RoPS

RoPS

Full name	Rovaniemen Palloseura
Founded	1950
Ground	Keskuskenttä, Rovaniemi (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Risto Niva
Manager	Matti Hiukka
League	Veikkausliiga
2011	Veikkausliiga, 12th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Rovaniemen Palloseura (or RoPS) is a Finnish football club, founded in 1950 and based in the town of Rovaniemi. In 2009 RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga) but got relegated to Ykkönen after being the lowest-placed team in the end of the season. Club plays home games at Keskuskenttä downtown Rovaniemi.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 European cup history 3 Season to season 4 Current squad 5 Former players 6 External links

Achievements

In Finland, RoPS has achieved 3rd place in the Finnish Premier Division in 1988 and 1989. In total, the forthcoming season is the 23rd for the club at Finnish premier level. RoPS has also won the Finnish Cup in 1986.

The club's most notable international achievement is reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1987/88.

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1987–88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1. Round		Glentoran	0–0	1–1	(a)1–1
		2. Round		KS Vllaznia Shkodër	1–0	0–1	2–0
		3. Round		Olympique de Marseille	0–1	3–0	0–4
1989–90	UEFA Cup	1. Round		GKS Katowice	1–1	0–1	2–1
		2. Round		AJ Auxerre	0–5	0–3	0–8
1990–91	UEFA Cup	1. Round		1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	0–0	0–1

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 1994 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 1995 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 1996 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th Lower Group - 8th 1997 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th Third Round - 6th 1998 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th Third Round - 8th 1999 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Upper Group - 8th 2000 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2001 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 2002 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Lower Group North - 5th 2003 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Playoffs - Promoted 2004 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th 2005 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 13th Relegation Playoffs - Relegated 2006 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 2007 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Playoffs - Promoted 2008 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th 2009 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 14th Relegated 2010 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 2011 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 13 seasons in Veikkausliiga 5 seasons in Ykkönen

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 4 MF Tuomo Könönen 14 FW Juho-Teppo Berg 17 DF Arttu Härkönen 18 FW Mika Lahtinen 20 MF Mika Ylipaavalniemi 21 FW Toni Vesala 22 GK Juhani Hotti

No. Position Player TBA FW Dinho TBA MF Marin Gjoca TBA DF Jari Gröhn TBA MF Mika-Matti Maisonvaara TBA FW Antti Peura TBA GK Mikko Vilmunen

Former players

Dejan Godar (2003–07) Stuart Douglas (2004) Malcolm Dunkley (1988–90) Brian Greenhoff (1983) Lee Jenkins (1980's) Steven Polack (1984–94) Jari Europaeus (1989) Tuomo Hakala Matti Hiukka (1995–98), (2004), (2006) Jarkko Hurme (2005) Jari Ilola (1995–97) Jarmo Ilola Petri Jalava (2003–06) Marko Koivuranta (1995–96), (1998–99), (2009) Mika Kottila Mika Lahtinen (2006)

Ismo Lius Mika Nurmela Jukka Santala Kimmo Tauriainen Pasi Tauriainen Vesa Tauriainen Ari Tegelberg Jani Viander Kari Virtanen Ville Wallén (2004) Erfan Zeneli Patrice Ollo (2009-2010) Daniel Bauer (2008) Adrian Pelka (2005) Abeiku Adams (2007–08) Norbert Kerényi (2002–03)

Tibor Márkus (2003) Anton Shokh (1993) Raphael Edereho (2005) Zbigniew Wachowicz Kwon Jung-Hyuk (2009) Vasili Karatayev (1997) Aleksandr Kulik (2008) Henrik Ojamaa (2011) Mykola Pavlenko (2008) Jon Burklo (2007) César Pellegrín (2005) Zeddy Saileti (1994-09) Whiteson Simwanza (2009) Christian Gyan (2010)

External links

• Official website (Finnish)

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