Sparta Rotterdam
| Sparta Rotterdam | |||
| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Sparta Rotterdam BV | ||
| Seat | Rotterdam , Netherlands | ||
| founding | April 1, 1888 | ||
| Colours | Red White | ||
| president | Rob Westerhof | ||
| Website | sparta-rotterdam.nl | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Henk Fraser | ||
| Venue | Het Kasteel | ||
| Places | 11,026 | ||
| league | Eredivisie | ||
| 2019/20 | 11th place | ||
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Sparta Rotterdam is the second largest football club from Rotterdam after Feyenoord .
General
Sparta's club colors are red and white. These were copied from the English football club AFC Sunderland . The home shirt has vertical stripes in the two club colors. The pants are black, while the socks are red / white stripes.
history
1888–1905: Founding and anchoring in Dutch football
Sparta is the oldest still existing club in paid football in the Netherlands . The club was founded on April 1st, 1888. Originally the club was called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta . At that time, several students from the local schools joined forces. The main sport at that time was cricket . But the football game soon came to Rotterdam from the neighboring island nation of Great Britain . The first playgrounds were at Delftsche Poort , on the grounds of the Heineken brewery and in front of the Laurenskerk . In the beginning only a few games were played because there were still no corresponding opponents. In March 1890, the club joined the Nederlandsche Voetbal en Atletiek Bond (German: Dutch Football and Athletics Association). On December 18, 1892, they achieved a record result when the Amersfoortsche Voetbalclub was beaten 17-0. Here come Freek Kampschreur nine of the 17 matches. Shortly afterwards, in 1893, the team played for the first time against a foreign club. However, they lost against the English representatives FC Harwich & Parkeston with 0: 8. A year later, the club met another team from the island. In order not to embarrass themselves against FC Felixstowe & Walton United , the club gathered the best Dutch players and played their first unofficial game in a Dutch national team. They parted 1: 1. In 1894, Sparta founded the Rotterdamse Voetbalbond (German: Rotterdam Football Association). When the British club AFC Sunderland visited Rotterdam in 1899 , Sparta copied their jerseys and made red and white the club colors. From 1900 the association took on greater importance in the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond founded in 1889 . Among other things, they took care of organizing the competition for the Zilveren Bal (German: Silver Ball), which was played for the first time in 1901.
In 1905 the first official game of the Dutch national team was played. On the initiative of Kees van Hasselt , the first Bond trainer, the KNVB decided to play the game in Rotterdam. It was held in the Crooswijk district , which belonged to Sparta.
1906–1918: First golden years
In the first few years after its founding, Sparta played consistently, but quickly took the title of "Eternal Second". In the first fifteen years of league football it was mostly second and third places that the team won. In 1909 this statement changed and the club celebrated for the first time by winning the Nederlandse Landskampioenen , the Dutch championship. Between 1911 and 1913, the team brought three more titles to Rotterdam before the streak was interrupted by HVV Den Haag , the top club at the time. But already in the 1914/15 season they fought their way back to the championship final and defeated Vitesse Arnheim after three games (1: 2, 4: 1, 3: 0). In addition, the NBLO Beker Cup was won in 1909, 1910 and 1911 and the Zilveren Bal in 1910 and 1913 . The then English coach Edgar Chadwick , who coached the Dutch national team between 1908 and 1913 , had a major influence on these successes . He was also the first trainer signed by the club. Important key players of this time were Bok de Korver , Huug de Groot and Cas Ruffelse .
In October 1916 the association moved to the Rotterdam district of Spangen . The Sparta homestead Het Kasteel , which is still in use today, was previously built there.
1919–1969: Second golden years
Although the club was able to win the regional championship in 1925 and 1929, it missed far more successes. In the years 1924, 1926, 1928, 1931 and 1940 the team was only narrowly beaten and had to be content with the runner-up title. The competition for the Zilveren Bal was more successful . It was won five times between 1923 and 1935, and one more time in 1951. In 1953 and 1956, after a long dry spell, it was enough to triumph at the regional championships. With the title of 1956, the team trained by coach Denis Neville qualified for the newly founded Eredivisie . Two years after this rise, Sparta won the KNVB Cup , and one year later they became Dutch champions for the first time since 1915. This is the first time the team has qualified for an international competition. The first opponent in the 1959/60 European Cup was the Swedish champions IFK Göteborg . After a 3: 1 home win and a 1: 3 away defeat, a play-off had to follow that Sparta could win 3: 1. Also in the next round decided against the Scottish representative Glasgow Rangers a third game after losing 2: 3 and then winning 1: 0. But this time the Rotterdam footballers were left behind and were eliminated on neutral ground, in London's Highbury , after 2: 3. In the 1961/1962 season one was qualified for the newly created International Football Cup . The group stage was won against IF Elfsborg , SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin and FC Basel . In the quarterfinals they failed to Slovan Bratislava . As a result of these successes, a Sparta boom developed in Rotterdam. In 1963 the stadium's capacity was expanded to 31,000 and the internal club structure was expanded and improved. With Hans Sonneveld , a professional scout was engaged who was looking for talented footballers. In 1962 and 1966 the red and whites were able to win the national cup again. These have remained the last great successes for Sparta to this day. For the 1963/64 season they qualified again for the International Football Cup, which was only launched in 1961. There they met the Austrian representative First Vienna FC 1894 , there was a reunion with IFK Göteborg and again against a German team, FC Bayern Munich . Against this it set a 1: 2 defeat in front of the home crowd, away even a 0: 6 bankruptcy. To date, this is the biggest defeat for Sparta in an international game. This mark was only reached again in 1975 when they also lost 6-0 against FC Tirol Innsbruck .
1970–1989: Solid first division team
From then on, the club was considered a solid Eredivisie team. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sparta was mostly found in the top of the table, with the best placement being fourth (1972, 1973, 1983, 1985). In 1970, 1975, 1983 and 1985 the Sparta team took part in international tournaments. At the Messestädte-Pokal of the 1970/71 season there was the highest international competitive win in the club's history with a 9-0 win in the first round against the Icelandic team ÍA Akranes . In the third round, however, the team was eliminated against Bayern Munich. After the end of the 1982/83 season, Sparta made it into the UEFA Cup for the first time . There the club advanced to the last sixteen. The team won against the Northern Irish club Coleraine FC and against the GDR team Carl Zeiss Jena , but then drew the shorter against Spartak Moscow . In the 1985/86 UEFA Cup , Hamburger SV was shot out of the tournament before Borussia Mönchengladbach finished in the second round. At the end of the 1980s, however, the club found itself in lower regions of the Dutch first division and did not participate in international competitions.
1990–2005: mediocrity, insignificance and decline
After the successful years were over, the club had a hard time. In 1994/95 it was only 14th place. Only in 1964 had the club been so bad. With Henk ten Cate as the new coach, success came back for a short time. Ten Cate made it to sixth place in 1996 and to the finals of the KNVB Cup. On the way there one switched u. a. Teams like AZ Alkmaar and city rivals Feyenoord. But in the final, PSV Eindhoven showed the red and whites their limits and Sparta lost 5-2. The darkest chapter in the club's history began in 1998/99 when the team was only 17th in the league and the Rotterdam team had to tremble in relegation about remaining in the Eredivisie. You could prevail, but only hesitated to descend. After only the penultimate rank was achieved three years later, the Sparta team did not make it in the play-off games either and was relegated to the Eerste Divisie .
Although the plan was to get promoted again immediately, the first year in the second division was a disaster. Economic and internal problems created problems. In the end, it was only eighth. Thanks to financial help from external partners, the club soon recovered. Two seasons later, the club made it and made its comeback in the Dutch upper house. The offensive forces Danny Koevermans (24 goals), Ricky van den Bergh (22 goals) and Riga Mustapha (22 goals), who topped the list of goalscorers in the second division, had a large share . In the relegation games, the supporters had to tremble after the first game was lost and coach Mike Snoei was dismissed. Interim coach Adri van Tiggelen followed him and led the team back. The KNVB Cup attracted attention when the team advanced to the semi-finals and were only eliminated from FC Utrecht after a penalty shoot-out.
2006 – today: Current development
Since the resurgence, the ghost of relegation has been a constant companion at Sparta. Until 2008/09 the team never got past 13th place. The coach and supervisor kept changing. At the moment they are trying to form a functioning team with talented junior players that should re-establish the club in the Eredivisie.
In the 2008/09 season Sparta could only secure the class on the penultimate matchday. Relegation could be avoided, especially through a surprising 4-0 home win over Ajax Amsterdam , which cost Ajax coach Marco van Basten the job. The 2009/10 season started badly with three defeats, one draw and only one win from the first five games. At the end of the season there was renewed relegation to the Eerste Divisie , after Sparta lost in the decisive relegation games to city rivals Excelsior Rotterdam : After a 0-0 in the first leg, Sparta took the lead 1-0 in the second leg at home in stoppage time, to in direct In return, to collect the compensation. Due to the existing away goal regulation, this 1: 1 meant relegation to the Eerste Divisie.
In the 2010/11 season Sparta Rotterdam played a mediocre season and found themselves, far behind, in the mediocre of the Eerste Divisie. Since that time, Sparta Rotterdam has belonged to the established circle in the upper third of the table of the Eerste Divisie, but could no longer reach the promotion places.
From 2016 to 2018 they played in the Eredivisie again, as well since 2019.
useful information
player
- With 471 league games for Sparta, Pim Doesburg is the club's record player. He is followed by Tonny van Ede with 455 games and Bok de Korver , who wore the Rotterdam jersey 363 times.
- Bok de Korver played 31 games for the national team when he was under contract with Sparta Rotterdam. No one else was called more often.
additional
- Originally the club also had departments for baseball , cricket , gymnastics and athletics . These are no longer associated with the football club.
Sparta supporters
The Dutchman Jaap Blazer composed the club anthem for the national championship in 1909: Marsch voor piano, opgedracht aan de RV en AV Sparta . In 1925 this was revised by Emeis Kor . Shortly afterwards, in the 1930s, Jan Wolf's club song was rewritten for the last time. Since then, the anthem is Sparta march (German: Sparta-March) known.
The so-called red and white dinner has been held annually since 1938 . This brought Abraham Emeis to life . Male members are invited on the anniversary of the association. The idea behind this meal was to create closer contact between players, coaches, staff, members and supporters. The meetings were held worldwide (including in the World Trade Center ). In the late 1970s, some women were allowed to attend the event. Since the 1990s, the exclusivity of this dinner has decreased. In 2008, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the association, two big red and white evenings were organized. One was for men, the other was for women.
At the end of the 1980s, Sparta moved together with NAC Breda and a fan friendship developed. The reason for this was the death of the former Sparta and NAC player Andro Knel , who died in a plane crash. Since 2005, teams from both fan groups have played the Andro Knel Bokaal before the official matches between the two teams in the league .
The club's biggest rivals are Feyenoord Rotterdam and Excelsior Rotterdam .
Well-known Sparta supporters in Germany are or were: André van Duin , Marten Toonder , Norbert Schmelzer , Nelli Cooman and Pim Fortuyn .
Stadion
Sparta plays its home games in the “ Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel ” stadium , or “Het Kasteel” for short ( The Castle ). The stadium, which was renovated in 1998, is located in the working-class Spangen district in the Delfshaven district to the west of downtown Rotterdam and has a capacity of 11,026 spectators (before the renovation: 30,000, almost exclusively standing). The stadium had previously been badly damaged after a hurricane.
successes
- Dutch champion (6): 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1959
- Dutch Cup Winner (3): 1957/58 , 1961/62 , 1965/66
- Champion of the Eerste Divisie (1): 2016
Former players
(Selection)
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Dick Advocaat (1980–1982; later coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach )
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Luuk Balkestein (1974–1980; later scout at Borussia Mönchengladbach)
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Gregg Berhalter (1996–1998; former player for Energie Cottbus and TSV 1860 Munich )
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Jan van Beveren (1965–1970; multiple Dutch national player)
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Danny Blind (1979–1986; multiple Dutch international)
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Ray Clarke (1976-1978)
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Pim Doesburg ( 1962–1967, 1970–1980; record holder of the club with 471 games)
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Tonny van Ede (1947–1964; 455 games for Sparta Rotterdam)
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Louis van Gaal (1978–1986; former coach of the Dutch national team and former coach of FC Bayern Munich )
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Ruud Geels (1979–1981; 35 goals in 48 league games for Sparta)
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Bok de Korver
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Wilhelm Kreuz (1972–1974)
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Jørgen Kristensen (1968–1972; former player at Hertha BSC )
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Dennis and Gérard de Nooijer
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Prince Polley (1988-1990)
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Wim Suurbier (1981; former player for FC Schalke 04 )
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Adri van Tiggelen (1978–1983; multiple Dutch national player)
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Martin Haar (1988-1989);
Trainer
The list below is not complete. Nothing more is known about coaches who trained Sparta between 1888 and 1955. The most successful person in this position (since 1955) was the Englishman Denis Neville , who was the last to win the Dutch championship and the first two triumphs in the KNVB Cup . The best known international coach is the former Dutch international Frank Rijkaard , who coached the team between 2001 and 2002. Since 1955, Georg Keßler and Fritz Korbach, two Germans, have held the coaching post at Sparta Rotterdam.
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President
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| Surname | Period |
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Hans van Heelsbergen
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2003-2009? |
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Leo van den Berg
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since 2009 |
More teams
Women's team
As early as 1896 the club tried to set up a women's soccer department. However, the Dutch Football Association was strictly against it and rejected the project.
For the 2007 founded women's Eredivisie Sparta did not provide a team.
Youth teams
The youth teams of Sparta Rotterdam are called Jong Sparta in the Netherlands . The coach of the U21s, the oldest junior team, is the former Ajax professional Geert Meijer . The primary goal of the youth department is to promote talents and improve their training so that they can ultimately be integrated into the professional team.
In the club, the junior players from F to A youth are looked after before they join Jong Sparta or the professional team.
Web links
- Official homepage of the association (Dutch)
- Profile on fussballdaten.de
- Profile on weltfussball.de
- Profile on transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sparta Rotterdam coach Rijkaard received a death threat on May 24, 2002 on news.at
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Jong Sparta - Algemeen ) on sparta-rotterdam.nl (Dutch).
