| 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) | ||
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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Date | Position | Nationality | 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] |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | 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] |
| 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] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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
| 2 July 20201 | Inter Turku | 3 – 1 | RoPS | Turku |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Nurmi Mastokangas Muñiz Paananen Ketting | Report | Sihvonen Kokko Kompalla Carr | Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Mattias Gestranius |
| 8 July 20202 | RoPS | 0 – 1 | HIFK | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Kaukua | Report | Bäckman Sharza Mattsson Tukiainen Auvinen Halme | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Mohammad Al Emara |
| 17 July 20203 | RoPS | 2 – 2 | Haka | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Kaukua Tamminen Malolo | Report | Markkanen Bushue N.Friberg H.Malundama | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Kalle Mäkinen |
| 21 July 20204 | RoPS | 1 – 1 | Ilves | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Malolo Degerman Tamminen Pyyny | Report | Mensah Skyttä Mömmö | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Jari Jarvinen |
| 26 July 20205 | Honka | 1 – 0 | RoPS | Espoo |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Martín Arko-Mensah Rasimus | Report | Tamminen Katz | Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Referee: Joni Hyytia |
| 1 August 20206 | RoPS | 2 – 3 | TPS | Rovaniemi |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Katz Banza Hyvärinen | Report | Pikkarainen Alhassan Olawale Peräaho | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
| 5 August 20207 | Ilves | 1 – 0 | RoPS | Tampere |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Ala-Myllymäki Skyttä | Report | Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Referee: Antti Munukka |
| 9 August 20208 | RoPS | 2 – 3 | IFK Mariehamn | Rovaniemi |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Tsiskaridze Vahtera | Report | Makrillos Ademi Pelvas Grönlund Buwalda | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Dennis Antamo |
| 14 August 20209 | Lahti | 3 – 0 | RoPS | Lahti |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Lahti Imbongo Jäntti Lampinen | Report | Tamminen Katz | Stadium: Lahti Stadium Referee: Jani Laaksonen |
| 18 August 202018 | RoPS | 0 – 2 | Inter Turku | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Muinonen Sihvonen Katz | Report | Marttinen Kouassivi-Benissan Ruane Källman Kagayama | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Antti Munukka |
| Note: Match originally scheduled for 2 October 2020. | ||||
| 22 August 202010 | RoPS | 0 – 1 | HJK | Rovaniemi |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Majander | Report | Ri.Riski Ro.Riski | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Joni Hyytia |
| 26 August 202011 | IFK Mariehamn | 4 – 0 | RoPS | Mariehamn |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Pelvas Ademi Buwalda Backaliden Järvenpää Okoye | Report | Sihvonen | Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Referee: Oliver Reitala |
| 29 August 202012 | SJK | 2 – 1 | RoPS | Seinäjoki |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Hetemaj Sid Lepistö Ngueukam | Report | Malolo Kaukua | Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Mikko Juusola |
| 9 September 202013 | KuPS | 3 – 0 | RoPS | Kuopio |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Tomás Rangel Sale Adjei-Boateng Udo | Report | Majander | Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Referee: Jari Jarvenin |
| 12 September 202014 | RoPS | 1 – 3 | Honka | Rovaniemi |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Vahtera Kokko Banza | Report | Kandji Heikkilä Dongou Saarikivi | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Petri Viljanen |
| 20 September 202015 | RoPS | 0 – 2 | KuPS | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Kokko Vahtera | Report | Nissinen Adjei-Boateng Savolainen | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Kalle Makinen |
| 23 September 202016 | Haka | 0 – 2 | RoPS | Valkeakoski |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Popovitch Bushue Markkanen | Report | Malolo Kokko Banza Rahimi Niska Niemelä | Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara |
| 28 September 202017 | HJK | 4 – 0 | RoPS | Helsinki |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Ro.Riski Schüller Meriluoto | Report | Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara |
| 7 October 202019 | RoPS | 0 – 4 | Lahti | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Imbongo Hambo Tsiskaridze Zeqiri Auranen | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Jari Jarvinen |
| 19 October 202020 | TPS | 4 – 1 | RoPS | Turku |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Haarala Ääritalo | Report | Tamminen | Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara |
| 22 October 202021 | HIFK | 1 – 0 | RoPS | Helsinki |
| 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Halme Manneh Fagerström | Report | Malolo Sihvonen | Stadium: Bolt Arena Referee: Toni Pohjoismaki |
| 4 November 202022 | RoPS | 2 – 3 | SJK | Rovaniemi |
| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Muinonen Vainionpää | Report | Ledesma Ngueukam Jervis Hetemaj | Stadium: Keskuskenttä Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara |
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 January 20201 | RoPS | 1 – 1 | SJK | Oulu |
| 14:00 EET (UTC+2) | Malolo Muinonen | Report | Chávez | Stadium: Heinäpään tekonurmi Attendance: 250 Referee: Dennis Antamo |
| 1 February 20202 | Ilves | 3 – 1 | RoPS | Tampere |
| 14:30 EET (UTC+2) | Mömmö Fofana Tendeng | Report | Muinonen Kuaté Gyasi | Stadium: Pirkkahalli C Attendance: 700 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen |
| 9 February 20203 | RoPS | 0 – 1 | Haka | Oulu |
| 16:00 EET (UTC+2) | Kuaté | Report | A.Hilska | Stadium: Heinäpään halli Attendance: 180 Referee: Antti Munukka |
| 15 February 20204 | Lahti | 2 – 1 | RoPS | Lahti |
| 14:00 EET (UTC+2) | V.Isotalo Imbongo Eninful Assehnoun | Report | Niska S.Olabisi Sihvonen | Stadium: Mukkulan halli Attendance: 152 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
| 28 February 20205 | KuPS | 4 – 0 | RoPS | Kuopio |
| 18:30 EET (UTC+2) | Jyry Udo Adjei-Boateng Haakenstad | Report | S.Olabisi | Stadium: Kuopiohalli Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| 2 | DF | Simo Majander | 14 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | DF | Kalle Katz | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | DF | Atte Sihvonen | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | FW | Youness Rahimi | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | MF | Obed Malolo | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | 10 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | GK | Mikko Rantala | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | MF | Eetu Muinonen | 18 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | DF | Jussi Niska | 25 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | MF | Kirill Bullat | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | FW | Sampo Ala | 17 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | FW | Veka Pyyny | 19 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | MF | Tuomas Kaukua | 18 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | DF | Juho Hyvärinen | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | FW | Matias Tamminen | 25 | 3 | 13+8 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | MF | Rasmus Degerman | 24 | 0 | 3+17 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | FW | Enoch Banza | 16 | 2 | 12+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | MF | Tommi Jäntti | 10 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | FW | Daniel Carr | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | DF | Eerik Kantola | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | DF | Samuel Olabisi | 12 | 1 | 3+5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 28 | FW | Jarkko Luiro | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | DF | Joonas Vahtera | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 32 | GK | Matias Niemelä | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | GK | Sammy Ndjock | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 77 | DF | 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 | Martin Kompalla | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | FW | Raymond Gyasi | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | MF | Wato Kuaté | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Matias Tamminen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | 19 | Tuomas Kaukua | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | | 29 | Joonas Vahtera | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| FW | | 23 | Enoch Banza | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | | 14 | Eetu Muinonen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | | 20 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | | 77 | Zurab Tsiskaridze | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | | 7 | Youness Rahimi | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | | 9 | Raymond Gyasi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| DF | | 27 | Samuel Olabisi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| TOTALS | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 32 | Matias Niemelä | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 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 | |||||||