# 2020 RoPS season

The 2020 season is RoPS's 7th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

## Season Events

On 19 November 2019, RoPS announced the signing of Obed Malolo and Arinse Uade.
On 21 November 2019, Aleksandr Kokko signed a new contract for the 2020 season.
On 4 December 2019, Eetu Muinonen signed a new contract for the 2020 season.
On 10 December 2019, Wato Kuaté returned to RoPS, signing a two-year contract.
On 11 December 2019, Youness Rahimi signed a new contract for the 2020 season.
On 18 December 2019, RoPS announced the signing of Raymond Gyasi.
On 10 February, RoPS announced the signing of Martin Kompalla.
On 9 March, RoPS announced the signing of Zurab Tsiskaridze from Al-Jabalain.
On 10 March, RoPS announced the signing of Kalle Katz on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.
On 7 June, RoPS announced the signing of Enoch Banza on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.
On 9 June, RoPS announced the signing of Daniel Carr, who'd last played for Apollon Limassol.
On 15 June, RoPS announced the signing of Matias Niemelä on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.
On 26 June, Wato Kuaté was released by RoPS.
On 31 July, Joonas Vahtera joined on loan from HJK for the remainder of the season.
On 12 August, Martin Kompalla left RoPS by mutual consent, whilst Sammy Ndjock joined the club.
On 15 September, Vesa Tauriainen left his role as Head Coach, with Mikko Mannila being appointed as his replacement on 16 September.

## Squad

    As of 12 August 2020
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 | Simo Majander |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Otto Kemppainen |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Kalle Katz (on loan from HJK) |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Atte Sihvonen |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Youness Rahimi |
| 8 | DF | FIN | Obed Malolo |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Mikko Rantala |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Jussi Niska |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Sampo Ala |
| 18 | FW | FIN | Veka Pyyny |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Tuomas Kaukua |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Matias Tamminen |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman |
| 23 | FW | FIN | Enoch Banza (on loan from HJK) |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Tommi Jäntti |
| 25 | FW | TRI | Daniel Carr |
| 26 | DF | FIN | Eerik Kantola |
| 27 | DF | NGA | Samuel Olabisi |
| 28 | FW | FIN | Jarkko Luiro |
| 29 | DF | FIN | Joonas Vahtera (on loan from HJK) |
| 32 | GK | FIN | Matias Niemelä (on loan from HJK) |
| 33 | GK | CMR | Sammy Ndjock |
| 77 | DF | GEO | Zurab Tsiskaridze |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 November 2019† | DF | Arinse Uade | | Free |
| 19 November 2019† | MF | Obed Malolo | SJK | Free |
| 10 December 2019† | MF | Wato Kuaté | | Free |
| 18 December 2019† | FW | Raymond Gyasi | Stabæk | Free |
| 10 February 2020 | GK | Martin Kompalla | VPS | Free |
| 9 March 2020 | DF | Zurab Tsiskaridze | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2020 | FW | Daniel Carr | Apollon Limassol | Free |
| 12 August 2020 | GK | Sammy Ndjock | Mikkelin Palloilijat | Undisclosed |
    † Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 10 March 2020 | DF | Kalle Katz | HJK | End of Season |
| 7 June 2020 | FW | Enoch Banza | HJK | End of Season |
| 15 June 2020 | GK | Matias Niemelä | HJK | End of Season |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Joonas Vahtera | HJK | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 28 October 2019† | GK | | Antonio Reguero | HJK | Undisclosed | |
| 28 October 2019† | MF | | Lucas Lingman | HJK | Undisclosed | |
    † Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 26 June 2020 | MF | Wato Kuaté | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Arinse Uade | Rampla Juniors |
| 24 July 2020 | FW | Raymond Gyasi | |
| 12 August 2020 | GK | Martin Kompalla | |

## Competitions
### Veikkausliiga
#### Regular season
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 November 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L |

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Finnish Cup
#### Sixth Round

| Teamvte | 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 |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 4 November 2020

### 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 |
| 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 |

### Goal scorers

| 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 |
| 2 | DF | | 29 | Joonas Vahtera | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | | 23 | Enoch Banza | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | | 14 | Eetu Muinonen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 20 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 77 | Zurab Tsiskaridze | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 7 | Youness Rahimi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 9 | Raymond Gyasi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 27 | Samuel Olabisi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 3 | 18 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 32 | Matias Niemelä | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 |