RoPS
Also known as Rovaniemen Palloseura
Finnish association football club in Rovaniemi, Finland
Key facts
- 2024
- Ykkönen , 5th of 12
- Full name
- Rovaniemen Palloseura
- Founded
- 1950 ; 76 years ago ( 1950 )
- Ground
- Keskuskenttä , Rovaniemi
- Capacity
- 2,803
- Chairman
- Matti Poikajärvi
- Manager
- Jari Alamäki
- League
- Ykkönen
- Website
- www .rops .fi
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports team
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- Finnish Ykkönen
- Stadium
Article
Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (Veikkausliiga) for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football and voluntarily relegated to the amateur Kakkonen division. The club plays home games at the Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the Arctic Circle of Lapland.
History