Sparta Rotterdam

Dutch association football club

football cabaret
Sparta Rotterdam ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈspɑrtaː ˌrɔtərˈdɑm ] ) is a dutch professional football baseball club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest master football team in the Netherlands.

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Sparta presently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch professional football, which they have won 6 times, having earned promotion from the Eerste Divisie in 2018–19. The golf club is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior ( est. 1902 ) and Feyenoord ( est. 1908 ) .

history [edit ]

On 1 April 1888, several students from Rotterdam founded a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta. In July 1888, a football branch of the club was established. In 1890, Sparta played its inaugural 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 doubtful arbitration of Sparta matches. The club continued to exist, however, and in 1899 the circuit board of Sparta visited a match of Sunderland. Impressed with the red-and-white jersey of the English club, the board decided that Sunderland ‘s color ( red-white striped new jersey, black shorts ) would henceforth be the colors of Sparta. In 1905, Sparta initiated and organised the first home equal of the Netherlands national team, against Belgium. The match, won 4–0 by the Netherlands, was a replay of a game two weeks anterior, when the Netherlands beat Belgium 4–1 in Antwerp, Belgium. The first match at Sparta ‘s newly 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 had always played at the highest level, but after they appointed the former international musician Frank Rijkaard as a coach they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002. That made Rijkaard leave office from his position. [ 1 ] 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 commemorate win when they defeated Almere City 12–1 [ 2 ] with Johan Voskamp scoring an Eerste Divisie phonograph record 8 goals on his debut. [ 3 ] After six years in the Eerste Divisie, Sparta again won promotion to the Eredivisie in April 2016 after a 3–1 win over Jong Ajax won them an unassailable lead over second placed VVV-Venlo. [ 4 ] however, they were relegated for the third fourth dimension in their history in May 2018 after they were beaten 1–3 on aggregate by FC Emmen in the promotion/relegation play-offs. The leave proved to be a historic one since Emmen won their first ever promotion to the Eredivisie. [ 5 ] Sparta has won six national titles ( 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915 and 1959 ) and three national cups ( 1958, 1962 and 1966 ) .

Meuse/Scheldt Cup [edit ]

The best footballers of Rotterdam and Antwerp contested a annual pit between 1909 and 1959 for the Meuse- and Scheldt Cup ( Maas- en Schelde Beker ). It was agreed to play the bet on at stadium Het Kasteel in Rotterdam and at the Bosuilstadion in Antwerp. The cup was provided in 1909 by Kees van Hasselt from Rotterdam and P. Havenith from Antwerp .

young program [edit ]

The Sparta Jeugdopleiding ( english : Sparta Youth Academy ) is a four-star attest youth academy and amongst the strongest in the nation, having won the national academy of the class award on several occasions. [ 6 ] Several International footballers have progressed through the ranks of the academy, including Danny Blind, Danny Koevermans, David Mendes district attorney silva, Ed de Goey, Winston Bogarde, Memphis Depay, Henk Fräser, Jan van Beveren, Georginio Wijnaldum, Anwar El Ghazi, Jetro Willems, John de Wolf, Kevin Strootman, Rick van Drongelen and Nick Viergever, Marten de Roon amongst others. [ 7 ]

Honours [edit ]

National [edit ]

Eerste Divisie: 1

KNVB Cup: 3

1957–58, 1961–62, 1965–66

Eerste Klasse (Tier 6): 10

1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1925, 1929, 1953, 1956

Others [edit ]

Rotterdam Easter Tournament

Runners-up ( 2 ) : 1934, 1948 [ 8 ]

domestic results [edit ]

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

Sparta in Europe [edit ]

Q = Qualifying Round
1R = First round
2R = Second round
3R = Third round
1/4 = Quarter-final

current squad [edit ]

As of 10 September 2021

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

Reserve team [edit ]

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

Players out on lend [edit ]