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(Top) 1 Players 1.1 First-team squad 1.2 Reserve squad 1.3 Players out on loan 2 Pre-season and friendlies 3 Competitions 3.1 Overview 3.2 Eredivisie 3.2.1 League table 3.2.2 Results summary 3.2.3 Results by round 3.2.4 Matches 3.2.5 European competition play-offs 3.3 KNVB Cup 4 References 5 External links

2020–21 Sparta Rotterdam season

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Sparta Rotterdam

2020–21 season

Chairman

Leo Ruijs

Manager

Stadium

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2020–21 season was Sparta Rotterdam's 133rd season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Sparta Rotterdam participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NED	Benjamin van Leer
—	GK	NED	Tim Coremans
—	GK	NGA	Maduka Okoye
—	GK	NED	Michael Fabrie
—	DF	NED	Tom Beugelsdijk
—	DF	NED	Bart Vriends
—	DF	BEL	Michaël Heylen
—	DF	NED	Augustin Drakpe
—	DF	NED	Aaron Meijers (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
—	DF	LUX	Mica Pinto
—	DF	CPV	Jeffry Fortes
—	DF	NED	Dirk Abels


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Adil Auassar (captain)
—	MF	NED	Abdou Harroui
—	MF	NED	Deroy Duarte
—	MF	NED	Wouter Burger (on loan from Feyenoord)
—	MF	NED	Laros Duarte
—	MF	NED	Sven Mijnans
—	MF	NED	Bryan Smeets
—	FW	GER	Lennart Thy
—	FW	GER	Mario Engels
—	FW	NED	Reda Kharchouch
—	FW	NED	Danzell Gravenberch
—	FW	NED	Emanuel Emegha

Reserve squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NED	Jomar Gomes
—	GK	NED	Kenny Lipman
—	DF	NED	Tariq Dilrosun
—	DF	NED	Darwin Heuvelman
—	DF	NED	Boyd Reith
—	DF	NED	Daan van Unen
—	DF	NED	Leon-Cardi Wong-Si-Kwie
—	MF	NED	Ayoub Bukhari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Levi Bouwense
—	MF	NED	Jason Meerstadt
—	MF	NED	Sven Mijnans
—	MF	NED	Nino Roffelsen
—	FW	NED	Brad van Hoeven
—	FW	NED	Ouail El Merabet
—	FW	CPV	Gianni dos Santos
—	FW	MAR	Mohammed Tahiri

Players out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NED	Lassana Faye (on loan to ADO Den Haag)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2020 Friendly	Feyenoord	3–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boženík 13', 15' Summerville 22'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 3,000

15 August 2020 Friendly	Lens	Cancelled	Sparta Rotterdam	Lens, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

18 August 2020 Friendly	Telstar	0–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Rabobank IJmond Stadion

22 August 2020 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	NAC Breda	Rotterdam, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gravenberch 4'	Report	Schouten 82'	Stadium: Het Kasteel

27 August 2020 Friendly	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Waalwijk, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tahiri 63'	Report	Vriends 53'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion

4 September 2020 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fortes 88'	Report	Kramer 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0

7 September 2020 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Dortmund, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 63' Pherai 66'	Report	Emegha 81'	Stadium: BVB-Fußballpark Hohenbuschei Attendance: 0

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	13 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	8th	34	13	8	13	49	48	+1	038.24
Eredivisie Play-offs	19 May 2021		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
KNVB Cup	28 October 2020		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					36	13	9	14	50	51	−1	036.11

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Utrecht	34	13	14	7	52	41	+11	53	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
7	Groningen	34	14	8	12	40	37	+3	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	13	8	13	49	48	+1	47
9	Heracles Almelo	34	12	8	14	42	53	−11	44
10	Twente	34	10	11	13	48	50	−2	41

Source: Eredivisie,^[1] Soccerway^[2]
Rules for classification: Season in progress:1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season:1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[3]
Notes:

^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	8	13	49	48	+1	47	6	4	7	30	27	+3	7	4	6	19	21	−2

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W
Position	12	16	18	18	18	17	17	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	8

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[4]

13 September 2020 1	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Heylen 54' Pinto 57'	Report	Gravenberch 17' Tagliafico 27' Blind 28' Antony 37' Onana 86'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 3,934 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

19 September 2020 2	Vitesse	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tannane 27' Darfalou 44' Hájek 53' Broja 82'	Report	Harroui 6' Heylen 20' 42' Pinto 54'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 4,914 Referee: Björn Kuipers

26 September 2020 3	PEC Zwolle	4–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Zwolle
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nakayama 33', 71' Ghoochannejhad 45+5' (pen.), 47' Leemans 54'	Report	Auassar 45+2' Pinto 45+4'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 2,933 Referee: Allard Lindhout

4 October 2020 4	Sparta Rotterdam	4–4	AZ	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Harroui 57' Abels 64' Thy 88' (pen.) Mijnans 90', 90+5'	Report	Aboukhlal 9', 19', 67' De Wit 14', 33' Bizot 55' 85' Boadu 56'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

18 October 2020 5	Feyenoord	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Haps 44'	Report	Thy 52'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

25 October 2020 6	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Harroui 47'	Report	Vloet 75'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

1 November 2020 7	Sparta Rotterdam	1–4	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	L. Duarte 50' Thy 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Nygren 7' Van Hecke 25' H. Veerman 42', 57'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

7 November 2020 8	RKC Waalwijk	0–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Waalwijk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Thy 59' Harroui 90+2'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

22 November 2020 9	Sparta Rotterdam	6–0	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Smeets 24' Thy 43', 59' Mijnans 53' Harroui 56' Engels 80', 85'	Report	Pinas 24' Pascu 79'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

29 November 2020 10	PSV	1–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Eindhoven
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ledezma 30' Malen 78'	Report	Mijnans 66' Engels 81' Meijers 83'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

4 December 2020 11	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	FC Emmen	Rotterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 22' Harroui 58' Gravenberch 80'	Report	Peña 5' Jansen 6' Araujo 52' Ben Moussa 79'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

13 December 2020 12	Willem II	1–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Tilburg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sağlam 12' Köhn 19' Holmén 52' Wriedt 90+3'	Report	Thy 6' D. Duarte 45+1', 51' Vriends 59'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

19 December 2020 13	Sparta Rotterdam	2–3	FC Groningen	Rotterdam
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thy 36' Pinto 71' Burger 79'	Report	Dammers 16' Larsen 53', 73'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

22 December 2020 14	FC Twente	0–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierie 82'	Report	Engels 45+1' Duarte 63'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Van Den Kerkhof

10 January 2021 15	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
12:15		Report	Geertruida 27' Jørgensen 90+4'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

13 January 2021 16	Fortuna Sittard	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Thy 57'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

16 January 2021 17	Sparta Rotterdam	3–5	PSV	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Smeets 4' Beugelsdijk 45+2' Gravenberch 75' Kharchouch 87' (pen.)	Report	Mauro Júnior 24' Malen 47', 90+3' Madueke 49' Max 71'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

24 January 2021 18	FC Utrecht	1–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maher 56' Boussaid 88'	Report	Auassar 76'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

28 January 2021 19	Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	FC Twente	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Abels 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

31 January 2021 20	ADO Den Haag	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	The Hague
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gomelt 45' Del Fabro 73' Castillo 77' Pinas 78' Besuijen 90+4'	Report	Heylen 36' Kharchouch 68'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

13 February 2021 22	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Rotterdam
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gravenberch 2', 31' Beugelsdijk 80'	Report	Semedo 23', 90' Polter 50' Flemming 88'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

21 February 2021 23	Ajax	4–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haller 14', 37' Schuurs 45+5' Kudus 50'	Report	Gravenberch 53', 90+1' Heylen 55'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

28 February 2021 24	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	Willem II	Rotterdam
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 43' Fortes 78'	Report	Nunnely 67' Ndayishimiye 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

5 March 2021 25	FC Emmen	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Emmen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verrips 78' Laursen 90+4' De Leeuw 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Duarte 43' Kharchouch 90+3'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

9 March 2021 21	VVV-Venlo	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Venlo
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Duarte 65' Da Graca 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

13 March 2021 26	Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beugelsdijk 57' Smeets 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

21 March 2021 27	Heracles Almelo	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bakış 58' Vloet 90+3'	Report	Thy 58' Duarte 84'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

3 April 2021 28	Sparta Rotterdam	3–2	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pinto 7' Beugelsdijk 26' Thy 75' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Van Polen 52' Reijnders 57' Tedić 63'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

10 April 2021 29	AZ	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Clasie 13' De Wit 66'	Report	Pinto 71'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

24 April 2021 30	Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	VVV-Venlo	Rotterdam
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Duarte 41' Smeets 45', 67' Beugelsdijk 76'	Report	Post 56' Van Crooij 70' Donis 77' Machach 90'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

2 May 2021 31	FC Groningen	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	El Hankouri 58' Lundqvist 87'	Report	Harroui 27' Meijers 37' Beugelsdijk 56'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

7 May 2021 32	Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Smeets 36' Thy 77' Emegha 80'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

13 May 2021 33	Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beugelsdijk 50' Auassar 52' Abels 90+4'	Report	Maher 52' Boussaid 76'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

16 May 2021 34	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Jong 67' Akujobi 84'	Report	Thy 7' Burger 16' Smeets 30'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

European competition play-offs[edit]

19 May 2021 Semi-finals	Feyenoord	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berghuis 31' (pen.) Beugelsdijk 33' (o.g.) Boženík 77'	Report	Beugelsdijk 77' Abels 81'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

KNVB Cup[edit]

28 October 2020 First round	ADO Den Haag	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Sparta Rotterdam	The Hague
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmans 90+4'	Report	Gravenberch 39'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder
	Penalties
	Kramer Karelis Pinas Goossens Ould-Chikh		Heylen Abels Vriends Engels

References[edit]

^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

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