RoPS
- Leagues Played
- Finland Veikkausliiga 182 Finland Kakkonen Group C 44 Finland Cup 36 Finland Ykkosliiga 31 Finland Ykkonen 22 UEFA Europa League Qualifying 8 Finland Kakkonnen Play-Offs 2 Finland Veikkausliiga Play-Offs 1
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- Related Teams
- RoPS Women RoPS 2 RoPS II
| Finland Ykkonen | 04/20 13:00 | 1 |
[7] RoPS
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JJK
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L | 2-3 | |
| Finland Cup | 04/16 15:30 | 9 |
JBK
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RoPS
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L | 5-4 | |
| Finland Ykkonen | 04/13 12:30 | 1 |
[2] KPV
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RoPS
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L | 2-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonnen Play-Offs | 10/21 11:00 | 1 |
RoPS
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Reipas
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D | 1-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonnen Play-Offs | 10/14 10:00 | 1 |
Reipas
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RoPS
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W | 2-3 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 10/08 11:00 | 22 |
[4] RoPS
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KUPS Akatemia
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W | 2-0 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 10/01 10:00 | 21 |
[5] OTP
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RoPS
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W | 1-3 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 09/23 13:00 | 20 |
[4] RoPS
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VIFK
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L | 0-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 09/16 10:00 | 19 |
[1] OLS
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RoPS
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L | 5-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 09/09 13:00 | 18 |
[4] RoPS
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JBK
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W | 4-0 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 09/03 15:00 | 17 |
[11] Kuopion Elo 1919
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RoPS
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W | 2-3 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 08/26 13:00 | 16 |
[4] RoPS
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JS Hercules
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W | 1-0 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 08/20 13:00 | 15 |
[8] Narpes Kraft
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RoPS
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W | 0-4 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 08/13 12:00 | 14 |
[6] RoPS
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GBK
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D | 1-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 08/05 13:00 | 13 |
[3] RoPS
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FC Vaajakoski
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L | 1-4 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 07/27 16:00 | 12 |
[9] TP-47
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RoPS
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L | 3-0 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 07/22 15:00 | 11 |
[3] KUPS Akatemia
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RoPS
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D | 1-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 07/08 13:00 | 10 |
[3] RoPS
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OTP
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W | 3-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 07/01 13:00 | - |
[5] RoPS
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OLS
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W | 2-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 06/18 13:00 | - |
[11] JBK
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RoPS
[7]
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W | 0-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 06/11 15:00 | - |
[10] RoPS
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Kuopion Elo 1919
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W | 2-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 06/05 16:00 | - |
[9] JS Hercules
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RoPS
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L | 3-1 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 05/27 13:00 | - |
[5] RoPS
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Narpes Kraft
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L | 1-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 05/21 13:00 | - |
[3] GBK
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RoPS
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L | 5-1 | |
| Finland Cup | 05/17 16:00 | 10 |
VIFK
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RoPS
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L | 4-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 05/14 11:00 | - |
[6] FC Vaajakoski
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RoPS
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W | 1-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 05/06 13:00 | - |
[5] RoPS
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TP-47
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W | 3-0 | |
| Finland Cup | 04/26 16:30 | 9 |
HauPa
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RoPS
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W | 0-2 | |
| Finland Kakkonen Group C | 04/22 16:00 | 1 |
VIFK
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RoPS
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D | 3-3 | |
| Europe Friendlies | 02/26 12:45 | - |
OLS
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RoPS
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L | 5-1 |
Wikipedia - Rovaniemen Palloseura
Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. In 2019 RoPS participated in the Finnish Premier Division, (Veikkausliiga) marking their 32nd season in the top flight (previously called "Veikkausliiga") since 1981. The club plays home games at the Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the Arctic Circle of Lapland. The closest affiliated team is RoPS/2 from Kakkonen who participates in the third tier of Finnish football.
History
RoPS have won the Finnish Cup on two occasions, in 1986 and 2013, and were runners-up in 1962. They placed third in the Finnish Premier Division in 1988 and 1989, before finishing as runner-up in 2015, losing out on the title by 1 point to eventual champions SJK. The club's most notable international achievement was reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1987–88 against Marseille.
Match fixing allegations and scandal
Throughout the 2000s, RoPS became infamous for suspected involvement in match fixing.
In spring 2011 the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation started a large investigation into match fixing. On February 25 Singaporean businessman Wilson Raj Perumal, a convicted match fixer, was arrested after entering Finland with a fake passport. The National Bureau of Investigation suspected that over 30 games between 2008 and 2011, mostly from the Finnish premier league, had been fixed or manipulated.
On July 19, 2011, the Rovaniemi Court of Appeal convicted Perumal and nine RoPS players of match-fixing. Altogether 24 games had been manipulated, and the intended score had been achieved in 11 of them. Perumal was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to return 150,000 euros deemed to be match-fixing profits. The bribes ranged from 500 euros offered to one player to a total of 80,000 euros offered to eight players. The highest total of bribes for one individual was slightly over 40,000 euros. The players received suspended sentences. The sentenced players were six Zambian and two Georgian players: Godfrey Chibanga, Chileshe Chibwe, Francis Kombe, Stephen Kunda, Christopher Musonda, Chanda Mwaba, Nchimunya Mweetwa, Pavle Khorguashvili, and Valter Khorguashvili.
Domestic history
| Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Points | Finnish Cup | League Cup | Top goalscorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1st | 7 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 51 | 50 | - | ||
| 1992 | 7 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 49 | 42 | - | |||
| 1993 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 35 | 38 | Runners-up | - | ||
| 1994 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 38 | ||||
| 1995 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 32 | Ninth Round | |||
| 1996 | 8 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 39 | Quarter-final | Runners-up | ||
| 1997 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 33 | Semi-final | |||
| 1998 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 32 | ||||
| 1999 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 31 | Seventh Round | |||
| 2000 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 50 | 36 | ||||
| 2001 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 56 | 24 | Sixth Round | - | ||
| 2002 | 2nd | 4 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 10 | 31 | Quarter-final | - | Niclas Grönholm – 11 |
| 2003 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 49 | Sixth Round | - | ||
| 2004 | 1st | 12 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 25 | Quarter-final | ||
| 2005 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 17 | ||||
| 2006 | 2nd | 7 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 38 | - | ||
| 2007 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 55 | - | |||
| 2008 | 1st | 10 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 30 | Sixth Round | Quarter-finals | |
| 2009 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 66 | 16 | Sixth Round | Group stage | Echiabhi Okodugha – 5 | |
| 2010 | 2nd | 1 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 61 | 17 | 54 | Fourth round | - | Nchimunya Mweetwa – 13 |
| 2011 | 1st | 12 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 78 | 23 | Fifth Round | Group stage | José Manuel Rivera – 10 |
| 2012 | 2nd | 1 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 59 | Fifth Round | - | Aleksandr Kokko – 15 |
| 2013 | 1st | 11 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 34 | Winners | Quarter-finals | Aleksandr Kokko – 6 |
| 2014 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 41 | 38 | Sixth Round | Group stage | Aleksandr Kokko – 9 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 59 | Sixth Round | Runners-up | Aleksandr Kokko – 17 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 33 | 50 | Sixth Round | Group stage | Robert Taylor – 11 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 51 | 42 | Quarter-final Play-offs | - | Emeka Friday Eze – 7 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 62 | Sixth Round | - | Lassi Lappalainen – 8 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 30 | Quarterfinal | - | Youness Rahimi – 5 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 2nd | 2 |
European history
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 1987–88 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Glentoran | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1(a) | |
| 2R | Vllaznia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
| QF | Marseille | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |||
| 1989–90 | UEFA Cup | 1R | GKS Katowice | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2R | Auxerre | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–8 | |||
| 1990–91 | UEFA Cup | 1R | 1. FC Magdeburg | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Asteras Tripoli | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–5 | |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Shamrock Rovers | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2Q | Lokomotiva | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | |||
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Aberdeen | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
- Notes
- 1R: First round
- 2R: Second round
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- QF: Quarter-finals
Known for their passionate fan base and strong team spirit, RoPS is a formidable opponent on the field. The team plays their home matches at the Keskuskenttä stadium, which has a capacity of over 4,000 spectators. With a talented roster of players and a dedicated coaching staff, RoPS continues to strive for success in Finnish football and compete at the highest level.