Sparta Rotterdam
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Sparta Rotterdam in brief
Founded on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam are the oldest professional football club in the Netherlands. The club is based in Spangen, in the west of Rotterdam, and has played since 1916 at the Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, whose turreted facade gave the ground its name and the team its nickname, De Kasteelheren. The red-and-white striped shirts date from 1899, when the board adopted the colours of Sunderland after watching the English club.
Sparta have been Dutch champions six times. Five of those titles came in the amateur era between 1909 and 1915, and the sixth was the 1958-59 Eredivisie, which took the club into the 1959-60 European Cup. They have also won three KNVB Cups, in 1958, 1962 and 1966, and the 2015-16 Eerste Divisie title. The club's first relegation of the professional era came in 2002.
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Club profile maintained by Oddsivio · sourced from official club records.
The Sparta Youth Academy is one of the most respected in the country, and Danny Blind, Ed de Goey, Winston Bogarde, Georginio Wijnaldum and Memphis Depay all came through it. Feyenoord are the historic arch-rivals, and the Rotterdam derby has roots in a class divide: Sparta were founded when football was still an upper-class pastime, while Feyenoord grew up in the working-class district of Feijenoord in the south of the city. Excelsior, from Kralingen, complete Rotterdam's trio of professional clubs.
On this page you can follow Sparta Rotterdam's fixtures, results, squad, team and player stats, match analysis and video highlights.
Sparta Rotterdam are 11th in the Eredivisie in 2026/27 with 12 points from 11 games (3W 3D 5L). They have won 2 of their last 5.
Milan Zonneveld is Sparta Rotterdam's top scorer this season with 9 goals.
Recent results
- Groningen 2–3 Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 2–2 Fortuna Sittard (2–3 pens) — KNVB Beker
- Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 Ajax — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 3–2 Willem II — Eredivisie
- GO Ahead Eagles 3–3 Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 Heerenveen — Eredivisie
- PSV Eindhoven 4–1 Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 2–2 PEC Zwolle — Eredivisie
- Excelsior 2–1 Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 3–3 Utrecht — Eredivisie
- Telstar 1–3 Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Feyenoord — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 2–3 Excelsior — Eredivisie
- Twente 4–0 Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 2–2 GO Ahead Eagles — Eredivisie
Next fixture
ADO Den Haag vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie, 7 Nov 2026
Upcoming fixtures
- Sparta Rotterdam vs AZ Alkmaar — Eredivisie, 22 Nov 2026
- Cambuur vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie, 28 Nov 2026
- Sparta Rotterdam vs NEC Nijmegen — Eredivisie, 5 Dec 2026
- Twente vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie, 13 Dec 2026
- Fortuna Sittard vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie, 19 Dec 2026
- Sparta Rotterdam vs Excelsior — Eredivisie, 9 Jan 2027
- Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie, 15 Jan 2027
- Sparta Rotterdam vs Groningen — Eredivisie, 24 Jan 2027
- Sparta Rotterdam vs Telstar — Eredivisie, 30 Jan 2027