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	T.Kaukua 26' 58' M.Tamminen 27' Malolo 85'	Report	Markkanen 19' Bushue 35' N.Friberg 66' H.Malundama 80'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

21 July 2020 4	RoPS	1 – 1	Ilves	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Malolo 33' Degerman 78' M.Tamminen 82' 88' Pyyny 90+6'	Report	Mensah 43' Skyttä 54' 70' Mömmö 89'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Jari Jarvinen

26 July 2020 5	Honka	1 – 0	RoPS	Espoo
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Martín 17' (pen.) E.Arko-Mensah 63' Rasimus 90+2'	Report	M.Tamminen 25' Katz 59'	Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Referee: Joni Hyytia

1 August 2020 6	RoPS	2 – 3	TPS	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Katz 22' Banza 40' Hyvärinen 85'	Report	Pikkarainen 13' Alhassan 48' Olawale 67' Peräaho 88'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Ville Nevalainen

5 August 2020 7	Ilves	1 – 0	RoPS	Tampere
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ala-Myllymäki 50' Skyttä 77'	Report		Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Referee: Antti Munukka

9 August 2020 8	RoPS	2 – 3	IFK Mariehamn	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsiskaridze 23' Vahtera 57' (pen.)	Report	Makrillos 15' Ademi 40' Pelvas 53' Grönlund 90+3' Buwalda 90+4'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Dennis Antamo

14 August 2020 9	Lahti	3 – 0	RoPS	Lahti
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Lahti 20' Imbongo 49' Jäntti 56' Lampinen 89'	Report	Tamminen 66' Katz 90+2'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Referee: Jani Laaksonen

22 August 2020 10	RoPS	–	HJK	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Keskuskenttä

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8	IFK Mariehamn	7	2	2	3	10	12	−2	8
9	SJK	7	1	3	3	6	8	−2	6
10	FC Haka	7	0	4	3	7	13	−6	4
11	TPS	7	1	0	6	5	14	−9	3	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	RoPS	7	0	2	5	6	12	−6	2	Relegation to the Ykkönen

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2020. Source: ,
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).
Notes:

Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).

Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Ilves	5	3	2	0	10	4	+6	11
KuPS	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	11
FC Haka	5	3	2	0	7	3	+4	11
FC Lahti	5	2	0	3	6	7	−1	6
SJK	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1
RoPS	5	0	1	4	3	11	−8	1

Source:

25 January 2020 1	RoPS	1 – 1	SJK	Oulu
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Malolo 11' Muinonen 60'	Report	Chávez 77'	Stadium: Heinäpään tekonurmi Attendance: 250 Referee: Dennis Antamo

1 February 2020 2	Ilves	3 – 1	RoPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	E.Mömmö 14' Fofana 45+1' Tendeng 81' 87'	Report	Muinonen 33' Kuaté 50' Gyasi 65'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli C Attendance: 700 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

9 February 2020 3	RoPS	0 – 1	Haka	Oulu
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuaté 59'	Report	A.Hilska 48'	Stadium: Heinäpään halli Attendance: 180 Referee: Antti Munukka

15 February 2020 4	Lahti	2 – 1	RoPS	Lahti
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	V.Isotalo 38' Imbongo 49' Eninful 62' Assehnoun 84'	Report	J.Niska 26' S.Olabisi 37' A.Sihvonen 83'	Stadium: Mukkulan halli Attendance: 152 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

28 February 2020 5	KuPS	4 – 0	RoPS	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	T.Jyry 4' Udo 24' Adjei-Boateng 33', 79' Haakenstad 44'	Report	S.Olabisi 41'	Stadium: Kuopiohalli Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Squad statistics

As of Match played 14 August 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Simo Majander	6	0	2+1	0	3	0
5	DF		Kalle Katz	6	0	6	0	0	0
6	DF		Atte Sihvonen	10	0	5	0	5	0
7	FW		Youness Rahimi	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Obed Malolo	13	0	8	0	5	0
9	FW		Raymond Gyasi	8	1	3	0	5	1
11	FW		Aleksandr Kokko	5	1	2	1	3	0
12	GK		Mikko Rantala	3	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF		Eetu Muinonen	7	1	2	0	5	1
15	DF		Jussi Niska	14	0	9	0	5	0
17	FW		Sampo Ala	11	0	1+6	0	1+3	0
18	FW		Veka Pyyny	13	0	3+6	0	2+2	0
19	MF		Tuomas Kaukua	9	1	9	1	0	0
20	DF		Juho Hyvärinen	10	1	9	1	1	0
21	FW		Matias Tamminen	12	2	5+3	2	1+3	0
22	MF		Rasmus Degerman	13	0	1+8	0	1+3	0
23	FW		Enoch Banza	6	1	4+2	1	0	0
24	MF		Tommi Jäntti	4	0	0	0	3+1	0
25	FW		Daniel Carr	7	0	7	0	0	0
26	DF		Eerik Kantola	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
27	DF		Samuel Olabisi	8	1	2+2	0	4	1
28	FW		Jarkko Luiro	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
29	DF		Joonas Vahtera	4	1	4	1	0	0
32	GK		Matias Niemelä	3	0	3	0	0	0
77	DF		Zurab Tsiskaridze	4	1	3+1	1	0	0
Youth team players:
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
1	GK		Martin Kompalla	8	0	6	0	2	0
10	MF		Wato Kuaté	5	0	0	0	5	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Veikkausliiga	Finnish Cup	Total
1	FW	21	Matias Tamminen	2	0	2
2	FW	11	Aleksandr Kokko	1	0	1
	MF	19	Tuomas Kaukua	1	0	1
	FW	23	Enoch Banza	1	0	1
	DF	20	Juho Hyvärinen	1	0	1
	DF	77	Zurab Tsiskaridze	1	0	1
	DF	29	Joonas Vahtera	1	0	1
	MF	14	Eetu Muinonen	0	1	1
	FW	9	Raymond Gyasi	0	1	1
	DF	27	Samuel Olabisi	0	1	1
TOTALS				8	3	11

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		Total
5		DF	Kalle Katz	3	0	0	0	3	0
6		DF	Atte Sihvonen	1	0	1	0	2	0
8		MF	Obed Malolo	2	0	1	0	3	0
14		MF	Eetu Muinonen	0	0	1	0	1	0
15		DF	Jussi Niska	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		FW	Veka Pyyny	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Tuomas Kaukua	2	0	0	0	2	0
21		FW	Matias Tamminen	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		MF	Rasmus Degerman	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		FW	Daniel Carr	1	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Samuel Olabisi	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
1		GK	Martin Kompalla	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Wato Kuaté	0	0	2	0	2	0
TOTALS				15	0	7	0	22	0

Notes

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