# 2018 RoPS season

The 2018 season is RoPS's 6th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

## Squad

    As of 9 August 2018
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 | Eerik Kantola |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | HAI | Jems Geffrard |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Agnaldo (on loan from Molde) |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Juhani Kangas |
| 13 | DF | FIN | Lassi Järvenpää |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Leo Väisänen |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Sampo Ala |
| 18 | MF | FIN | Veka Pyyny |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Jarkko Luiro |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Simo Roiha |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman |
| 24 | FW | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen (on loan from HJK) |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Antonio Reguero |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Fugo Segawa |
| 30 | GK | FIN | Jimi Vaarala |
| 47 | DF | FIN | Juuso Hämäläinen |
| — | GK | FIN | Jarkko Ojaniemi |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | HAI | Jems Geffrard (from Ekenäs IF) |
| 8 | MF | POR | Wato Kuaté (from Hapoel Petah Tikva) |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Filip Ivanovski ( Javor Ivanjica) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Agnaldo (loan from Molde) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Fugo Segawa (from PEPO) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Tyler Back |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Sani Kaita |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Ivan Tatomirović (to IFK Mariehamn) |
| 7 | FW | CHI | Mota (to Deportes Melipilla) |
| 8 | DF | NED | Nathaniël Will (to SV Spakenburg) |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Cem Felek (to TSV Steinbach) |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Glenn Gabriel |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia (from Hibernians) |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo (from SJK) |
| 87 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko (from Eastern) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Matheus Caliman |
| 8 | MF | POR | Wato Kuaté |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Filip Ivanovski |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Aapo Heikkilä (to AC Oulu) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | RoPS | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KuPS | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Honka | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 58 | |
| 5 | Ilves | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 49 | |
* ↑ HJK qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 October 2018. 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W |

#### Results
### Finnish Cup
#### Sixth Round

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 October 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen | 34 | 1 | 20+9 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HAI | Jems Geffrard | 24 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Gorozia | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Erfan Zeneli | 11 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Vahid Hambo | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Lucas Lingman | 37 | 6 | 30+2 | 5 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Agnaldo | 25 | 5 | 18+3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Juhani Kangas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FIN | Lassi Järvenpää | 31 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen | 27 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Leo Väisänen | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Sampo Ala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FIN | Veka Pyyny | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Jarkko Luiro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Simo Roiha | 32 | 7 | 16+11 | 4 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen | 31 | 11 | 25+1 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Antonio Reguero | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Fugo Segawa | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | FIN | Juuso Hämäläinen | 29 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | FIN | 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 | BRA | Matheus Caliman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Wato Kuaté | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Filip Ivanovski | 16 | 6 | 13+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Aapo Heikkilä | 20 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 24 | Lassi Lappalainen | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 1 | FW | | 20 | Simo Roiha | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Filip Ivanovski | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 10 | Lucas Lingman | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Agnaldo | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | | 9 | Vahid Hambo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | 8 | Erfan Zeneli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 7 | Matheus Caliman | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 6 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 13 | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 4 | Antti Okkonen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Wato Kuaté | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 21 | Aapo Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 3 | Taye Taiwo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 7 | Giorgi Gorozia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 87 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Jems Geffrard | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 42 | 12 | 54 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 |