Sparta Rotterdam - last updated on 15 January 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Sparta Rotterdam
Foundation: April 1st 1888
City: Rotterdam
Colours: Red, white and black
Website: www.sparta-rotterdam.nl
Honours:
Eredivisie - 6 (1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1959)
A bit of history:
Sparta was first founded in 1887. This club was disbanded shortly afterwards. On April 1, 1888, several ex-members of the old Sparta founded a cricket club called Sparta. In July 1888, a football branch of the club was established. In 1890 Sparta played its first real football match, and in 1892 Sparta disbanded the cricket branch. Sparta was promoted to the highest league of Dutch football on April 23, 1893. In 1897, Sparta withdrew from the competition after continuous dubious arbitration of Sparta matches. However, the club continued to exist, and in 1899, the board of Sparta visited a match of Sunderland A.F.C. Impressed with the red-white jersey of the English club, the board decided that Sunderland's colours (red-white striped jersey, black shorts) would henceforth be the colours of Sparta.
In 1905, Sparta initiated and organised the first home match of the Dutch national team, against Belgium. The match, won 4-0 by the Netherlands, was a rematch of a game two weeks prior, when the Netherlands beat Belgium 4-1 in Antwerp.
The first match at Sparta's new stadium, Het Kasteel (The Castle), in the Spangen area of west Rotterdam, was played on October 14, 1916. The stadium was renovated in 1999 and is still Sparta's stadium.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
Sparta Rotterdam -
Founded on April 1st 1888
