RoPS

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RoPS

Full name

Rovaniemen Palloseura

Founded

1950

Ground

Keskuskenttä,
Rovaniemi
(Capacity 4,000)

Chairman

Risto Niva

Manager

Valeri Bondarenko

League

Veikkausliiga

2007

Ykkönen, 2nd (promoted)





Home colours





Away colours

Rovaniemen Palloseura (or RoPS) is a Finnish football club, founded in 1950 and based in the town of Rovaniemi. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). RoPS is the most northern of the fourteen teams playing in Veikkausliiga and one of the most northern premier football teams in the world. The club's manager is Matti Helin, and it plays its home matches at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä.

1 Achievements
2 Current Squad
3 Ex-Players
4 External links

[edit] Achievements

In Finland, RoPS has achieved the 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.

[edit] Current Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kalle Rönkkö
2	DF	Stephen Kunda
3	DF	Antti Uimaniemi
4	MF	Chanda Mwaba
5	DF	Aleksandr Kulik
7	MF	Mika Nurmela
8	FW	Nchimunya Mweetwa
9	FW	Zeddy Saileti
10	MF	Juha Majava
11	FW	Chileshe Chibwe
12	GK	Nikolai Pavlenko
13	MF	Jukka Yrjänheikki

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Mika-Matti Maisonvaara
16	MF	Daniel Bauer
17	FW	Titi Essomba
18	FW	Antti Peura
19	MF	Janne Turpeenniemi
20	MF	Juha-Pekka Inkeröinen
21	MF	Joonas Kiistala
22	FW	Juuso Majava
23	DF	Irakklii Tsykoolia
24	FW	Philip Edeipo