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Jeroen Rijsdijk

League Position
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Established
1888 (136 years old)

Sport
Soccer

Stadium/Home
Het Kasteel (The Castle)
(11,926 Capacity)

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Location
Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Competitions
Dutch Eredivisie
Dutch KNVB Cup

Last Edit
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Upcoming
30/03 Sparta - Fortuna Sitt
02/04 Vitesse - Sparta
06/04 Sparta - SC Heracles
13/04 Almere City - Sparta
28/04 Sparta - FC Volendam

Results
17/03 Sparta 2 - 2 Ajax
09/03 FC Twente 2 - 1 Sparta
02/03 Sparta 1 - 1 AZ Alkmaar
24/02 NEC Nijmegen 2 - 0 Sparta
17/02 Sparta 4 - 2 Excelsior

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Sparta Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.

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

Team Members


17

Alemañ



18

Anello



2

Bakari



19

Brym



7

Clement



30

Crooij



21

Eerdhuijzen



6

Guzmán



8

Kitolano



15

Kust



9

Lauritsen



13

Meissen



16

Neghli



1

Olij





Rosanas



11

Saito



20

Schoonderwaldt



14

Silu



4

Velthuis



10

Verschueren



3

Vriends



5

Warmerdam



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Stadium or Home

The Sparta Stadion, nicknamed Het Kasteel (Dutch pronunciation: ) is a football stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is the home ground of Sparta Rotterdam. It has a capacity of 11,026.

History and layout
The stadium is located in the neighbourhood of Spangen, where it was built in 1916 as Stadion Spangen based on a plan of the architects J.H. de Roos and W.F. Overeynder. The name "Het Kasteel" (The Castle) is derived from the small building with two small towers which backs onto the south-facing tribune (Kasteel Stand) of the stadium, which looks similar to a castle. This building is the only authentical remain of the original design. It was built in 1916. The castle building, which is currently located along the length of the pitch, was originally positioned behind one of the goals.

A famous incident took place at het Kasteel in November 1970, when Feyenoord goalkeeper Eddy Treijtel took a goalkick and shot a passing seagull down from the air. The stuffed bird has been on display in the museum at Feyenoord's De Kuip stadion and not in Sparta's museum much to the annoyance of some prominent Sparta supporters.

1928 Olympic Games
For the 1928 Summer Olympics in neighboring Amsterdam, the venue hosted two football games. The first was on 5 June when host nation Netherlands defeated Belgium 3-1 while the second was three days later when the Dutch team tied Chile 2-2.

Through the years, the stands of "Stadion Sparta" were often renovated and extended, but the most radical renovation took place in 1998 and 1999: the stadium was completely rebuilt according to a plan of the architects Zwarts & Jansma. During the renovation, the pitch was turned 90 degrees. At the same time, it was renamed ENECO-stadion, after its main sponsor. That name was soon replaced by the present Het Kasteel ("The Castle"), which had already been the popular nickname for the stadium ever since it was built.

The Castle was bought in November 2004 by businessman Hans van Heelsbergen, the manager of the textile company Hans Textiel and also the chairman of Sparta Rotterdam. Van Heelsbergen opened in this building a Sparta museum (and an outlet of Hans Textiel).

Tonny van Ede Stand
The Tonny van Ede stand is on the north side of the ground and stands along the length of the pitch, opposite the Kasteel Stand. The most expensive tickets are to be found here. It houses the changing rooms as well as the corporate boxes, the ticket office and the boardroom. The players' tunnel runs from the centre of this stand onto the pitch between the two dugouts. The stand was named after one of Sparta's most famous sons, Tonny van Ede, in 2010.


Main entrance at Tonny van Ede stand
Denis Neville Stand
The lowest priced tickets for home fans are to be found in the Denis Neville Stand. This is at the east end of the ground behind one of the goals. It houses the more vocal supporters of the club and is usually the first stand to sell-out. The stand was named in honour of one of Sparta's most successful managers, Denis Neville.

Bok de Korver Stand
Opposite the Denis Neville Stand, the Bok de Korver Stand is assigned as the family stand but also houses the away fans. Formerly known as the West Stand, it was named after Sparta legend Bok de Korver.

Kasteel Stand
Attached to the historic Kasteel building, the Kasteel Stand is on the south end of the ground and the club shop is based here as well as the Sparta Museum.

Trophies

1965-1966

1961-1962

1958-1959

1957-1958

1914-1915

1912-1913

1911-1912

1910-1911

1908-1909


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