Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam

Full name

Sparta Rotterdam

Nickname(s)

De Kasteelheren
(The Castle Lords)
De Rood-Witte Gladiatoren (The Red-White Gladiators)

Founded

April 1, 1888

Ground

Het Kasteel (The Castle)
Rotterdam

Capacity

10,599

Chairman

Leo van den Berg

Manager

Gert Kruys

League

Jupiler League

2012–13

Eerste Divisie, 3rd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Sparta Rotterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɑr.ta ˌrɔ.tər.ˈdɑm]) is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands being established on 1 April 1888. Sparta plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch professional football. The club is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior (est. 1902) and Feyenoord.

History

On 1 April 1888 several students from Rotterdam founded a cricket club called Sparta. In July 1888, a football branch of the club was established. In 1890 Sparta played its first real football match, and in 1892 Sparta disbanded the cricket branch. Sparta was promoted to the highest league of Dutch football on 23 April 1893. In 1897, Sparta withdrew from the competition after continuous dubious arbitration of Sparta matches. However, the club continued to exist, and in 1899, the board of Sparta visited a match of Sunderland A.F.C. Impressed with the red-white jersey of the English club, the board decided that Sunderland's colours (red-white striped jersey, black shorts) would henceforth be the colours of Sparta.

In 1905, Sparta initiated and organised the first home match of the Dutch national team, against Belgium. The match, won 4–0 by the Netherlands, was a rematch of a game two weeks prior, when the Netherlands beat Belgium 4–1 in Antwerp, Belgium.

The first match at Sparta's new stadium, Het Kasteel (The Castle), in the Spangen area of west Rotterdam, was played on 14 October 1916. The stadium was renovated in 1999 and is still Sparta's stadium.

Until the 2002-03 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002. Sparta returned to the Eredivisie for the 2005–06 season. They were relegated again in 2010. On 20 August 2010 they equalled Ajax's and Heracles Almelo's Dutch league record win when they defeated Almere City FC 12-1^[1] with Johan Voskamp scoring an Eerste Divisie record 8 goals on his debut.^[2]

Sparta has won six national titles (1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915 and 1959) and three national cups (1958, 1962 and 1966).

Honours

Dutch National Title: 6

1908-09, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1914-15, 1958-59

KNVB Cup: 3

1957–58, 1961–62, 1965–66

Domestic results

Below is a table with Sparta Rotterdam's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2011–12 Eerste Divisie	2nd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2011-12	round of 16
2010–11 Eerste Divisie	9th	-	2010-11	third round
2009–10 Eredivisie	16th	Eerste Divisie (losing promo./releg. play-offs)	2009-10	quarter final
2008–09 Eredivisie	13th	-	2008-09	round of 16
2007–08 Eredivisie	13th	-	2007-08	third round
2006–07 Eredivisie	13th	- (after losing IC-play-offs)	2006-07	round of 16
2005–06 Eredivisie	14th	-	2005-06	second round
2004–05 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	2004-05	second round
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2003-04	semi-final
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	8th	-	2002-03	third round
2001–02 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promo./releg. play-offs)	2001-02	second round
2000–01 Eredivisie	17th	- (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2000-01	third round
1999–2000 Eredivisie	13th	-	1999-2000	second round
1998–99 Eredivisie	17th	- (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	1998-99	second round
1997–98 Eredivisie	13th	-	1997-98	second round
1996–97 Eredivisie	13th	-	1996-97	second round
1995–96 Eredivisie	6th	-	1995-96	final
1994–95 Eredivisie	14th	-	1994-95	round of 16
1993–94 Eredivisie	9th	-	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eredivisie	13th	-	1992-93	round of 16
1991–92 Eredivisie	8th	-	1991-92	semi-final
1990–91 Eredivisie	13th	-	1990-91	round of 16
1989–90 Eredivisie	12th	-	1989-90	first round
1988–89 Eredivisie	12th	-	1988-89	round of 16
1987–88 Eredivisie	12th	-	1987-88	first round
1986–87 Eredivisie	8th	-	1986-87	round of 16
1985–86 Eredivisie	7th	-	1985-86	first round
1984–85 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1984-85	quarter final
1983–84 Eredivisie	5th	-	1983-84	round of 16
1982–83 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1982-83	second round
1981–82 Eredivisie	8th	-	1981-82	semi-final
1980–81 Eredivisie	7th	-	1980-81	second round
1979–80 Eredivisie	13th	-	1979-80	semi-final
1978–79 Eredivisie	6th	-	1978-79	quarter final
1977–78 Eredivisie	5th	-	1977-78	semi-final
1976–77 Eredivisie	7th	-	1976-77	second round
1975–76 Eredivisie	10th	-	1975-76	second round
1974–75 Eredivisie	6th	-	1974-75	quarter final
1973–74 Eredivisie	8th	-	1973-74	round of 16
1972–73 Eredivisie	4th	-	1972-73	semi-final
1971–72 Eredivisie	4th	-	1971-72	quarter final
1970–71 Eredivisie	6th	Cup Winners' Cup	1970-71	final
1969–70 Eredivisie	5th	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1969-70	second round
1968–69 Eredivisie	8th	-	1968-69	semi-final ^{[citation needed]}
1967–68 Eredivisie	5th	-	1967-68	quarter final ^{[citation needed]}
1966–67 Eredivisie	3rd	-	1966-67	round of 16 ^{[citation needed]}
1965–66 Eredivisie	7th	Cup Winners' Cup	1965-66	winners
1964–65 Eredivisie	5th	-	1964-65	first round ^{[citation needed]}
1963–64 Eredivisie	14th	-	1963-64	round of 16 ^{[citation needed]}
1962–63 Eredivisie	3rd	-	1962-63	third round ^{[citation needed]}
1961–62 Eredivisie	9th	Cup Winners' Cup	1961-62	winners
1960–61 Eredivisie	4th	-	1960-61	? ^{[citation needed]}
1959–60 Eredivisie	7th	-	not held	not held
1958–59 Eredivisie	1st	European Cup	1958-59	? ^{[citation needed]}
1957–58 Eredivisie	9th	-	1957-58	winners
1956–57 Eredivisie	8th	-	1956-57	? ^{[citation needed]}

Sparta in Europe

Q = Qualifying Round
1R = First Round
2R = Second Round
3R = Third Round
1/4 = Quarter Final

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
1959–60	European Cup	1R	IFK Göteborg	3–1, 1–3, 3–1
		1/4	Rangers FC	2–3, 1–0, 2–3
1962–63	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Q	Lausanne Sports	0–3, 4–2
1966–67	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Floriana	1–1, 6–0
		2R	Servette Genève	0–2, 1–0
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	ÍA Akranes	6–0, 9–0
		2R	Coleraine FC	2–0, 2–1
		3R	Bayern Munich	1–2, 1–3
1971–72	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Levski-Spartak	1–1, 2–0
		2R	Red Star Belgrade	1–1, 1–2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1R	Coleraine FC	4–0, 1–1
		2R	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3–2, 1–1
		3R	Spartak Moskva	1–1, 0–2
1985–86	UEFA Cup	1R	Hamburger SV	2–0, 0–2 (4–3 n.p.)
		2R	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1, 1–5

Current squad

As of 1 February 2014

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2013–14

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Ricardo Kieboom
		GK	Roy Kortsmit
		GK	Khalid Sinouh
		DF	Crescendo van Berkel
		DF	Daniel Breedijk
		DF	Michel Breuer (on loan from NEC)
		DF	Roderick Gielisse
		DF	Cendrino Misidjan
		DF	Pieter Nys
		DF	Kaj Ramsteijn (on loan from Feyenoord)
		DF	Renzo Roemeratoe
		DF	Donovan Slijngard
		MF	Daniel Bessa (on loan from Internazionale)
		MF	Jaime Bruinier
		MF	Huseyin Dogan

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Steef Nieuwendaal (captain)
		MF	Jeremy de Nooijer
		MF	Stef Peeters
		MF	Geert Arend Roorda
		FW	Mario Bilate
		FW	Nourdin Boukhari
		FW	Donovan Deekman
		FW	Soufian El Hassnaoui
		FW	Roald van Hout
		FW	Pieter Langedijk
		FW	Patrick Lopes
		FW	Mimoun Mahi
		FW	Finn Stokkers
		FW	Johan Voskamp

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Robert van Boxel (at SC Cambuur)
		FW	Paul Gladon (at FC Dordrecht)

Former managers

External links

Official website (Dutch)
Sparta Rotterdam at Football-lineups.com
Statistics
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despartasupporter

References

↑ Sparta evenaart record Ajax en Heracles - De Telegraaf (Dutch)
↑ Acht treffers bij debuut - De Telegraaf (Dutch)

Sparta Rotterdam seasons

1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13

v t e Eerste Divisie · 2013–14

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Division 2/Eerste Divisie seasons

1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14

Football in the Netherlands

Overview

International

Men	Netherlands U-21 U-19 U-17 Variants (Beach Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (defunct) Topklasse Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Zesde Klasse Zevende Klasse

Women	BeNe League (with Belgium, from 2012) Eredivisie (until 2012) Topklasse Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield KNVB Amateur Cup KNVB District Cup KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

Others

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Sparta Rotterdam

History

Honours

Domestic results

Sparta in Europe

Current squad

On loan

Former managers

See also

External links

References