2020 RoPS season

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ChairmanRisto Niva

ManagerVesa Tauriainen
until 15 September
Mikko Mannila
from 16 September

StadiumRovaniemen keskuskenttä

Veikkausliiga12th

RoPS

2020 season

Chairman

Risto Niva

Manager

Vesa Tauriainen
until 15 September
Mikko Mannila
from 16 September

Stadium

Rovaniemen keskuskenttä

Veikkausliiga

12th

Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Top goalscorer

League: Matias Tamminen (3)
All: Matias Tamminen (3)

Home colours

Away colours

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

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]

On 15 September, Vesa Tauriainen left his role as Head Coach,^[16] with Mikko Mannila being appointed as his replacement on 16 September.^[17]

Squad

As of 12 August 2020^[18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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
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	^[19]
28 October 2019†	MF		Lucas Lingman	HJK	Undisclosed	^[20]

† 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
24 July 2020	FW	Raymond Gyasi
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
22	1	2	19	15	51	−36	5	0	2	9	10	25	−15	1	0	10	5	26	−21

Last updated: 4 November 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 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	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)	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)	Kaukua 26' 58' 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' 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.) Arko-Mensah 63' Rasimus 90+2'	Report	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

18 August 2020 18	RoPS	0 – 2	Inter Turku	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Muinonen 47' Sihvonen 54' Katz 80'	Report	Marttinen 33' Kouassivi-Benissan 38' Ruane 42' Källman 67' Kagayama 90+1'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Antti Munukka
Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 October 2020.

22 August 2020 10	RoPS	0 – 1	HJK	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Majander 50'	Report	Ri.Riski 90' Ro.Riski 90+3'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Joni Hyytia

26 August 2020 11	IFK Mariehamn	4 – 0	RoPS	Mariehamn
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Pelvas 19' Ademi 38' (pen.), 71' Buwalda 54' Backaliden 60' (pen.) Järvenpää 62' Okoye 86'	Report	Sihvonen 59'	Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Referee: Oliver Reitala

29 August 2020 12	SJK	2 – 1	RoPS	Seinäjoki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hetemaj 25' 50' Sid 37' Lepistö 59' Ngueukam 90+3'	Report	Malolo 8' Kaukua 75' 81'	Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Mikko Juusola

9 September 2020 13	KuPS	3 – 0	RoPS	Kuopio
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tomás 19' Rangel 30' Sale 33' Adjei-Boateng 67' Udo 85'	Report	Majander 38'	Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Referee: Jari Jarvenin

12 September 2020 14	RoPS	1 – 3	Honka	Rovaniemi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vahtera 54' Kokko 62' Banza 66'	Report	Kandji 26' Heikkilä 44' Dongou 57' Saarikivi 83'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Petri Viljanen

20 September 2020 15	RoPS	0 – 2	KuPS	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kokko 24' Vahtera 37'	Report	Nissinen 28' Adjei-Boateng 33' 68' Savolainen 40'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Kalle Makinen

23 September 2020 16	Haka	0 – 2	RoPS	Valkeakoski
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Popovitch 28' Bushue 43' Markkanen 80'	Report	Malolo 32' Kokko 52' Banza 59' Rahimi 72' (pen.) Niska 86' Niemelä 90+4'	Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

28 September 2020 17	HJK	4 – 0	RoPS	Helsinki
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ro.Riski 14', 44' Schüller 35' Meriluoto 78'	Report		Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

7 October 2020 19	RoPS	0 – 4	Lahti	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Imbongo 45' (pen.) Hambo 60' Tsiskaridze 66' (o.g.) Zeqiri 84' Auranen 90'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Jari Jarvinen

19 October 2020 20	TPS	4 – 1	RoPS	Turku
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Haarala 17', 45+2', 54' (pen.) Ääritalo 31'	Report	Tamminen 90'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

22 October 2020 21	HIFK	1 – 0	RoPS	Helsinki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Halme 22' Manneh 48' 76' Fagerström 82'	Report	Malolo 64' Sihvonen 78'	Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Toni Pohjoismaki

4 November 2020 22	RoPS	2 – 3	SJK	Rovaniemi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Muinonen 64' Vainionpää 90+2'	Report	Ledesma 54' Ngueukam 74' (pen.) Jervis 85' Hetemaj 90+3'	Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	HIFK	22	8	4	10	29	33	−4	28
9	IFK Mariehamn	22	6	5	11	29	43	−14	23
10	FC Haka	22	5	7	10	25	41	−16	22
11	TPS (R)	22	6	3	13	23	39	−16	21	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	RoPS (R)	22	1	2	19	15	51	−36	5	Relegation to the Ykkönen

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).
(R) Relegated

Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Team v t e	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)	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	Niska 26' S.Olabisi 37' Sihvonen 83'	Stadium: Mukkulan halli Attendance: 152 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

28 February 2020 5	KuPS	4 – 0	RoPS	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Jyry 4' Udo 24' Adjei-Boateng 33', 79' Haakenstad 44'	Report	S.Olabisi 41'	Stadium: Kuopiohalli Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

2020 RoPS season

Squad

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Veikkausliiga

Regular season

Results summary

Results by matchday

Results

Table

Finnish Cup

Sixth Round

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Notes

References

Related Articles

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	FIN	Simo Majander	14	0	7+4	0	3	0
5	DF	FIN	Kalle Katz	17	0	17	0	0	0
6	DF	FIN	Atte Sihvonen	22	0	17	0	5	0
7	FW	FIN	Youness Rahimi	10	1	8+1	1	1	0
8	MF	FIN	Obed Malolo	24	0	19	0	5	0
11	FW	FIN	Aleksandr Kokko	10	1	6+1	1	3	0
12	GK	FIN	Mikko Rantala	4	0	1	0	3	0
14	MF	FIN	Eetu Muinonen	18	2	13	1	5	1
15	DF	FIN	Jussi Niska	25	0	16+4	0	5	0
16	MF	FIN	Kirill Bullat	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	FW	FIN	Sampo Ala	17	0	3+10	0	1+3	0
18	FW	FIN	Veka Pyyny	19	0	3+12	0	2+2	0
19	MF	FIN	Tuomas Kaukua	18	2	13+5	2	0	0
20	DF	FIN	Juho Hyvärinen	23	1	22	1	1	0
21	FW	FIN	Matias Tamminen	25	3	13+8	3	1+3	0
22	MF	FIN	Rasmus Degerman	24	0	3+17	0	1+3	0
23	FW	FIN	Enoch Banza	16	2	12+4	2	0	0
24	MF	FIN	Tommi Jäntti	10	0	3+3	0	3+1	0
25	FW	TRI	Daniel Carr	7	0	7	0	0	0
26	DF	FIN	Eerik Kantola	7	0	5+2	0	0	0
27	DF	NGA	Samuel Olabisi	12	1	3+5	0	4	1
28	FW	FIN	Jarkko Luiro	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	DF	FIN	Joonas Vahtera	13	2	13	2	0	0
32	GK	FIN	Matias Niemelä	11	0	11	0	0	0
33	GK	CMR	Sammy Ndjock	4	0	4	0	0	0
77	DF	GEO	Zurab Tsiskaridze	15	1	14+1	1	0	0
Youth team players:
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left RoPS during the season:
1	GK	POL	Martin Kompalla	8	0	6	0	2	0
9	FW	GHA	Raymond Gyasi	8	1	3	0	5	1
10	MF	CMR	Wato Kuaté	5	0	0	0	5	0

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Veikkausliiga		Finnish Cup		Total
2		DF	Simo Majander	2	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Kalle Katz	4	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Atte Sihvonen	4	0	1	0	5	0
8		MF	Obed Malolo	5	0	1	0	6	0
11		FW	Aleksandr Kokko	3	0	0	0	3	0
14		MF	Eetu Muinonen	1	0	1	0	2	0
15		DF	Jussi Niska	1	0	1	0	2	0
18		FW	Veka Pyyny	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Tuomas Kaukua	3	0	0	0	3	0
21		FW	Matias Tamminen	3	0	0	0	3	0
22		MF	Rasmus Degerman	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Enoch Banza	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
29		DF	Joonas Vahtera	1	0	0	0	1	0
32		GK	Matias Niemelä	1	0	0	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				32	0	7	0	39	0