View source for Sparta Rotterdam

{{Short description|Dutch association football club}}
{{Distinguish|Sparta Asia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Sparta Rotterdam
| image = Sparta_Rotterdam_logo.svg
| upright = 0.8
| fullname = Sparta Rotterdam
| nickname = ''De Kasteelheren'' <br> (The Castle Lords) <br> ''De Rood-Witte Gladiatoren'' (The Red-White Gladiators)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1888|4|1|df=y}}
| stadium = [[Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel|Sparta Stadion]]
| capacity = 11,026
| chairman = Leo Ruijs
| manager = [[Rogier Meijer]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| league = {{Dutch football updater|SpartaRot}}
| season = {{Dutch football updater|SpartaRot2}}
| position = {{Dutch football updater|SpartaRot3}}
| current = 2025–26 Sparta Rotterdam season
| pattern_la1 = _spartarotterdam2021h
| pattern_b1 = _spartarotterdam2021h
| pattern_ra1 = _spartarotterdam2021h
| pattern_sh1 = _monterrey1213t1
| pattern_so1 = _sr2021h
| leftarm1 = FFFFFF
| body1 = FFFFFF
| rightarm1 = FFFFFF
| shorts1 = 000000
| socks1 = FFFFFF|
| pattern_la2 = _spartarotterdam2021a
| pattern_b2 = _spartarotterdam2021a
| pattern_ra2 = _spartarotterdam2021a
| pattern_sh2 = 
| pattern_so2 = 
| leftarm2 = 2ECCFA
| body2 = 2ECCFA
| rightarm2 = 2ECCFA
| shorts2 = 2ECCFA
| socks2 = 2ECCFA
| website = {{official URL}}
}}

'''Sparta Rotterdam''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈspɑrtaː ˌrɔtərˈdɑm}}) is a Dutch professional football club based in [[Rotterdam]]. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional [[Association football|football]] team in the Netherlands.

Sparta currently competes in the [[Eredivisie]], the [[Dutch football league system|top flight]] of [[Football in the Netherlands|Dutch professional football]], which they have won six times, having earned promotion from the [[Eerste Divisie]] in [[2018–19 Eerste Divisie|2018–19]]. The club is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being [[Excelsior Rotterdam|Excelsior]] (est. 1902) and [[Feyenoord]] (est. 1908).

==History==
===Origins===
[[File:SpartaBlackpoolRdam1957.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Sparta Rotterdam vs [[Blackpool F.C.]], August 1957]]
On the Easter Sunday of 1 April 1888, eight students from Rotterdam founded a [[cricket]] club called '''Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta'''. It was established in the garden of the house of the first treasurer, Hartevelt Hoos Oostvestple, a building located on the 11 in Rotterdam.<ref name=Sparta>{{Cite web |url=https://historiebetaaldvoetbal.nl/sparta/ |title=Sparta – Historie Betaald Voetbal |trans-title=Sparta – History Professional Football |language=nl |website=historiebetaaldvoetbal.nl |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607064056/https://historiebetaaldvoetbal.nl/sparta/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The club was founded by eight students between the ages of 13 and 16.<ref name=oldest>{{Cite web |url=https://wedstrijd.tips/sparta-oudste-voetbalclub-nederland/ |title=Sparta de oudste voetbalclub van Nederland |trans-title=Sparta the oldest football club in the Netherlands |language=nl |website=wedstrijd.tips |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701215941/https://wedstrijd.tips/sparta-oudste-voetbalclub-nederland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Five of them were students of the then [[Hogere Burgerschool|HBS]] at the Van Alkemadeplein, and the remaining three were students of the [[Gymnasium Erasmianum]] on the Coolvest, the name of the [[Coolsingel]] before it changed in 1888.<ref name=Sparta/> All the founders came from wealthy families in Rotterdam, because at the time, it was only the high and middle classes who had the time and money to practice sports, such as cricket.<ref name=Sparta/> All the founders, along with the other early members of Sparta, lived in the [[Stadsdriehoek]], [[Cool, Rotterdam|Cool]], [[Rubroek]] or [[Crooswijk]] neighborhoods of Rotterdam, which had become a fast-growing port city of the Netherlands in the second half of the 19th century.<ref name=Sparta/>

Sparta initially started as a cricket club, with the Dutch newspaper [[NRC (newspaper)|NRC]] of May 1888 already reporting a victory for Sparta over Achilles by 45 runs.<ref name=Sparta/> However, when the boys were given a [[Ball (association football)|suitable ball]], they also engaged in the sport of football, which had recently come over from the United Kingdom.<ref name=Sparta/><ref name=oldest/> The young Sparta members began playing this sport in the terrain that was located on the [[Noordereiland]], west of the [[Burgmeester Hoffmanplein]],<ref name=Sparta/> and in July 1888, a football branch of the club was thus established. In the Netherlands, it was Sparta who introduced the goal with a crossbar and nets. Before them, only a rope was stretched between the posts.<ref name=Sparta/>

===First matches===
The members of Sparta only played matches against each other in the first year. These matches were played in various compositions between the 35-hour lesson week and the subsequent 20-hour working week at the [[Delftse Poort]], usually on the square in front of the church of the [[Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk (Rotterdam)|Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk]].<ref name=oldest/>

In 1888 there was not yet an umbrella organization for football, so there were no organized competitions. Therefore, the clubs had to invite or challenge each other, which resulted in a lot of mutual challenges between the existing clubs.<ref name=oldest/> The first football challenge that Sparta received dates back to 28 December 1888, more than 38 weeks after the foundation date, but the game, scheduled for 30 December 1888, was not played due to the unplayability of the opponent's field.<ref name=legends>{{Cite web |url=https://www.voetballegends.nl/site/profile_club.php?id=21 |title=Sparta Rotterdam (1888) |language=nl |website=www.voetballegends.nl |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701215938/https://www.voetballegends.nl/site/profile_club.php?id=21 |url-status=live }}</ref> From April 1889, the training and matches began to take place on a site designated by the [[alderman]] to the west of [[Baden Powelllaan 12, Rotterdam|De Heuvel]] in Rotterdam.<ref name=oldest/><ref name=legends/> In the same period, the club also got its first clubhouse on the Delfshavensedijk.<ref name=oldest/>

===Federal football===
In March 1890, Sparta joined the Dutch Football and Athletics Association (''Nederlandse Atletiek en Voetbal Bond'', NVAB), founded by [[Pim Mulier]] on 8 December 1889, the predecessor of today's [[Royal Dutch Football Association|KNVB]],<ref name=Sparta/><ref name=oldest/><ref name=legends/> and they played their first real match later that year. In 1892 Sparta disbanded the cricket branch. On 18 December 1892, Sparta defeated the [[:nl:Amersfoortsche FC|Amersfoortsche FC]] ([[:nl:AFC Quick 1890|AFC Quick 1890]]) with what still is a record result for a Dutch league match: 17–0.<ref name=Sparta/><ref name=oldest/> The right winger [[Freek Kampschreur]] scored 9 of the 17 goals and is still the shared record holder for the most goals in a single Dutch league match.<ref name=Sparta/> The next home match against {{ill|GVC (football club)|lt=Go Ahead|nl|GVC}} from [[Wageningen]] is an important one as both teams have a shot at winning the 2nd division championship, and thus it attracted 1500 spectators.<ref name=Sparta/> Sparta lost 2–4, which still is their only loss in the 2nd division, but then won the away game (0–2) in February, thus finishing the season with the same amount of points, and since there were no tie-breakers at the time, both teams were promoted to the highest league of Dutch football on 23 April 1893.<ref name=Sparta/>

Earlier that same year, on 18 March 1893, Sparta was the first Dutch club to play a match against a foreign opponent, [[Harwich & Parkeston F.C.]] of England, whose football was much more developed, and they showed their clear superiority with a resounding 8–0 victory.<ref name=oldest/><ref name=legends/> When another match against an English team, [[Felixstowe FC]], was scheduled for 5 February 1894, the NVAB, in order to avert another humiliation to Sparta, forced them to field a team that included a few non-Spartan players, and the plan worked as the game ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref name=legends/><ref name=Best>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dagvantoen.nl/beste-spelers-van-nederland-niet-opgewassen-tegen-engelse-ploeg/ |title=Beste spelers van Nederland niet opgewassen tegen Engelse ploeg |trans-title=Best players in the Netherlands are no match for the English team |language=nl |website=www.dagvantoen.nl |date=6 February 1894 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701215941/https://www.dagvantoen.nl/beste-spelers-van-nederland-niet-opgewassen-tegen-engelse-ploeg/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the following day, 6 February, Felixstowe FC played another match, this time against a Dutch squad with the best players of the Netherlands, which fielded only two players from Sparta, Weinthal and Freek Kampschreur.<ref name=Best/> They did no better than the Sparta squad as they lost 0–1,<ref name=Best/> but this game is now considered to be the [[Netherlands national football team results (unofficial matches)|first unofficial match of the Netherlands national team]].<ref name=legends/><ref name=Best/>

In August 1893, Sparta debuted a new field on the Binnenweg which had a real fence and some seats. The players could even dress up and wash in a nearby house, but because it was continuously flooded, Sparta received permission from the municipality to move to the Schuttersveld in [[Crooswijk]]. There, they remained undefeated from January 1894 until the end of the season as they finished in fourth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/team-historie/18931894/ |title=Eerste klasser Sparta verhuist naar Schuttersveld |trans-title=First division Sparta moves to Schuttersveld |language=nl |website=www.sparta-rotterdam.nl |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701215943/https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/team-historie/18931894/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sparta then founded the Rotterdam Football Association in 1894.<ref name=legends/>

===Innovations===
Sparta introduced women's football in late 1896 by trying to organize a competition between a women's team from Sparta and the English Ladies Football Club from London. However, no permission for this match was given by the Dutch Football Association, which forbids it from happening.<ref name=oldest/><ref name=women>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/team-historie/18961897/ |title=Spartaans vrouwenvoetbal wordt verboden |trans-title=Spartan women's football is banned |language=nl |website=www.sparta-rotterdam.nl |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608011556/https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/team-historie/18961897/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sparta also showed itself to be an innovator in other areas during this period. Over the years, Sparta introduced in the Netherlands, among other things: the [[Header (association football)|header]], a goal with a crossbar and nets, and brightly colored shirts. That red and white outfit was copied in 1899 during a visit by the Sparta board to [[Sunderland]] in England.<ref name=Sparta/><ref name=oldest/> Apart from being an innovator, Sparta was also known as a club that was sometimes difficult to deal with. For instance, in March 1897, Sparta temporarily withdrew from the Dutch league because of the alleged continuous dubious arbitration of Sparta matches, but especially due to turmoil at a match in Amsterdam against the apparently rather arrogant RAP, in which the referee did not act against the verbal abuse of the RAP players.<ref name=women/> Sparta's remaining two matches were awarded to their opponents (5–0) and the club was fined 10 Dutch coins, but despite this, it still finished fourth.<ref name=women/>

In 1899 the board of Sparta visited a match of [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]. Impressed with the red-and-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.<ref name=Sparta/><ref name=oldest/> The first Sparta shirts were purchased second-hand Sunderland shirts. Today, the signature red and white shirt is combined with black trousers and red and white striped stockings.<ref name=Sparta/>

===First golden age===
From 1900 Sparta played a pioneering role in the organization of Dutch football because, at the time, the board of the Dutch Football Association consisted largely of Spartans,<ref name=oldest/> and in 1901, Sparta began to organize competitions for the [[Zilveren Bal]], the most important cup tournament at the time.<ref name=legends/>

In 1905, Sparta initiated and organized the first home match of the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]], against [[Belgium national football team|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 match took place in what had been the Sparta stadium for about ten years at the time, the Schuttersveld in Crooswijk, and the Dutch squad was coached by former Sparta player [[Cees van Hasselt]].<ref name=oldest/>

From 1893 onwards, the football players of Sparta built up a reputation as "the eternal number 2" because, in its first fifteen years in the top division of Dutch football, Sparta reached second or third place six times. This changed in 1909, as Sparta won the national championship in that year as well as in 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1915; while the Silver Ball was won in 1910 and 1913, and the NBLO Cup in 1909, 1910, and 1911.<ref name=legends/> During this period, Sparta hired a coach for the first time, the Englishman [[Edgar Chadwick]], which undoubtedly contributed to the success. Star players [[Bok de Korver]], [[Huug de Groot]], and [[Cas Ruffelse]] also played a pivotal role in helping Sparta dominate the nation during these years.<ref name=oldest/><ref name=legends/>

On 15 October 1916, Sparta moved for the last time, this time to Sparta's new stadium, [[Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel|Het Kasteel]] (The Castle), in the [[Spangen]] area of west Rotterdam. The move was largely privately funded by a group of 27 residents of Rotterdam. Following the English example, the Sparta stadium became the center of the later-built residential area and was soon known as ''Het Kasteel'' because of its facade with two turrets.<ref name=oldest/><ref name=legends/> The stadium was renovated in 1999 and is still Sparta's stadium.

In 1918, Prince Hendrik was the first member of the Royal House to pay an official visit to a Sparta match. In the years that followed, Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana, and Prince Bernhard also visited the stadium, among other things to attend the annual Blood Transfusion Competition, a charity initiative that earned Sparta a high award from the Dutch Red Cross on its golden jubilee.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

===Recent years===
Until the [[2002–03 Sparta Rotterdam season|2002–03 season]], Sparta had always played at the highest level, but after they appointed the former international player [[Frank Rijkaard]] as a manager they were relegated from the top-level [[Eredivisie]] in 2002. That made Rijkaard resign from his position.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Rijkaard quits at Sparta|url= https://www.uefa.com/news/0185-0e6a419e8269-ed2f7f127b22-1000--rijkaard-quits-at-sparta/|work= [[UEFA]] |date= 31 May 2002|access-date= 17 May 2018}}</ref> Sparta returned to the Eredivisie for the [[2005–06 Eredivisie|2005–06 season]]. They were relegated again in 2010. On 20 August 2010, they equalled [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]'s and [[Heracles Almelo]]'s Dutch league record win when they defeated [[Almere City FC|Almere City]] 12–1<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/7444470/__Sparta_evenaart_record_Ajax_en_Heracles__.html?sn=voetbal Sparta evenaart record Ajax en Heracles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007165051/http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/7444470/__Sparta_evenaart_record_Ajax_en_Heracles__.html?sn=voetbal |date=7 October 2012 }} - De Telegraaf {{in lang|nl}}</ref> with [[Johan Voskamp]] scoring an [[Eerste Divisie]] record 8 goals on his debut.<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/7444082/__Acht_treffers_bij_debuut__.html?sn=voetbal Acht treffers bij debuut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007165113/http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/7444082/__Acht_treffers_bij_debuut__.html?sn=voetbal |date=7 October 2012 }} - De Telegraaf {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

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]].<ref>[http://nos.nl/artikel/2098596-sparta-rotterdam-terug-in-de-eredivisie.html Sparta Rotterdam terug in de eredivisie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414151850/http://nos.nl/artikel/2098596-sparta-rotterdam-terug-in-de-eredivisie.html |date=14 April 2016 }} - NOS {{in lang|nl}}</ref> However, they were relegated for the third time in their history in May 2018 after they were beaten 1–3 on aggregate by [[FC Emmen]] in the promotion/relegation play-offs. The result proved to be a historical one since Emmen won their first ever promotion to the [[Eredivisie]].<ref>[https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/emmen-schrijft-geschiedenis-met-promotie-sparta-degradeert-uit-eredivisie~a090d95a/ Emmen schrijft geschiedenis met promotie, Sparta degradeert uit eredivisie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021329/https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/emmen-schrijft-geschiedenis-met-promotie-sparta-degradeert-uit-eredivisie~a090d95a/ |date=21 May 2018 }} - AD {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

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

==Meuse/Scheldt Cup==
The best footballers of Rotterdam and [[Antwerp]] contested a yearly match between 1909 and 1959 for the Meuse- and Scheldt Cup (Maas- en Schelde Beker). It was agreed to play the game 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.

==Youth program==
{{main|Sparta Youth Academy}}

The Sparta Jeugdopleiding (English: Sparta Youth Academy) is a four-star certified youth academy and amongst the strongest in the nation, having won the national academy of the year award on several occasions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/98618/Jeugdopleiding-Sparta-beoordeeld-met-4-sterren |title=Jeugdopleiding Sparta beoordeeld met 4 sterren |publisher=Rijnmond TV |date=1 February 2013 |access-date=4 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065335/http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/98618/Jeugdopleiding-Sparta-beoordeeld-met-4-sterren |url-status=live }}</ref> Several International footballers have progressed through the ranks of the academy, including [[Danny Blind]], [[Danny Koevermans]], [[David Mendes da 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Chloe |url=http://www.opleidingsparta.nl/?pagina_id=500&topbutton_id=54 |title=Exponenten uit de jeugdopleiding van Sparta Rotterdam |publisher=Sparta Jeugdopleiding |date=22 October 1995 |access-date=3 August 2012 |archive-date=22 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522211228/http://www.opleidingsparta.nl/?pagina_id=500&topbutton_id=54 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Honours==

===National===
*'''[[Netherlands Football League Championship]] / [[Eredivisie]]: 6'''
** [[1908–09 Netherlands Football League Championship|1908–09]], [[1910–11 Netherlands Football League Championship|1910–11]], [[1911–12 Netherlands Football League Championship|1911–12]], [[1912–13 Netherlands Football League Championship|1912–13]], [[1914–15 Netherlands Football League Championship|1914–15]], [[1958–59 Eredivisie|1958–59]]
*'''[[Eerste Divisie]]: 1'''
** [[2015–16 Eerste Divisie|2015–16]]
*'''[[KNVB Cup]]: 3'''
** 1957–58, 1961–62, 1965–66

===Others===
*'''Rotterdam Easter Tournament'''
** Runners-up (2): 1934, 1948<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spartapasen34-48.html|title=Easter Tournaments Sparta (Rotterdam) 1934 and 1948|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207180509/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spartapasen34-48.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Domestic results==
<timeline>
ImageSize = width:700 height:60
PlotArea  = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period     = from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/2025
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1990
Colors =
  id:bl1  value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5)
  id:bl2  value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3)
  id:rs  value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6)
  id:rn  value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)

PlotData=
  bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center

  from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/1991  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/1991 till:01/01/1992  shift:(0,-4) text:8
  from:01/01/1992 till:01/01/1993  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/1993 till:01/01/1994  shift:(0,-4) text:9
  from:01/01/1994 till:01/01/1995  shift:(0,-4) text:14
  from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/1996  shift:(0,-4) text:6
  from:01/01/1996 till:01/01/1997  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/1997 till:01/01/1998  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/1998 till:01/01/1999  shift:(0,-4) text:17
  from:01/01/1999 till:01/01/2000  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/2000 till:01/01/2001  shift:(0,-4) text:17
  from:01/01/2001 till:01/01/2002  shift:(0,-4) text:17
  from:01/01/2002 till:01/01/2003  shift:(0,-4) text:8
  from:01/01/2003 till:01/01/2004  shift:(0,-4) text:3
  from:01/01/2004 till:01/01/2005  shift:(0,-4) text:2
  from:01/01/2005 till:01/01/2006  shift:(0,-4) text:14
  from:01/01/2006 till:01/01/2007  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2008  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/2008 till:01/01/2009  shift:(0,-4) text:13
  from:01/01/2009 till:01/01/2010  shift:(0,-4) text:16
  from:01/01/2010 till:01/01/2011  shift:(0,-4) text:9
  from:01/01/2011 till:01/01/2012  shift:(0,-4) text:2
  from:01/01/2012 till:01/01/2013  shift:(0,-4) text:3
  from:01/01/2013 till:01/01/2014  shift:(0,-4) text:16
  from:01/01/2014 till:01/01/2015  shift:(0,-4) text:8
  from:01/01/2015 till:01/01/2016  shift:(0,-4) text:1
  from:01/01/2016 till:01/01/2017  shift:(0,-4) text:15
  from:01/01/2017 till:01/01/2018  shift:(0,-4) text:17
  from:01/01/2018 till:01/01/2019  shift:(0,-4) text:2
  from:01/01/2019 till:01/01/2020  shift:(0,-4) text:11
  from:01/01/2020 till:01/01/2021  shift:(0,-4) text:8
  from:01/01/2021 till:01/01/2022  shift:(0,-4) text:14
  from:01/01/2022 till:01/01/2023  shift:(0,-4) text:6
  from:01/01/2023 till:01/01/2024  shift:(0,-4) text:8
  from:01/01/2024 till:01/01/2025  shift:(0,-4) text:12
 from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/2002  color:bl1  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eredivisie]]"
 from:01/01/2002 till:01/01/2005  color:bl2  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eerste Divisie]]"
 from:01/01/2005 till:01/01/2010  color:bl1  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eredivisie]]"
 from:01/01/2010 till:01/01/2016  color:bl2  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eerste Divisie]]"
 from:01/01/2016 till:01/01/2018  color:bl1  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eredivisie]]"
 from:01/01/2018 till:01/01/2019  color:bl2  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eerste Divisie]]"
 from:01/01/2019 till:01/01/2025  color:bl1  shift:(0,13)  text: "[[Eredivisie]]"

</timeline>

[[File:Sparta Rotterdam League Performance.png|thumb|280px|Historical chart of league performance]]
Below is a table with Sparta Rotterdam's domestic results since the introduction of the [[Eredivisie]] in 1956.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
! colspan=5 | Domestic Results since 1956
|-
! width="20%"|Domestic league
! width="20%"|League result
! width="20%"|Qualification to
! width="20%"|[[KNVB Cup]] season
! width="20%"|Cup result
|-
|[[2024–25 Eredivisie]]
|12th
|
|[[2024–25 KNVB Cup|2024–25]]
|second round
|-
|[[2023–24 Eredivisie]]
|8th
|European competition play-offs: no European competition
|[[2023–24 KNVB Cup|2023–24]]
|second round
|-
|[[2022–23 Eredivisie]]
|6th
|European competition play-offs: no European competition
|[[2022–23 KNVB Cup|2022–23]]
|second round
|-
|[[2021–22 Eredivisie]]
|14th
|
|[[2021–22 KNVB Cup|2021–22]]
|second round
|-
|[[2020–21 Eredivisie]]
|8th
|European competition play-offs: no European competition
|[[2020–21 KNVB Cup|2020–21]]
|first round
|-
|[[2019–20 Eredivisie]]
|11th
|
|[[2019–20 KNVB Cup|2019–20]]
|second round
|-
|[[2018–19 Eerste Divisie]]
|bgcolor="silver"|second 
|[[Eredivisie]] (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)
|[[2018–19 KNVB Cup|2018–19]]
|first round
|-
|[[2017–18 Eredivisie]]
|17th
|[[Eerste Divisie]] (losing promo./releg. play-offs)
|[[2017–18 KNVB Cup|2017–18]]
|first round
|-
|[[2016–17 Eredivisie]]
|15th
|
|[[2016–17 KNVB Cup|2016–17]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[2015–16 Eerste Divisie]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
| [[Eredivisie]]
|[[2015–16 KNVB Cup|2015–16]]
|third round
|-
|[[2014–15 Eerste Divisie]]
|8th
| -
|[[2014–15 KNVB Cup|2014–15]]
|third round
|-
|[[2013–14 Eerste Divisie]]
|16th
|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion
|[[2013–14 KNVB Cup|2013–14]]
|second round
|-
|[[2012–13 Eerste Divisie]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |3rd
|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion
|[[2012–13 KNVB Cup|2012–13]]
|third round
|-
|[[2011–12 Eerste Divisie]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion
|[[2011–12 KNVB Cup|2011–12]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2010–11 Eerste Divisie]]
|9th
| -
|[[2010–11 KNVB Cup|2010–11]]
|third round
|-
|[[2009–10 Eredivisie]]
|bgcolor="pink"|16th
|[[Eerste Divisie]] (losing promo./releg. play-offs)
|[[2009–10 KNVB Cup|2009–10]]
|quarter-final
|-
|[[2008–09 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[2008–09 KNVB Cup|2008–09]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2007–08 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[2007–08 KNVB Cup|2007–08]]
|third round
|-
|[[2006–07 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| - (after losing [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|IC]]-play-offs)
|[[2006–07 KNVB Cup|2006–07]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2005–06 Eredivisie]]
|14th
| -
|[[2005–06 KNVB Cup|2005–06]]
|second round
|-
|[[Eerste Divisie 2004–05|2004–05 Eerste Divisie]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|[[Eredivisie]] (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)
|[[2004–05 KNVB Cup|2004–05]]
|second round
|-
|[[Eerste Divisie 2003–04|2003–04 Eerste Divisie]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |3rd
|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion
|[[2003–04 KNVB Cup|2003–04]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[Eerste Divisie 2002–03|2002–03 Eerste Divisie]]
|8th
| -
|[[2002–03 KNVB Cup|2002–03]]
|third round
|-
|[[2001–02 Eredivisie]]
|bgcolor="pink"|17th
|[[Eerste Divisie]] (losing promo./releg. play-offs)
|[[2001–02 KNVB Cup|2001–02]]
|second round
|-
|[[2000–01 Eredivisie]]
|17th
| - (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)
|[[2000–01 KNVB Cup|2000–01]]
|third round
|-
|[[1999–2000 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[1999-2000 KNVB Cup|1999-2000]]
|second round
|-
|[[1998–99 Eredivisie]]
|17th
| - (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)
|[[1998-99 KNVB Cup|1998-99]]
|second round
|-
|[[1997–98 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[1997-98 KNVB Cup|1997-98]]
|second round
|-
|[[1996–97 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[1996-97 KNVB Cup|1996-97]]
|second round
|-
|[[1995–96 Eredivisie]]
|6th
| -
|[[1995-96 KNVB Cup|1995-96]]
|bgcolor="silver"|final
|-
|[[1994–95 Eredivisie]]
|14th
| -
|[[1994-95 KNVB Cup|1994-95]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1993–94 Eredivisie]]
|9th
| -
|[[1993-94 KNVB Cup|1993-94]]
|third round
|-
|[[1992–93 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[1992-93 KNVB Cup|1992-93]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1991–92 Eredivisie]]
|8th
| -
|[[1991-92 KNVB Cup|1991-92]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[1990–91 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[1990-91 KNVB Cup|1990-91]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1989–90 Eredivisie]]
|12th
| -
|[[1989-90 KNVB Cup|1989-90]]
|first round
|-
|[[1988–89 Eredivisie]]
|12th
| -
|[[1988-89 KNVB Cup|1988-89]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1987–88 Eredivisie]]
|12th
| -
|[[1987-88 KNVB Cup|1987-88]]
|first round
|-
|[[1986–87 Eredivisie]]
|8th
| -
|[[1986-87 KNVB Cup|1986-87]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1985–86 Eredivisie]]
|7th
| -
|[[1985-86 KNVB Cup|1985-86]]
|first round
|-
|[[1984–85 Eredivisie]]
|4th
|[[UEFA Cup 1985-86|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1984-85 KNVB Cup|1984-85]]
|quarter-final
|-
|[[1983–84 Eredivisie]]
|5th
| -
|[[1983-84 KNVB Cup|1983-84]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1982–83 Eredivisie]]
|4th
|[[UEFA Cup 1983-84|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1982-83 KNVB Cup|1982-83]]
|second round
|-
|[[1981–82 Eredivisie]]
|8th
| -
|[[1981-82 KNVB Cup|1981-82]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[1980–81 Eredivisie]]
|7th
| -
|[[1980-81 KNVB Cup|1980-81]]
|second round
|-
|[[1979–80 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| -
|[[1979-80 KNVB Cup|1979-80]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[1978–79 Eredivisie]]
|6th
| -
|[[1978-79 KNVB Cup|1978-79]]
|quarter-final
|-
|[[1977–78 Eredivisie]]
|5th
| -
|[[1977-78 KNVB Cup|1977-78]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[1976–77 Eredivisie]]
|7th
| -
|[[1976-77 KNVB Cup|1976-77]]
|second round
|-
|[[1975–76 Eredivisie]]
|10th
| -
|[[1975-76 KNVB Cup|1975-76]]
|second round
|-
|[[1974–75 Eredivisie]]
|6th
| -
|[[1974-75 KNVB Cup|1974-75]]
|quarter-final
|-
|[[1973–74 Eredivisie]]
|8th
| -
|[[1973-74 KNVB Cup|1973-74]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1972–73 Eredivisie]]
|4th
| -
|[[1972-73 KNVB Cup|1972-73]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final
|-
|[[1971–72 Eredivisie]]
|4th
| -
|[[1971-72 KNVB Cup|1971-72]]
|quarter-final
|-
|[[1970–71 Eredivisie]]
|6th
|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971-72|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|[[1970-71 KNVB Cup|1970-71]]
|bgcolor="silver"|final
|-
|[[1969–70 Eredivisie]]
|5th
|[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970–71|Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
|[[1969-70 KNVB Cup|1969-70]]
|second round
|-
|[[1968–69 Eredivisie]]
|8th
| -
|1968-69
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |semi-final {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1967–68 Eredivisie]]
|5th
| -
|1967-68
|quarter-final {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1966–67 Eredivisie]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |3rd
| -
|1966-67
|round of 16 {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1965–66 Eredivisie]]
|7th
|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966-67|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1965-66
|bgcolor="gold"|winners
|-
|[[1964–65 Eredivisie]]
|5th
| -
|1964-65
|first round {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1963–64 Eredivisie]]
|14th
| -
|1963-64
|round of 16 {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1962–63 Eredivisie]]
| bgcolor="#cd7f32" |3rd
| -
|1962-63
|third round {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1961–62 Eredivisie]]
|9th
|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1961-62
|bgcolor="gold"|winners
|-
|[[1960–61 Eredivisie]]
|4th
| -
|1960-61
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1959–60 Eredivisie]]
|7th
| -
|''not held''
|''not held''
|-
|[[1958–59 Eredivisie]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|[[European Cup 1959-60|European Cup]]
|1958-59
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1957–58 Eredivisie]]
|9th
| -
|1957-58
|bgcolor="gold"|winners
|-
|[[1956–57 Eredivisie]]
|8th
| -
|1956-57
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|}

==Sparta in Europe==
{{main|Sparta Rotterdam in European Football}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Round
! Opponent
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1959–60 European Cup]]
|1st round
|{{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Göteborg]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;|4–0<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61518--sparta-vs-goteborg/?iv=true | title=Sparta vs. Göteborg | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=22 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222232136/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61518--sparta-vs-goteborg/?iv=true | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–3<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61519--goteborg-vs-sparta/ | title=Göteborg vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | date=9 August 2012 | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=22 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222233638/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61519--goteborg-vs-sparta/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''4–4'''<ref group=note>Sparta won 3–1 in the replay played in Bremen, Germany.</ref><br>{{nowrap|(3–1 {{aet|re=yes}})<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/68413--sparta-vs-goteborg/?iv=true | title=Sparta vs. Göteborg | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=22 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222233632/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/68413--sparta-vs-goteborg/?iv=true | url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|-
|Quarter finals
|{{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Rangers F.C.]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;|2–3<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61536--sparta-vs-rangers/?iv=true | title=Sparta vs. Rangers | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=22 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222233633/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61536--sparta-vs-rangers/?iv=true | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–0<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61537--rangers-vs-sparta/ | title=Rangers vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=22 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222232131/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61537--rangers-vs-sparta/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''3–3'''<ref group=note>Rangers won 3–2 in the replay played in London, England.</ref><br>{{nowrap|(3–2 {{aet|re=yes}})<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/68415--rangers-vs-sparta/?iv=true | title=Rangers vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=22 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222233634/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/68415--rangers-vs-sparta/?iv=true | url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|-
|[[1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Lausanne-Sport]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;|4–2
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–3
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''4–5'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Floriana F.C.]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|6–0
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''7–1'''
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Servette FC]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–0
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''1–2'''
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Íþróttabandalag Akraness]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|6–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|9–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''15–0'''
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Coleraine F.C.]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''4–1'''
|-
|Quarter final
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–3
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–2
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''2–5'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup|1971–72 Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[PFC Levski Sofia]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–0
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''3–1'''
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Red Star Belgrade]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–2
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''2–3'''
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1983–84 UEFA Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Coleraine F.C.]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|4–0<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/994--sparta-vs-coleraine/ | title=Sparta vs. Coleraine | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224224052/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/994--sparta-vs-coleraine/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/995--coleraine-vs-sparta/ | title=Coleraine vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224225550/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/995--coleraine-vs-sparta/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''5–1'''
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|DDR}} [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|3–2<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1057--sparta-vs-jena/ | title=Sparta vs. Carl Zeiss Jena | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224231056/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1057--sparta-vs-jena/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1058--jena-vs-sparta/ | title=Carl Zeiss Jena vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224231052/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1058--jena-vs-sparta/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''4–3'''
|-
|3rd round
|{{flagicon|URS}} [[FC Spartak Moscow]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1085--sparta-vs-spartak-moskva/ | title=Sparta vs. Spartak Moscow | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224224050/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1085--sparta-vs-spartak-moskva/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1086--spartak-moskva-vs-sparta/ | title=Spartak Moscow vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224224048/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1086--spartak-moskva-vs-sparta/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''1–3'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1985–86 UEFA Cup]]
|1st round
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|2–0<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67527--sparta-vs-hamburg/ | title=Sparta vs. Hamburg | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=25 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225000004/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67527--sparta-vs-hamburg/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67528--hamburg-vs-sparta/ | title=Hamburg vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=24 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224234509/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67528--hamburg-vs-sparta/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;" | '''2–2'''<br>{{pso|4–3}}
|-
|2nd round
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67566--monchengladbach-vs-sparta/ | title=Sparta vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–5<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67565--sparta-vs-monchengladbach/ | title=Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Sparta | publisher=UEFA | access-date=19 November 2023 | archive-date=25 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225000002/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/67565--sparta-vs-monchengladbach/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''2–6'''
|}

==Current squad==
{{updated|3 February 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/clubliefde/a-selectie/a-selectie/|title=A-selectie &#124; Sparta Rotterdam|access-date=30 January 2022|archive-date=12 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712232522/https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/clubliefde/a-selectie/a-selectie/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=[[Joël Drommel]]|other={{small|on loan from [[PSV Eindhoven]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=SUR|pos=DF|name=[[Marvin Young (footballer)|Marvin Young]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Julian Baas]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=VEN|pos=DF|name=[[Teo Quintero]]}}
{{fs player|no=5|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Mike Kleijn]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Joshua Kitolano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Mitchell van Bergen]]}}
{{fs player|no=8|nat=CPV|pos=MF|name=[[Ayoni Santos]]}}
{{fs player|no=9|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=[[Tobias Lauritsen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Vito van Crooij]]|other={{small|on loan from [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Milan Zonneveld]]}}
{{fs player|no=12|nat=CUW|pos=DF|name=[[Shurandy Sambo]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]}}}}
{{fs player|no=13|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Max de Ligt]]}}{{fs player|no=2|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Lushendry Martes]]}}
{{fs player|no=13|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Jonathan de Guzmán]]}}
{{fs player|no=14|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Bruno Martins Indi]]}}
{{fs player|no=15|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Patrick van Aanholt]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=16|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Pelle Clement]]}}
{{fs player|no=17|nat=COM|pos=DF|name=[[Saïd Bakari]]}}
{{fs player|no=18|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Jens Toornstra]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=FIN|pos=FW|name=[[Casper Terho]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Oud-Heverlee Leuven|OH Leuven]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=POL|pos=GK|name=[[Filip Bednarek]]}}
{{fs player|no=21|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Alwande Roaldsøy]]}}
{{fs player|no=22|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=[[Shunsuke Mito]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=Pascal Kuiper}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=[[Youri Schoonderwaldt]]|other={{small|at [[VVV-Venlo]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Boyd Reith]]|other={{small|at [[Almere City FC|Almere City]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Tijs Velthuis]]|other={{small|at [[PEC Zwolle]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Lance Duijvestijn]]|other={{small|at [[Fortuna Sittard]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Joel Ideho]]|other={{small|at [[FC Volendam]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Layee Kromah]]|other={{small|at [[VVV-Venlo]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ISL|pos=FW|name=[[Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson]]|other={{small|at [[SC Telstar|Telstar]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs end}}

===Jong Sparta Rotterdam===
Jong Sparta Rotterdam is the second team of Sparta Rotterdam, consisting mainly of players who are not yet eligible for a spot in the first team's squad. The team has been competing in the third-tier [[Tweede Divisie]] since 2016. Previously, it played in the [[Beloften Eredivisie]].

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=[[Ivar Geneugelijk]]}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=[[Rik Suur]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=[[Thijs Verbaan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Timo Borrie]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Paris Elmensdorp]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Jair Haakmat]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Alvaro Henry]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CUR|pos=DF|name=[[Rai-Jedemy Laveist]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Giovanni Mulumba]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Giannino Vianello]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Olivier van Zijl]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Jafar Bynoe]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Dylan Chigharoe]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Viggo Guit]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Daniël Hanzen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Younes Jaber El Meftahi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Liam Oetoehganal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Mohamed Oukhattou]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Egeron Gorisson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BOE|pos=FW|name=[[Quincy Hoeve]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Marlon Silva Neves]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Gennaro Wijks]]}}
{{Fs end}}

==Former players==
{{further|:Category:Sparta Rotterdam players}}

===National team players===
''The following players were called up to represent their [[List of men's national association football teams|national teams]] in [[FIFA|international football]] and received [[Cap (sport)|caps]] during their tenure with Sparta Rotterdam:''

{{col-begin}}	
{{col-3}}
*;Aruba
** {{flagicon|Aruba}} [[David Abdul]] (2008–2011)
** {{flagicon|Aruba}} [[Gregor Breinburg]] (2018–2019)
*;Australia
** {{flagicon|Australia}} [[James Holland (soccer)|James Holland]] (2011–2012)
*;Austria
** {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Wilhelm Kreuz]] (1972–1974)
*;Burkina Faso
** {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[Ousmane Sanou]] (2001–2003)
*;Canada
** {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Charles-Andreas Brym]] (2022–2024)
*;Cape Verde
** {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Lorenzo Fonseca]] (2019–2021)
** {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Jeffry Fortes]] (2020–2021)
** {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Cecílio Lopes]] (2007–2008)
** {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Rui Monteiro (footballer, born 1977)|Rui Monteiro]] (2000–2003)
** {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} '''[[Ayoni Santos]] (2025–present)'''
** {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Toni Varela]] (2011–2013)
*;Comoros
** {{flagicon|Comoros}} '''[[Saïd Bakari]] (2023–present)'''
*;Curaçao
** {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Suently Alberto]] (2020–2022)
** {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Kenneth Cicilia]] (2001–2004)<ref group=nb>A Curaçao-born footballer, [[Kenneth Cicilia]] represented [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]] internationally, prior to the countries dissolution in 2010, with Curaçao considered by both UEFA and FIFA as the only inherit successor to the national team of former Netherlands Antilles.</ref>
** {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Bradley Martis]] (2018–2020)
** {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Jeremy de Nooijer]] (2012–2015)
** {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Rayvien Rosario]] (2023–2024)
** {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Shurandy Sambo]] (2025–2026)
*;Denmark
** {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Jørgen Kristensen]] (1968–1972)
** {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Claus Larsen (footballer)|Claus Larsen]] (1975–1976)
** {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Ole Madsen]] (1965–1968)
*;Finland
** {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Janne Saksela]] (2017)
*;Ghana
** {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Anthony Obodai]] (2003–2005)
*;Guinea
** {{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Mathias Pogba]] (2016–2017)
{{col-3}}
*;Hungary
** {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Krisztián Vermes]] (2008–2009)
*;Iceland
** {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Kristian Hlynsson]] (2025)

*;Israel
** {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ariel Harush]] (2019–2020)
*;Luxembourg
** {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Laurent Jans]] (2021–2022)
** {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Mica Pinto]] (2020–2023)
*;Morocco
** {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Nourdin Boukhari]] (2000–2002; 2007–2008; 2014)
** {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Mourad Mghizrat]] (1996–1999)
*;Netherlands
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Luuk Balkestein]] (1974–1980)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan van Beveren]] (1965–1970)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Danny Blind]] (1979–1986)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Willem Boerdam]] (1908–1921)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rein Boomsma]] (1895–1907)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Tinus Bosselaar]] (1953–1954; 1956–1966)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Pim Doesburg]] (1962–1967; 1970–1980)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Daaf Drok]] (1939–1944)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Tonny van Ede]] (1947–1964)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Hans Eijkenbroek]] (1963–1973)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jo Eshuijs]] (1904–1909)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ok Formenoij]] (1924–1933)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Huug de Groot]] (1908–1917)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Herman Jurgens]] (1903–1908)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Klijnjan]] (1968–1973)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Bok de Korver]] (1902–1923)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Landman]] (1949–1953)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Theo Laseroms]] (1963–1967)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Meutstege]] (1973–1977)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kees van Nieuwenhuizen]] (1908–1911)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Oosthoek]] (1924)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Miel Pijs]] (1967–1969)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Cas Ruffelse]] (1907–1926)
{{col-3}}
*'''Netherlands''' (''continued'')
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Henk Steeman]] (1919–1922; 1923–1925)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rinus Terlouw]] (1948–1958)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[John Veldman]] (1991–1996)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Hans Venneker]] (1968–1975)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Piet de Vries]] (1956–1965)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jaap Weber]] (1925–1929)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Piet van der Wolk]] (1908–1921)
** {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Willy van Zwieteren]] (1921–1933)
*;Nigeria
** {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Dele Adeleye]] (2007–2010)
** {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Sani Kaita]] (2005–2008)
** {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Christopher Kanu]] (2002)
** {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Maduka Okoye]] (2020–2022)
*;Northern Ireland
** {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Johnny Crossan]] (1959–1961)
** {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Sammy Morgan (footballer)|Sammy Morgan]] (1978–1979)
*;Republic of Ireland
** {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Peter Fitzgerald (footballer)|Peter Fitzgerald]] (1959–1960)
*;Slovenia
** {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Aleksander Šeliga]] (2009–2011)
*;South Africa
** {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Lars Veldwijk]] (2018–2020)
*;Suriname
** {{flagicon|Suriname}} [[Ishan Kort]] (2021–2023)
** {{flagicon|Suriname}} [[Djevencio van der Kust]] (2023–2025)
*;Syria
** {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Mohammed Osman]] (2021–2022)
*;Trinidad & Tobago
** {{flagicon|Trinidad & Tobago}} [[Darryl Roberts]] (2007–2008)
*;United States
** {{flagicon|United States}} [[Gregg Berhalter]] (1996–1998)
*;Venezuela
** {{flagicon|Venezuela}} '''[[Teo Quintero]] (2024–present)'''
{{col-3}}	
{{col-end}}
* ''Players in bold actively play for Sparta Rotterdam and for their respective national teams. Years in brackets indicate careerspan with Sparta.''

=== National team players by Confederation ===
Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former Sparta players represented Internationally
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|+ Total national team players by confederation<br>
|-
! scope="row" | Confederation
! scope="col" | Total
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | (Nation) Association
|-
| [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| 2
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia (1), {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Syria]] (1)
|-
| [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
| 17
| {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Cape Verde]] (6), {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria]] (4), {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Morocco]] (2), {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[Burkina Faso]] (1), {{flagicon|Comoros}} [[Comoros]] (1), {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]] (1), {{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Guinea]] (1), {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa (1)
|-
| [[CONCACAF]]
| 13
| {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Curaçao]] (6), {{flagicon|Aruba}} [[Aruba]] (2), {{flagicon|Suriname}} [[Suriname]] (2), {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada (1), {{flagicon|Trinidad & Tobago}} [[Trinidad & Tobago]] (1), {{flagicon|United States}} United States (1)
|-
| [[CONMEBOL]]
| 1
| {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]] (1)
|-
| [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
| 0
| &nbsp;
|-
| [[UEFA]]
| 45
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]] (31), {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark]] (3), {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Luxembourg]] (2), {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Northern Ireland]] (2), {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria]] (1), {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland]] (1), {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hungary]] (1), {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Iceland]] (1), {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland (1), {{flagicon|Israel}} Israel (1), {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia]] (1)
|}

==Players in international tournaments==
The following is a list of Sparta players who have competed in international tournaments, including the [[FIFA World Cup]], [[UEFA European Championship]], [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] and the [[Africa Cup of Nations]]. To this date no Sparta players have participated in the [[FIFA Confederations Cup]], [[AFC Asian Cup]], [[Copa América]] or the [[OFC Nations Cup]] while playing for Sparta Rotterdam.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|- style="text-align: center"
!Cup
!Players
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Yugoslavia}} [[UEFA Euro 1976]]||{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Meutstege]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]||{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} [[Pim Doesburg]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1980]]||{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} [[Pim Doesburg]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|England}} [[UEFA Euro 1996]]||{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} [[John Veldman]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|United States}} [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]||{{Flag icon|United States}} [[Gregg Berhalter]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Mali}} [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations]]||{{Flag icon|Morocco}} [[Nourdin Boukhari]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Egypt}} [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations]]||{{Flag icon|Nigeria}} [[Sani Kaita]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|United States}} [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]||{{Flag icon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Darryl Roberts]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]||{{Flag icon|Nigeria}} [[Dele Adeleye]]<br />{{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Aleksander Šeliga]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|South Africa}} [[2013 Africa Cup of Nations]]||{{Flag icon|Cape Verde}} [[Toni Varela]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Egypt}} [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations]]||{{Flag icon|South Africa}} [[Lars Veldwijk]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Cameroon}} [[2021 Africa Cup of Nations]]||{{Flag icon|Nigeria}} [[Maduka Okoye]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Morocco}} [[2025 Africa Cup of Nations]]||{{Flag icon|Comoros}} [[Saïd Bakari]]
|-
|align="left"|{{Flag icon|Canada}}{{Flag icon|Mexico}}{{Flag icon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup]]||{{Flag icon|Curaçao}} [[Shurandy Sambo]]
|-
|}

==Club staff==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head coach
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Maurice Steijn]]
|-
| Assistant coach
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Nourdin Boukhari]]
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Kooiman]]
|-
| Video analyst
|{{flagicon|NED}} Wesly Lisboa
|-
| Chief scout
|{{flagicon|NED}} Jesper Gudde
|-
| Scout
|{{flagicon|NED}} Bart Latuheru
|-
| Club doctor
|{{flagicon|NED}} Simon Knops
|-
| Physiotherapist
|{{flagicon|NED}} Rogier Hoek <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Kohei Sagara
|-
| Team Official
|{{flagicon|NED}} Ronald Hanstede
|-
| Kit Manager
|{{flagicon|NED}} Ben Wessels
|-
| Academy manager
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jason Oost]]
|-
| Technical director
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Gerard Nijkamp]]
|}

==Former coaches==
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*[[Edgar Chadwick]] (1915)
*[[Peter Donaghy]] (1929–30)
*[[Doug Livingstone]] (1949)
*[[Walter Crook]] (1950)
*[[Denis Neville]] (1955–63)
*[[Bill Thompson (Scottish footballer)|Bill Thompson]] (1963–66)
*[[Wiel Coerver]] (1966–69)
*[[Georg Keßler]] (1970–71)
*[[Elek Schwartz]] (1971–72)
*[[Jimmy Adamson]] (1976)
*[[Cor Brom]] (1976–78)
*[[Mircea Petescu]] (1978–80)
*[[Joop Brand]] (1980)
*[[Barry Hughes]] (1980–83)
*[[Bert Jacobs]] (1983–84)
*[[Theo Vonk]] (1984–86)
*[[Barry Hughes]] (1986–88)
*[[Rob Baan]] (1988–90)
*[[Rob Jacobs]] (1991–93)
*[[Han Berger]] (1993–95)
*[[Henk van Stee]] (1995)
*[[Henk ten Cate]] (1995–97)
*[[Hans van der Zee]] (1997–98)
*[[Jan Everse]] (1998–99)
*[[Dolf Roks]] (1999–01)
*[[Willem van Hanegem]] (2001)
*[[Frank Rijkaard]] (2001–02)
*[[Fritz Korbach]] (2003)
*[[Chris Dekker]] (2003)
*[[Mike Snoei]] (2003–05)
*[[Adri van Tiggelen]] ''(interim)'' (2005)
*[[Wiljan Vloet]] (2005–07)
*[[Gert Aandewiel]] (2007)
*[[Adri van Tiggelen]] ''(interim)'' (2007)
*[[Foeke Booy]] (2007–09)
*[[Frans Adelaar]] (2009–10)
*[[Aad de Mos]] (2010)
*[[Jan Everse]] (2010–11)
*[[Jos van Eck]] (2011)
*[[Michel Vonk]] (2011–13)
*[[Henk ten Cate]] ''(interim)'' (2013)
*[[Gert Kruys]] (2014)
*[[Alex Pastoor]] (2015–2017)
*[[Dolf Roks]] ''(interim)'' (2017)
*[[Dick Advocaat]] (2018)
*[[Henk Fraser]] (2018–2022)
*[[Maurice Steijn]] (2022–2023)
*[[Jeroen Rijsdijk]] (2023–2024)
*[[Maurice Steijn]] (2024–present)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
*[[Sparta Rotterdam season 2001–02]]
*[[Sparta Rotterdam season 2002–03]]
*[[Sparta Rotterdam season 2003–04]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=nb}}
<references group=note/>

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{official website|http://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}}
*[http://www.football-lineups.com/squad/?route=120&tor=17&g=1 Sparta Rotterdam at Football-lineups.com]
*[http://www.ronaldzwiers.0catch.com/Clubs/S/Sparta/Sparta.htm Statistics]
*[http://www.itwm.nl itwm]
*[http://www.despartasupporter.nl despartasupporter]
*[http://www.spartarotterdam.co.uk/ Unofficial website] {{in lang|en}}

{{Sparta Rotterdam}}
{{eredivisie}}
{{KNVB Cup Winners 1899-1960}}
{{KNVB Cup Winners 1961-present}}
{{RotterdamSport}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Sparta Rotterdam| ]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Rotterdam]]
[[Category:Football clubs in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1888]]