# 2019 RoPS season

The 2019 season was RoPS's 7th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012. RoPS finished the season in 10th position, reached the Quarterfinals of the Finnish Cup where they were knocked out by KPV and the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League where they were beaten by Aberdeen.

## Squad

    As of 2 August 2019
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 | Henrik Ölander |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Jagoba Beobide |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Kalle Katz (on loan from HJK) |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Atte Sihvonen |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Youness Rahimi |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Sergio Llamas |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Mikko Rantala |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (on loan from HJK) |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Sampo Ala |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Veka Pyyny |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Tuomas Kaukua |
| 20 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Matias Tamminen |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman |
| 23 | FW | FIN | Niklas Jokelainen |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Tommi Jäntti |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Antonio Reguero |
| 26 | DF | FIN | Eerik Kantola |
| 27 | DF | NGA | Samuel Olabisi |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Agnaldo |
| 34 | MF | NED | Tarik Kada |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Juhani Kangas |
| 88 | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 November 2018 | DF | Henrik Ölander | Kemi City | Undisclosed |
| 13 November 2018 | MF | Tommi Jäntti | Klubi 04 | Undisclosed |
| 13 November 2018 | FW | Niklas Jokelainen | Ilves | Undisclosed |
| 21 December 2018 | DF | Atte Sihvonen | Ekenäs | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | GK | Damjan Shishkovski | Lahti | Undisclosed |
| 5 February 2019 | MF | Sergio Llamas | Alavés | Undisclosed |
| 13 February 2019 | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | Kardemir Karabükspor | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2019 | MF | Tarik Kada | Heracles Almelo | Undisclosed |
| 27 February 2019 | MF | Agnaldo | Molde | Undisclosed |
| 10 April 2019 | FW | Youness Rahimi | Honka | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2019 | MF | Jagoba Beobide | Burgos | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 7 January 2019 | DF | | Kalle Katz | HJK | End of Season | |
| 2 August 2019 | DF | | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan | HJK | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Juuso Hämäläinen | Inter Turku | |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Lassi Järvenpää | IFK Mariehamn | |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Jems Geffrard | Fresno | |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Fugo Segawa | AC Oulu | |
| 30 January 2019 | MF | Antti Okkonen | Retired | Retired |
| 30 January 2019 | MF | Giorgi Gorozia | Locomotive Tbilisi | |
| 30 January 2019 | FW | Vahid Hambo | Astra Giurgiu | |
| 30 January 2019 | FW | Simo Roiha | KPV | |
| 21 July 2019 | GK | Damjan Shishkovski | Rabotnički | 21 July 2019 |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Henrik Ölander | AC Oulu | 1 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Taye Taiwo | Doxa Katokopias | 3 July 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Jagoba Beobide | Real Unión | 22 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Sergio Llamas | Real Unión | 1 July 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Niklas Jokelainen | AC Oulu | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Eerik Kantola | | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Agnaldo | Kastrioti | 14 August 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Tarik Kada | Al-Ahli | 23 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | GK | Juhani Kangas | | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | Ermis Aradippou | |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga

The 2019 Veikkausliiga season begins on 3 April 2019 and ends on 3 November 2019.

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | FC Lahti | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament. |
| 9 | SJK | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 30 | |
| 10 | RoPS | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 30 | |
| 11 | KPV (R) | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | VPS (R) | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 19 | Relegation to the Ykkönen |
* ↑ Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 October 2019. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L |

#### Results
### Finnish Cup
#### Sixth round

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Ilves | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 |
| VPS | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 |
| KPV | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
| RoPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 |
| SJK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 |
| KuPS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 |

#### Knockout stage
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 19 October 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Henrik Ölander | 21 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo | 31 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Jagoba Beobide | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Kalle Katz | 26 | 1 | 16+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Atte Sihvonen | 34 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Youness Rahimi | 27 | 5 | 21+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Sergio Llamas | 16 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman | 35 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko | 14 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen | 25 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Sampo Ala | 13 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Veka Pyyny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Tuomas Kaukua | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen | 33 | 3 | 25+1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Matias Tamminen | 21 | 3 | 8+6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | FIN | Niklas Jokelainen | 27 | 5 | 7+13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Tommi Jäntti | 25 | 2 | 8+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Antonio Reguero | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FIN | Eerik Kantola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | NGA | Samuel Olabisi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Kirill Bullat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FIN | Santeri Haarala | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Agnaldo | 24 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Tarik Kada | 19 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | FIN | Juhani Kangas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | FRA | Mohamadou Sissoko | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Youth team players: ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | FIN | Matias Irvankoski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left RoPS during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MKD | Damjan Shishkovski | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 23 | Niklas Jokelainen | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | FW | | 7 | Youness Rahimi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 21 | Matias Tamminen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 10 | Lucas Lingman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | 6 | Atte Sihvonen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | 20 | Juho Hyvärinen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 14 | Eetu Muinonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 17 | Sampo Ala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 24 | Tommi Jäntti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 15 | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 3 | Taye Taiwo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 11 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Sergio Llamas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Kalle Katz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 34 | Tarik Kada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 23 | 10 | 2 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Henrik Ölander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Taye Taiwo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | MF | Jagoba Beobide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Kalle Katz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Atte Sihvonen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Youness Rahimi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Sergio Llamas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Lucas Lingman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Eetu Muinonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Sampo Ala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Matias Tamminen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | | FW | Niklas Jokelainen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Tommi Jäntti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Samuel Olabisi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | | MF | Agnaldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | | MF | Tarik Kada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | | DF | Mohamadou Sissoko | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left RoPS during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | | GK | Damjan Shishkovski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 49 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 3 |