# 2017 RoPS season

The 2017 season is RoPS's 5th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

## Squad

    As of 31 August 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Ivan Tatomirović |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Eerik Kantola |
| 7 | MF | CHI | Mota |
| 8 | DF | NED | Nathaniël Will |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Cem Felek |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Glenn Gabriel |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Juhani Kangas |
| 13 | DF | FIN | Lassi Järvenpää |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Leo Väisänen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Jarkko Luiro |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Anselmi Nurmela |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Simo Roiha |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Aapo Heikkilä |
| 22 | FW | FIN | Sakari Tukiainen |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen (on loan from HJK) |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Antonio Reguero |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman |
| 47 | DF | FIN | Juuso Hämäläinen |
| 77 | FW | FIN | Timo Stavitski |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita (from JS Hercules) |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Ivan Tatomirović (from HJK) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Emeka Friday Eze (from Aigle Royal Menoua) |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Cem Felek (from Centone Karagümrük) |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Leo Väisänen (from PK-35 Vantaa) |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Anselmi Nurmela (from AC Oulu) |
| 22 | FW | FIN | Sakari Tukiainen (from Flora) |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa (loan from HJK) |
| 30 | DF | GHA | David Addy (from Delhi Dynamos) |
| 77 | FW | FIN | Timo Stavitski (from HJK) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Tyler Back |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Jarkko Lahdenmäki (to Fredrikstad) |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Janne Saksela (to Sparta Rotterdam) |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Juha Pirinen (to HJK) |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Mika Mäkitalo (to Inter Turku) |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Jean Fridolin Nganbe Nganbe |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Ville Saxman (to KuPS) |
| 17 | MF | GAM | Mamut Saine |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Ransford Osei |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Ricardo (to Bodø/Glimt) |
| 23 | MF | SVK | Michal Mravec (to KPV Kokkola) |
| 77 | MF | ESP | José Galán (to Hospitalet) |
| 85 | MF | USA | Will John |
| 86 | DF | GAM | Abdou Jammeh (to Al-Shamal) |
| 99 | FW | EST | Albert Prosa (to FCI Tallinn) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | CHI | Mota (from Clan Juvenil) |
| 8 | DF | NED | Nathaniël Will (from De Graafschap) |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Glenn Gabriel |
| 19 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford (from Sandecja Nowy Sącz) |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen (loan from HJK) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Pyry Hannola (to Midtjylland) |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Robert Taylor (to AIK) |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Emeka Friday Eze (to Sturm Graz) |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Veka Pyyny |
| 19 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford (to Inverness Caledonian Thistle) |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa (loan return to HJK) |
| 30 | DF | GHA | David Addy (to Riga) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 49 |
| 6 | SJK | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 47 |
| 7 | RoPS | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 42 |
| 8 | VPS | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 39 |
| 9 | Inter Turku | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 October 2017. Source: See Results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W |

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| KPV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 15 |
| RoPS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 10 |
| PS Kemi | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 |
| AC Oulu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 |
| OPS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 4 |
| HauPa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 28 October 2017

### 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 | NGA | Sani Kaita | 16 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | FIN | Antti Okkonen | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Ivan Tatomirović | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Eerik Kantola | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CHI | Mota | 12 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | NED | Nathaniël Will | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AZE | Cem Felek | 15 | 1 | 3+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Glenn Gabriel | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Juhani Kangas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FIN | Lassi Järvenpää | 26 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FIN | Eetu Muinonen | 37 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Leo Väisänen | 22 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Jarkko Luiro | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Anselmi Nurmela | 34 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen | 23 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FIN | Simo Roiha | 35 | 12 | 21+8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 21 | MF | FIN | Aapo Heikkilä | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | FIN | Sakari Tukiainen | 32 | 5 | 6+20 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen | 13 | 4 | 9+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Antonio Reguero | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FIN | Rasmus Degerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | FIN | Juuso Hämäläinen | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | FIN | Timo Stavitski | 32 | 3 | 24+5 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left RoPS during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NGA | Michael Ibiyomi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Pyry Hannola | 8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Robert Taylor | 14 | 6 | 8+2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Emeka Friday Eze | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Veka Pyyny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CAN | Charlie Trafford | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Saku Ylätupa | 17 | 3 | 15+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GHA | David Addy | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 20 | Simo Roiha | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Emeka Friday Eze | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 8 | Robert Taylor | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 22 | Sakari Tukiainen | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | 24 | Lassi Lappalainen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | | 23 | Saku Ylätupa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 77 | Timo Stavitski | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Eetu Muinonen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 13 | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 2 | Sani Kaita | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 30 | David Addy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Ivan Tatomirović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 15 | Leo Väisänen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 18 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 19 | Charlie Trafford | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 8 | Nathaniël Will | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 17 | Anselmi Nurmela | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 5 | Ivan Tatomirović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 7 | Pyry Hannola | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 6 | Michael Ibiyomi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 10 | Cem Felek | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 16 | Jarkko Luiro | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 21 | Aapo Heikkilä | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 41 | 17 | 58 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Finnish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | MF | Sani Kaita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | MF | Antti Okkonen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Ivan Tatomirović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Michael Ibiyomi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Robert Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Nathaniël Will | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Emeka Friday Eze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Cem Felek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Leo Väisänen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Anselmi Nurmela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Charlie Trafford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Simo Roiha | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | | MF | Aapo Heikkilä | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | Sakari Tukiainen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Saku Ylätupa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | | GK | Antonio Reguero | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | | DF | David Addy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | | DF | Juuso Hämäläinen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | | FW | Timo Stavitski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 39 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 1 |