2020 season | |||
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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) | ||
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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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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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. |
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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. |
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28 October 2019† | GK | Antonio Reguero | HJK | Undisclosed | [19] | |
28 October 2019† | MF | Lucas Lingman | HJK | Undisclosed | [20] |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
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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 |
Main article: 2020 Veikkausliiga |
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 |
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 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.) E.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' N.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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Main article: 2020 Finnish Cup |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 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' 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 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | |||||||
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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 |
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
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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 |
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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 |