2023–24_Sparta_Rotterdam_season

Sparta Rotterdam
2023–24 season
Chairman	Leo Ruijs
Head coach	Jeroen Rijsdijk
Stadium	Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Eredivisie	9th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tobias Lauritsen (10); All: ; Tobias Lauritsen (10)
Highest home attendance	11,000 vs PSV
Lowest home attendance	10,111 vs NEC
Average home league attendance	10,555
Biggest win	4–1 vs FC Volendam (12 November 2023)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs PSV Eindhoven (8 October 2023)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 20 December 2023.

2023–24 Sparta Rotterdam season

Season of Dutch football club

The 2023–24 season is Sparta Rotterdam's 136th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Eredivisie. They will also compete in the KNVB Cup.

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Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Saïd Bakari	RKC Waalwijk	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Django Warmerdam	FC Utrecht	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Pelle Clement	RKC Waalwijk	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Djevencio van der Kust	FC Utrecht	Undisclosed	10 August 2023	^[5]
MF	Metinho	Troyes

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Aaron Meijers	RKC Waalwijk	Free	1 July 2023	^[6]
FW	Vito van Crooij	Al-Wehda	unknown	31 August 2023	^[7]

14 July 2023 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	3–1	PEC Zwolle
16:00 UTC+2	Van Crooij 6' Saito 32' Verschueren 48'		Vellios 103'
Note: Four periods of 30 minutes.

22 July 2023 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	4–0	Zulte Waregem	Goes, Netherlands
14:00 UTC+2	Verschueren 16' Clement 44' Saito 57' Anello 89'			Stadium: Sportpark Het Schenge

25 July 2023 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1–4	Mamelodi Sundowns	Zeist
15:00 UTC+2	Yüksel 74'		Shalulile 23', 35' Ribeiro 57' Maseko 81'	Stadium: KNVB Sportcentrum

2023–24_Sparta_Rotterdam_season

2023–24 Sparta Rotterdam season

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Eredivisie

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

KNVB Cup

Play-offs

References

External links

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29 July 2023 Friendly	Willem II	0–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Tilburg
13:00 UTC+2			Verschueren 7' Lauritsen 87' Saito 88'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

1 August 2023 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Rijswijk
14:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportpark Prinses Irene

5 August 2023 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1–0	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
13:00 UTC+2	69'			Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	12 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	34	14	7	13	51	48	+3	041.18
KNVB Cup	1 November 2023		First round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total				36	15	7	14	53	50	+3	041.67

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	NEC	34	14	11	9	68	51	+17	53	Qualification for the Conference League play-off
7	Utrecht	34	13	11	10	49	47	+2	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	14	7	13	51	48	+3	49
9	Go Ahead Eagles (O)	34	12	10	12	47	46	+1	46
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	9	11	14	37	56	−19	38

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	7	13	51	47	+4	49	6	5	6	25	24	+1	8	2	7	26	23	+3

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	7	7	1	5	6	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	8	8	9	10	8	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

12 August 2023 1	PEC Zwolle	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Zwolle
21:00 UTC+2	Thy 82' Vellios 90+5' Kersten 90+7'	Report	Kersten 13' (o.g.) Warmerdam 33' De Guzmán 54' Kitolano 57' Bakari 68' Lauritsen 70'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Joey Kooij

20 August 2023 2	Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
14:30 UTC+2	Brym 40', 54' Van Crooij 42' Van Mullem 90+3'	Report	Giménez 77' Sauer 90+1'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

27 August 2023 3	SC Heerenveen	1–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
16:45 UTC+2	Bochniewicz 71' Haye 90+3'	Report	Lauritsen 34' Saito 53', 62'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Allard Lindhout

1 October 2023 7	Excelsior	2-1	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
14:30 UTC+2	El Yaakoubi 2' Driouech 45' Zagré 73', 75' Parrott 90+3', 90+3'	Report	de Guzmán 59' Vriends 90'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 4 400 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

9 December 2023 15	Ajax	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
18:45 UTC+1	Brobbey 8' Bergwijn 42' (pen.)	Report	Neghli 55' de Guzmán 68'	Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena Attendance: 54,526 Referee: Danny Makkelie

21 January 2024 18	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
14:30 UTC+1		Report	Willumsson 7' Kuipers 27' Adekanye 45+1' Victor Edvardsen 51' (pen.) Amofa 55'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,078 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	7	13	51	47	+4	49	6	5	6	25	24	+1	8	2	7	26	23	+3

1 September 2023 4	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	NEC	Rotterdam
20:00 UTC+2	Verschueren 16' Kitolano 81'	Report	Nuytinck 8' Proper 56' Baas 65' Netten 67' González 70'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,111 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

17 September 2023 5	AZ	2-0	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+2	de Wit 18' Pavlidis 19'	Report	Arno Verscheuren 39' Saïd Bakari 43' Djevencio van der Kust 81'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: unknown Referee: Pol van Boekel

24 September 2023 6	Sparta Rotterdam	1-0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
12:15 UTC+2	Verschueren 5' Bakari 59'	Report	Cornelisse 65' Carlens 85'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Richard Martens

8 October 2023 8	Sparta Rotterdam	0-4	PSV	Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+2	de Guzmán 45+1' Brym 45+1' Neghli 54'	Report	Tillman 51' Bakayoko 59' Vertessen 80' de Jong 88', 88' Dest 90'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

22 October 2023 9	Go Ahead Eagles	0-0	Sparta Rotterdam	Deventer
16:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,837 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

28 October 2023 10	Sparta Rotterdam	2-0	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
20:00 UTC+2	Clement 39' Lauritsen 54', 70' Verschueren 64', 67'	Report	Roemeratoe 18'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,341 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

5 November 2023 11	Sparta Rotterdam	1-2	Almere City	Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+1	Kitolano 84'	Report	Robinet 12' Hansen 76'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Allard Lindhout

12 November 2023 12	FC Volendam	1–4	Sparta Rotterdam	Volendam
14:30 UTC+1	de Haan 13'	Report	Vriends 6', 87' Velthuis 37' Kitolano 42' Verschueren 90+1'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Richard Martens

26 November 2023 13	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+1	Neghli 43'	Report	Seuntjens 5' Leliendal 40' Lidberg 54' Barkas 71' Boussaid 76'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,030 Referee: Joey Kooij

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	7	13	51	47	+4	49	6	5	6	25	24	+1	8	2	7	26	23	+3

2 December 2023 14	Heracles	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo
21:00 UTC+1	Ouahim 44'	Report	Kitolano 62'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 11,645 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

17 December 2023 16	Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	Twente	Rotterdam
18:45 UTC+1	de Guzmán 35' Bakari 45+3' Lauritsen 51' (pen.), pen.' Velthuis 72'	Report	Steijn 45+4' Sadílek 53' Ünüvar 90+1'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,289 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

13 January 2024 17	Fortuna Sittard	0–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Sittard
16:30 UTC+1	Halilović 50' Belkheir 88' Peterson 90+2' Rosier 90+3'	Report	Mito 33' van der Kust 37' Metinho 48'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Erwin Blank

27 January 2024 19	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Waalwijk
18:45 UTC+1	Gaari 8' Verschueren 53' (o.g.) Kramer 54' Van den Buijs 55'	Report	Metinho 46' Verschueren 57' Kitolano 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,517 Referee: Alex Bos

4 February 2024 20	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+1	Eerdhuijzen 17'	Report	Lam 26' Rooij 53' Fichtinger 64' van den Berg 70' Velanas 85'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 9,446 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

11 February 2024 21	Feyenoord	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
20:00 UTC+1	Hancko 57' Geertruida 63'	Report	Clement 34' Metinho 86'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

17 February 2024 22	Sparta Rotterdam	4–2	Excelsior	Rotterdam
18:45 UTC+1	Verschueren 24' Lauritsen 31', 75' Clement 51' de Guzmán 56' Vriends 63' van der Kust 66' Brym 90+5'	Report	Pierie 11' Duijvestijn 16' Omorowa 90+1' Horemans 90+2'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,459 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 February 2024 23	NEC	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Nijmegen
21:00 UTC+1	Proper 32' Verdonk 36' Hansen 82'	Report	Vriends 44' Kitolano 45' van der Kust 90+1' el Dahri 90+4'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

2 March 2024 24	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	AZ	Rotterdam
21:00 UTC+1	Verschueren 74'	Report	Sugawara 25'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Referee: Jochem Kamphuis