2019–20 Sparta Rotterdam season

The 2019–20 season was Sparta Rotterdam's 132nd season in existence and the club's first 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 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Sparta Rotterdam

2019–20 season
Chairman	Leo Ruijs
Manager	Henk Fraser
Stadium	Het Kasteel
Eredivisie	11th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

As of 26 January 2020[1]

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 Tim Coremans — GK  NED Michael Fabrie — GK  ISR Ariel Harush (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) — DF  NED Dirk Abels — DF  CUW Suently Alberto — DF  NED Lassana Faye — DF  NED Khalid Karami (on loan from Vitesse) — DF  CUW Bradley Martis — DF  CPV Lorenzo Fonseca — DF  NED Bart Vriends — DF  POR Mica Pinto — MF  NED Adil Auassar (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Ugur Altintas — MF  NED Ayoub Boukhari — MF  NED Deroy Duarte — MF  CPV Jeffry Fortes — MF  NED Laros Duarte — MF  NED Abdou Harroui — MF  BEL Dante Rigo (on loan from PSV) — MF  NED Bryan Smeets — FW  GER Ragnar Ache — FW  CPV Gianni dos Santos — FW  NED Mohamed Rayhi — FW  NED Joël Piroe (on loan from PSV) — FW  NED Patrick Joosten (on loan from FC Utrecht)

Reserve squad

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  CUW Bradley Martis — DF  NED Boyd Reith — DF  CPV Lorenzo Soares Fonseca — DF  NED Daan van Unen — DF  NED Leon-Cardi Wong-Si-Kwie — MF  NED Ayoub Bukhari — MF  NED Levi Bouwense

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Jason Meerstadt — MF  NED Sven Mijnans — MF  NED Nino Roffelsen — MF  NED Joshua Sanches — FW  NED Emmanuel Emegha — FW  NED Brad van Hoeven — FW  NED Ouail El Merabet — FW  CPV Gianni dos Santos — FW  MAR Mohammed Tahiri — FW  DOM Darlin van der Werff

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 July 2019 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mierlo, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ache  21'		Rikan  49' Shechter  55'	Stadium: Sportpark De Ark Attendance: 130

17 July 2019 Friendly	Willem II	0–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Dongen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark De Biezen

20 July 2019 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	NAC Breda	Rotterdam, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

24 July 2019 Friendly	Den Bosch	0–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Den Bosch, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Vliert

10 January 2020 Friendly	Waasland-Beveren	2–2	Sparta Rotterdam	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	4 August 2019	8 March 2020	Matchday 1	11th	26	9	6	11	41	45	−4	034.62
KNVB Cup	30 October 2019	18 December 2019	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	050.00
Total					28	10	6	12	42	48	−6	035.71

Last updated: 8 March 2020

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	FC Groningen	26	10	5	11	27	26	+1	35
10	Heerenveen	26	8	9	9	41	41	0	33
11	Sparta Rotterdam	26	9	6	11	41	45	−4	33
12	FC Emmen	26	9	5	12	32	45	−13	32
13	VVV-Venlo	26	8	4	14	24	51	−27	28

Source: eredivisie.nl
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)[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	9	6	11	41	45	−4	33	7	3	2	30	16	+14	2	3	9	11	29	−18

Last updated: 8 March 2020.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	9	5	5	6	7	11	8	7	5	8	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.[3] The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.[4] It was declared void the following day.[5]

4 August 2019 1	Feyenoord	2–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Berghuis  66' Larsson  90+5'	Report	Rayhi  49' Veldwijk  74'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42,692 Referee: Danny Makkelie

9 August 2019 2	Sparta Rotterdam	4–1	VVV-Venlo	Rotterdam
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

17 August 2019 3	ADO Den Haag	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	The Hague
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 12,479 Referee: Dennis Higler

25 August 2019 4	PEC Zwolle	2–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Zwolle
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion

1 September 2019 5	Sparta Rotterdam	1–4	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Rayhi  52' Smeets  59' Dervişoğlu  75'	Report	Promes  25' Ziyech  31', 60' Tadić  58' (pen.)	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,599 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

14 September 2019 6	AZ	5–1	Sparta Rotterdam	The Hague
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Idrissi  4', 45' Boadu  16', 33' Koopmeiners  81'	Report	Harroui  2'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

21 September 2019 7	Sparta Rotterdam	4–0	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

28 September 2019 8	Fortuna Sittard	0–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Sittard
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 7,483 Referee: Richard Martens

5 October 2019 9	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	Twente	Rotterdam
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,435 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

20 October 2019 10	Groningen	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Groningen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Euroborg

27 October 2019 11	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel

2 November 2019 12	Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	PSV	Rotterdam
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ache  28' Rayhi  58'	Report	Sadílek  56' Gakpo  90+1'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,387 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

9 November 2019 13	SC Heerenveen	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
20:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

24 November 2019 14	Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

30 November 2019 15	Willem II	4–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Tilburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,250 Referee: Siemen Mulder

8 December 2019 16	Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

15 December 2019 17	Emmen	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Emmen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk

21 December 2019 18	Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	AZ	Rotterdam
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Auassar  18' Smeets  29' Dervişoğlu  57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,031 Referee: Kevin Blom

19 January 2020 19	Ajax	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van de Beek  15' Gravenberch  60' Promes  90+3'	Report	Piroe  74' Auassar  90+2'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,426 Referee: Allard Lindhout

25 January 2020 20	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Rotterdam
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Piroe  63' Mattheij  73'	Report	Damașcan  20' Smeets  54' Sambou  90+3'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 9,821 Referee: Dennis Higler

1 February 2020 21	Twente	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Aitor  26' Pleguezuelo  59' Bijen  80' Lang  90' Menig  90+3'	Report	Rayhi  38'  87' Piroe  66' Pinto  81'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,300 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

11 February 2020 22	Sparta Rotterdam	4–2	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 8,083 Referee: Danny Makkelie

16 February 2020 23	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Groningen	Rotterdam
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

21 February 2020 24	RKC Waalwijk	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Waalwijk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion

1 March 2020 25	Sparta Rotterdam	5–1	Emmen	Rotterdam
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

8 March 2020 26	Utrecht	5–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Utrecht
12:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

15 March 2020 27	Sparta Rotterdam	Cancelled	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kasteel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 15 March, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[6]

20 March 2020 28	Heracles Almelo	Cancelled	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Erve Asito
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 20 March, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[6]

4 April 2020 29	Sparta Rotterdam	Cancelled	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 4 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[7]

12 April 2020 30	PSV	Cancelled	Sparta Rotterdam	Eindhoven
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Philips Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 12 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[7]

21 April 2020 31	Sparta Rotterdam	Cancelled	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 23 April 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[7]

26 April 2020 32	Vitesse	Cancelled	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: GelreDome
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 26 April 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[7]

3 May 2020 33	Sparta Rotterdam	Cancelled	Willem II	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 3 May, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[7]

10 May 2020 34	VVV-Venlo	Cancelled	Sparta Rotterdam	Venlo
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Koel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 10 May, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[7]

KNVB Cup

30 October 2019 First round	Sparta Rotterdam	1–0	FC Volendam	Rotterdam
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Veldwijk  21'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Referee: Kamphuis

18 December 2019 Second round	Willem II	3–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Tilburg
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlidis  19' Ndayishimiye  24' Nunnely  31'	Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 10,047 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

References

1. "A-Selectie - Sparta Rotterdam". Sparta Rotterdam.
2. "Eredivisie 2019/2020 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
3. "Eredivisie fixtures for 2019/20 announced | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
4. "KNVB beslist: Ajax nummer één, geen promotie/degradatie" [KNVB decides: Ajax number one, no promotiom/relegation] (in Dutch). NOS. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
5. "Ajax denied title as Dutch Eredivisie season declared void, European places decided, no relegation". Sky Sports. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
6. "Tot en met 31 maart geen voetbal in Nederland". knvb.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
7. "No football in the Netherlands due to the coronavirus outbreak". knvb.com. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

External links

• Official website