| Club: | RoPS |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Chairman: | Risto Niva |
| Manager: | Vesa Tauriainen Mikko Mannila |
| Stadium: | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä |
| League: | Veikkausliiga |
| League Result: | 12th |
| Cup1: | Finnish Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Sixth Round |
| League Topscorer: | Matias Tamminen (3) |
| Season Topscorer: | Matias Tamminen (3) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 season is RoPS's 7th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.
On 19 November 2019, RoPS announced the signing of Obed Malolo and Arinse Uade.[1]
On 21 November 2019, Aleksandr Kokko signed a new contract for the 2020 season.[2]
On 4 December 2019, Eetu Muinonen signed a new contract for the 2020 season.[3]
On 10 December 2019, Wato Kuaté returned to RoPS, signing a two-year contract.[4]
On 11 December 2019, Youness Rahimi signed a new contract for the 2020 season.[5]
On 18 December 2019, RoPS announced the signing of Raymond Gyasi.[6]
On 10 February, RoPS announced the signing of Martin Kompalla.[7]
On 9 March, RoPS announced the signing of Zurab Tsiskaridze from Al-Jabalain.[8]
On 10 March, RoPS announced the signing of Kalle Katz on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.[9]
On 7 June, RoPS announced the signing of Enoch Banza on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.[10]
On 9 June, RoPS announced the signing of Daniel Carr, who'd last played for Apollon Limassol.[11]
On 15 June, RoPS announced the signing of Matias Niemelä on loan from HJK, until the end of the season.[12]
On 26 June, Wato Kuaté was released by RoPS.[13]
On 31 July, Joonas Vahtera joined on loan from HJK for the remainder of the season.[14]
On 12 August, Martin Kompalla left RoPS by mutual consent, whilst Sammy Ndjock joined the club.[15]
On 15 September, Vesa Tauriainen left his role as Head Coach,[16] with Mikko Mannila being appointed as his replacement on 16 September.[17]
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2019 | GK |  | Antonio Reguero | HJK | Undisclosed | [19] | |
| 28 October 2019 | MF | | Lucas Lingman | HJK | Undisclosed | [20] |
Transfers announced on the above date, being finalised on 1 January 2020.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See main article: 2020 Veikkausliiga.
See main article: 2020 Finnish Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Youth team players:|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left RoPS during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=100 | Veikkausliiga | width=100 | Finnish Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 21 | Matias Tamminen | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 19 | Tuomas Kaukua | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| DF | | 29 | Joonas Vahtera | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | | 23 | Enoch Banza | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 14 | Eetu Muinonen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 20 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 77 | Zurab Tsiskaridze | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 7 | Youness Rahimi | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Raymond Gyasi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | 27 | Samuel Olabisi | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=100 | Veikkausliiga | width=100 | Finnish Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 32 | Matias Niemelä | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | 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 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||