# 2015 RoPS season

The 2015 season is RoPS's 3rd Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

## Squad

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 |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Ville Iiskola |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Lahdenmäki |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Janne Saksela |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Juha Pirinen |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Mika Mäkitalo |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecky |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Tremaine Stewart |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Jean Fridolin Nganbe Nganbe |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Harri Nykänen |
| 14 | GK | CAN | Tomer Chencinski |
| 16 | MF | FIN | Ville Saxman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Olli Pöyliö |
| 18 | MF | FIN | Juuso Majava |
| 19 | FW | USA | Will John |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Simo Roiha |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Tommi Haanpää |
| 26 | FW | FIN | Eero Markkanen |
| 32 | MF | FIN | David Ramadingaye |
| 35 | FW | NGA | Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi |
| 44 | GK | BRA | Ricardo |
| 77 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi |
| 80 | DF | NGA | Faith Friday Obilor |
| 86 | DF | GAM | Abdou Jammeh |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juha Pirinen (from MYPA) |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecký (from IFK Mariehamn) |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Jean Fridolin Nganbe Nganbe (from VPS) |
| 14 | GK | CAN | Tomer Chencinski (from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Tommi Haanpää (from PS Kemi) |
| 35 | FW | NGA | Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi |
| 44 | GK | BRA | Ricardo (from Ituano) |
| 77 | FW | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi (from FK Spartaks Jūrmala) |
| 86 | DF | GAM | Abdou Jammeh (from Al-Fahaheel FC) |
| 91 | FW | CRO | Vilim Posinković (from Iraklis Psachna) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Saku-Pekka Sahlgren (to HJK) |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Lassi Nurmos (to AC Oulu) |
| 6 | DF | NGA | Ndukaku Udoka Alison (to AC Kajaani) |
| 8 | FW | FIN | Jani Virtanen (to FF Jaro) |
| 10 | DF | FIN | Nicholas Otaru (to FC Honka) |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Oskari Forsman (to TPS) |
| 13 | FW | FIN | Jesse Ahonen (to HIFK) |
| 14 | FW | TRI | Jamal Gay (loan return to Caledonia AIA) |
| 23 | DF | FIN | Antti Peura (to AC Oulu) |
| 24 | MF | GAM | Sainey Nyassi (to FC Edmonton) |
| 31 | GK | SLE | Patrick Bantamoi (to Viikingit) |
| 45 | MF | FIN | Petteri Pennanen (to KuPS) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Tremaine Stewart (from Waterhouse) |
| 19 | FW | USA | Will John |
| 26 | FW | FIN | Eero Markkanen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Ville Iiskola |
| 91 | FW | CRO | Vilim Posinković (to Kissamikos) |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SJK (C) | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | RoPS | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | HJK | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Inter Turku | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 49 | |
| 5 | Lahti | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 48 | |

#### Results
### League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HJK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | RoPS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | KTP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 25 October 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Lahdenmäki | 27 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen | 37 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | FIN | Janne Saksela | 35 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juha Pirinen | 38 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Mika Mäkitalo | 35 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Tomas Hradecky | 29 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Tremaine Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Jean Fridolin Nganbe Nganbe | 9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko | 32 | 19 | 28+1 | 17 | 0+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Harri Nykänen | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | CAN | Tomer Chencinski | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | FIN | Ville Saxman | 35 | 2 | 31+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Olli Pöyliö | 15 | 1 | 1+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Will John | 11 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Simo Roiha | 28 | 4 | 6+15 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Tommi Haanpää | 11 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Ricardo | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FIN | Eero Markkanen | 6 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | FIN | David Ramadingaye | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | NGA | Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi | 31 | 4 | 7+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 77 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 33 | 5 | 26+4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | NGA | Faith Friday Obilor | 38 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 86 | DF | GAM | Abdou Jammeh | 38 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Trialist: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CMR | Anicet Eyenga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | LBR | Andreas Blamon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players from Santa Claus who appeared: ||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | FIN | Juuso Majava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | FIN | Juho Sieppi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | FIN | Ali Hajizadeh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Iiro Vanha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left RoPS during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FIN | Ville Iiskola | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Lassi Nurmos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | CRO | Vilim Posinković | 17 | 2 | 4+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 11 | Aleksandr Kokko | 17 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | DF | | 6 | Juha Pirinen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | | 77 | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | 20 | Simo Roiha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 35 | Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | 19 | Will John | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Mika Mäkitalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 80 | Faith Friday Obilor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 5 | Janne Saksela | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | 91 | Vilim Posinković | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 8 | Tomas Hradecky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 17 | Olli Pöyliö | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 3 | Jarkko Lahdenmäki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 26 | Eero Markkanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 16 | Ville Saxman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 4 | Antti Okkonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 44 | 3 | 10 | 57 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Lassi Nurmos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Jarkko Lahdenmäki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | | MF | Antti Okkonen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | | MF | Janne Saksela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Juha Pirinen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Mika Mäkitalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Tomas Hradecky | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | | GK | Tomer Chencinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Ville Saxman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Olli Pöyliö | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | | MF | David Ramadingaye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | FW | Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | | GK | Ricardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Moshtagh Yaghoubi | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 80 | | DF | Faith Friday Obilor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 86 | | DF | Abdou Jammeh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 71 | 3 |