2018 RoPS season
The 2018 season is RoPS's 6th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.
| 2018 season | |||
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| Chairman | Risto Niva | ||
| Manager | Toni Koskela | ||
| Stadium | Keskuskenttä | ||
| Veikkausliiga | 2nd | ||
| Finnish Cup | Sixth Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Lassi Lappalainen (8) All: Lassi Lappalainen (11) | ||
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Squad
- As of 9 August 2018
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Transfers
Winter
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Competitions
Veikkausliiga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 |
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:
- HJK qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round
- Inter Turku qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017-18 Finnish Cup
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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 S.Roiha |
Report | J.Mattsson |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,809 Referee: Atte Jussila |
| 14 April 2018 2 | VPS | 0 – 1 | RoPS | Vaasa |
| 16:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Voutilainen I.Gueye E.Ciss |
Report | Lappalainen |
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 |
Report | Hyvärinen |
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 Ivanovski Agnaldo |
Report | Tano V.Shevchenko |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,922 Referee: Mikko Leino |
| 25 April 2018 5 | RoPS | 2 – 0 | Lahti | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Agnaldo Kuaté Reguero Lappalainen |
Report | Osipov |
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 |
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 Kuaté Lappalainen |
Report | Kandji Rahimi |
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 Rannankari Tamminen T.Siira |
Report | L.Järvenpää Taiwo Lingman |
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 Muinonen Ivanovski |
Report | M.Töyräs Karjalainen Gabriel Toivomäki Rexhepi Purje Matulevičius |
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 Furuholm T.Varmanen |
Report | Ivanovski J.Hämäläinen Väisänen Kuaté Lingman |
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 |
Report | Klauss |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
| 12 June 2018 13 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | VPS | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Geffrard Okkonen |
Report | Meerits |
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 Tatomirović Maripuu |
Report | Kuaté Heikkilä Lingman |
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 |
Report | Okkonen Ivanovski Hämäläinen |
Stadium: Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Petri Viljanen |
| 26 June 2018 16 | RoPS | 0 – 0 | TPS | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Roiha Heikkilä Lingman |
Report | Rähmönen Ahde |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Jani Laaksonen |
| 30 June 2018 17 | Honka | 2 – 2 | RoPS | Tapiola |
| 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Kandji Hervás |
Report | Taiwo Ivanovski Roiha |
Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Mikko Leino |
| 4 July 2018 18 | RoPS | 2 – 0 | Ilves | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Okkonen Hämäläinen Kokko Tanska Lingman |
Report | Tanska |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Mattias Gestranius |
| 9 July 2018 19 | SJK | 2 – 1 | RoPS | Seinäjoki |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Mero Bååth Laaksonen |
Report | Agnaldo Lingman |
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 2,814 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
| 21 July 2018 20 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | SJK | Rovaniemi |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Hämäläinen Roiha |
Report | Hurme Klinga |
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 |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 3,315 Referee: Kalle Mäkinen |
| 4 August 2018 22 | HJK | 2 – 2 | RoPS | Helsinki |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Annan Dahlström Obilor Klauss |
Report | Taiwo Hambo |
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 |
Report | Kojola Kangaskolkka Maripuu |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,392 Referee: Atte Jussila |
| 20 August 2018 24 | Lahti | 1 – 2 | RoPS | Lahti |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Vyatkin Osipov Hauhia |
Report | Roiha Zeneli Gorozia |
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 Furuholm |
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 Hambo |
Report | Rahimi Kaufmann |
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 Heinolainen |
Report | Zeneli Lappalainen |
Stadium: Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto Attendance: 2,248 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
| 17 September 2018 28 | RoPS | 1 – 1 | KuPS | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Agnaldo Lappalainen |
Report | Karjalainen |
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 Klauss Vertainen Jalasto Patronen Riski |
Report | Lingman Geffrard |
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 |
Report | Hetemaj Oliynyk Klinga Hatakka Hurme Opiyo |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Jari Järvinen |
| 6 October 2018 31 | TPS | 1 – 2 | RoPS | Turku |
| 16:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Ääritalo Yateke |
Report | Holma |
Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Dennis Antamo |
| 21 October 2018 32 | VPS | 1 – 2 | RoPS | Vaasa |
| 14:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Voutilainen Vahtera David |
Report | Agnaldo Taiwo Lappalainen |
Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Joni Hyytiä |
| 27 October 2018 33 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | Ilves | Rovaniemi |
| 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Lappalainen Zeneli |
Report | Tomas |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Antti Munukka |
Finnish Cup
Sixth Round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| 27 January 2018 1 | Musan Salama | 0 – 6 | RoPS | Pori |
| 16:30 EET (UTC+2) | J.Välilä R.Dieter S.Mäkelä |
Report | Lingman S.Roiha M.Caliman |
Stadium: Karhuhalli Referee: Petri Viljanen |
| 2 February 2018 2 | RoPS | 1 – 2 | PS Kemi | Kemi |
| 18:30 EET (UTC+2) | Lappalainen |
Report | Tano A.Isomäki K.Heinolainen |
Stadium: Junkohalli Referee: Antti Leo |
| 9 February 2018 3 | RoPS | 1 – 1 | AC Oulu | Oulu |
| 17:30 EET (UTC+2) | Agnaldo Okkonen Lingman |
Report | L.Nurmos Soto K.Koljonen A.Alvarado |
Stadium: Heinäpään urheilukeskus Referee: Jani Laaksonen |
| 17 February 2018 4 | RoPS | 4 – 2 | AC Kajaani | Rovaniemi |
| 13:00 EET (UTC+2) | Agnaldo Geffrard Lappalainen |
Report | A.Nuutinen Ramírez R.Kahelin |
Stadium: Ounashalli Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen |
Squad statistics
- As of Match played 27 October 2018
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| 3 | DF | Taye Taiwo | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | MF | Antti Okkonen | 34 | 1 | 20+9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | DF | Jems Geffrard | 24 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | MF | Juho Hyvärinen | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | MF | Giorgi Gorozia | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | MF | Erfan Zeneli | 11 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | FW | Vahid Hambo | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | MF | Lucas Lingman | 37 | 6 | 30+2 | 5 | 3+2 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | MF | Agnaldo | 25 | 5 | 18+3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | GK | Juhani Kangas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | DF | Lassi Järvenpää | 31 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | MF | Eetu Muinonen | 27 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | DF | Leo Väisänen | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | FW | Sampo Ala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | MF | Veka Pyyny | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | FW | Jarkko Luiro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | FW | Simo Roiha | 32 | 7 | 16+11 | 4 | 4+1 | 3 | |||||
| 22 | MF | Rasmus Degerman | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | FW | Lassi Lappalainen | 31 | 11 | 25+1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 25 | GK | Antonio Reguero | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | DF | Fugo Segawa | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |||||
| 47 | DF | Juuso Hämäläinen | 29 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||||
| 87 | FW | 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 | Matheus Caliman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | MF | Wato Kuaté | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | FW | Filip Ivanovski | 16 | 6 | 13+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | MF | Aapo Heikkilä | 20 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | |||||
Goal scorers
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
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| 1 | FW | 24 | Lassi Lappalainen | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| FW | 20 | Simo Roiha | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | FW | 9 | Filip Ivanovski | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| MF | 10 | Lucas Lingman | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | MF | 11 | Agnaldo | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Vahid Hambo | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | MF | 8 | Erfan Zeneli | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 7 | Matheus Caliman | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | MF | 6 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 13 | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 4 | Antti Okkonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 8 | Wato Kuaté | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 21 | Aapo Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 3 | Taye Taiwo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 7 | Giorgi Gorozia | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 87 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 5 | Jems Geffrard | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 42 | 12 | 54 | ||||
Disciplinary record
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total | |||||||
| 3 | DF | Taye Taiwo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | MF | Antti Okkonen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | DF | Jems Geffrard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | MF | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | MF | Giorgi Gorozia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | MF | Erfan Zeneli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | FW | Vahid Hambo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | MF | Lucas Lingman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | MF | Agnaldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | DF | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | MF | Eetu Muinonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | DF | Leo Väisänen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | FW | Simo Roiha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | GK | Antonio Reguero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 47 | DF | Juuso Hämäläinen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 87 | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Players who left RoPS during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Wato Kuaté | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | FW | Filip Ivanovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | MF | Aapo Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| TOTALS | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |||||||
References
- "RoPS:lle keskikenttämies Moldesta - Moraes loppukauden lainalla Napapiirille". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- "Georgialainen Giorgi Gorozia vahvistamaan RoPS:n keskikenttää". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- "Erfan Zeneli vahvistaa loppukauden Rovaniemen Palloseuraa". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- "Hyökkääjä Vahid Hambo siirtyy Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "Aleksandr Kokko palaa Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.