RoPS

Football club infobox
clubname = RoPS


fullname = Rovaniemen Palloseura
nickname =
founded = 1950
ground = Keskuskenttä,
Rovaniemi
capacity = 4,000
chairman = flagicon|Finland Risto Niva
manager = flagicon|Estonia Valeri Bondarenko
league = Veikkausliiga
season = 2007
position = Ykkönen, 2nd (promoted)
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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 Valeri Bondarenko, and it plays its home matches at Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä.

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.

Current squad

Ex-players

*flagicon|England Stuart Douglas (2004)
*flagicon|England Malcolm Dunkley (1989-??)
*flagicon|England Lee Jenkins (1980's)
*flagicon|England Steven Polack (1984-94)
*flagicon|Ghana Abeiku Adams (2007-08)
*flagicon|Finland Jari Ilola
*flagicon|Finland Ismo Lius
*flagicon|Finland Kimmo Tauriainen
*flagicon|Finland Pasi Tauriainen
*flagicon|Finland Vesa Tauriainen
*flagicon|Finland Ari Tegelberg
*flagicon|Finland Jani Viander
*flagicon|Croatia Dejan Godar

External links

* [http://www.rops.fi/ Official website]