2021–22 Sparta Rotterdam season

Sparta Rotterdam
2021–22 season
Chairman	Leo Ruijs
Head coach	Henk Fraser; (until 24 April); Maurice Steijn; (from 26 April)
Stadium	Het Kasteel
Eredivisie	14th
KNVB Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Vito van Crooij (4); All: ; Vito van Crooij (5)
Biggest win	Willem II 0–3 Sparta Rotterdam
Biggest defeat	Utrecht 4–0 Sparta Rotterdam; Feyenoord 4–0 Sparta Rotterdam

The 2021–22 season was the 134th season in the existence of Sparta Rotterdam and the club's third 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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2022^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NGA	Maduka Okoye (on loan from Watford)
—	GK	NED	Benjamin van Leer
—	GK	NED	Tim Coremans
—	DF	BEL	Michaël Heylen
—	DF	NED	Bart Vriends
—	DF	NED	Tom Beugelsdijk
—	DF	NED	Augustin Drakpe
—	DF	DEN	Riza Durmisi (on loan from Lazio)
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Masouras (on loan from Olympiacos)
—	DF	LUX	Mica Pinto
—	DF	LUX	Laurent Jans


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NED	Dirk Abels
—	DF	NED	Aaron Meijers
—	MF	NED	Adil Auassar (captain)
—	MF	NED	Sven Mijnans
—	MF	NED	Joeri de Kamps (on loan from Slovan Bratislava)
—	MF	BEL	Arno Verschueren (on loan from Lommel)
—	MF	DEN	Younes Namli (on loan from Krasnodar)
—	FW	GER	Mario Engels
—	FW	NED	Vito van Crooij
—	FW	GER	Lennart Thy
—	FW	ESP	Adrián Dalmau

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NED	Jomar Gomes
—	GK	SUR	Ishan Kort
—	GK	NED	Rijk Janse
—	GK	NED	Finn Murre
—	DF	TOG	Augustin Drakpe
—	DF	MAR	Farouq Limouri
—	DF	NED	Jeremy van Mullem
—	DF	NED	Tariq Dilrosun
—	DF	NED	Gaultiér Overman
—	DF	NED	Jay den Haan
—	DF	NED	Yanilio de Nooijer
—	DF	NED	Joshua Adney
—	MF	NED	Constantijn Schop


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Delano Vianello
—	MF	NED	Jason Meerstadt
—	MF	NED	Jeremy Udenhout
—	MF	MAS	Dylan van Wageningen
—	MF	NED	Patrick Brouwer
—	MF	NED	Achraf Madi
—	MF	NED	Marcus Scholten
—	FW	NED	Marouane Afaker
—	FW	NED	Mohamed el Karbachi
—	FW	NED	Mike Frimpong
—	FW	NED	Aaron Bashir
—	FW	NED	Shairon de Wind
—	FW	MAR	Mohammed Tahiri
—	FW	NED	Pepijn Doesburg

Players out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Abdou Harroui (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NED	Reda Kharchouch (at Emmen until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee
DF	Laurent Jans	Standard de Liège	Free Transfer
FW	Kenzo Goudmijn	AZ	Loan Transfer
FW	Vito van Crooij	VVV-Venlo	Undisclosed

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee
MF	Deroy Duarte	Fortuna Sittard	Free Transfer
FW	Danzell Gravenberch	De Graafschap	Free Transfer
GK	Michael Fabrie	VV Smitshoek	Free Transfer
DF	Jeffry Fortes	De Graafschap	Free Transfer
FW	Reda Kharchouch	FC Emmen	Loan Transfer
DF	Lassana Faye	No club	Released
DF	Aaron Meijers	ADO Den Haag	End of loan
MF	Wouter Burger	Feyenoord	End of loan

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

10 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	Gent	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

13 July 2021 Friendly	Telstar	0–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

31 July 2021 Friendly	SBV Excelsior	0–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

7 August 2021 Friendly	Willem II	Cancelled	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

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	15 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	14th	34	8	11	15	30	48	−18	023.53
KNVB Cup	27 October 2021	15 December 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					36	9	11	16	33	50	−17	025.00

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Groningen	34	9	9	16	41	55	−14	36
13	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	6	18	37	51	−14	36
14	Sparta Rotterdam	34	8	11	15	30	48	−18	35
15	Fortuna Sittard	34	10	5	19	36	67	−31	35
16	Heracles Almelo (R)	34	9	7	18	33	49	−16	34	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs

Source: Eredivisie
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]
(R) Relegated

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
34	8	11	15	30	48	−18	35	4	7	6	16	21	−5	4	4	9	14	27	−13

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W
Position	16	15	17	15	15	13	13	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	16	18	17	16	15	14

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.^[3]

15 August 2021 1	Utrecht	4–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Utrecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maher 2' van der Maarel 51' 65' Douvikas 74' Gustafson 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Harroui 55' van Crooij 59' Vriends 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

21 August 2021 2	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vriends 40' van Crooij 52'	Report	Vloet 21' Burgzorg 77' Fadiga 90'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

28 August 2021 3	Go Ahead Eagles	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakker 6' (pen.) Botos 60'	Report	Pinto 53'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Jannick van der Laan

3 October 2021 8	PSV	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sangaré 45+2', 82' Thomas 86'	Report	Abels 65' Okoye 79' Thy 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

20 November 2021 13	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	Twente	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Masouras 82'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 83' (pen.) Vlap 89'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

28 November 2021 14	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Smeets 90+5' Engels 90+5'	Report	Tadić 36' Neres 90+4'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

5 December 2021 15	AZ	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson 27' Pavlidis 31', 58'	Report	Auassar	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

18 December 2021 17	Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

23 January 2022 20	Sparta Rotterdam	0–3	Utrecht	Rotterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dalmau 28'	Report	Douvikas 12' Timber 41' Mahi 47' Coremans 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

27 February 2022 24	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	PSV	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thy 32' De Kamps 39' Verschueren 54' Van Crooij 62' Engels 63' Beugelsdijk 90+4' Meijers 90+5'	Report	Max 20' Sangaré 38' Teze 38' Mauro Júnior 59' Dōan 67'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Attendance: 10,020 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

12 March 2022 26	Sparta Rotterdam	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

3 April 2022 28	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

9 April 2022 29	Ajax	2−1	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen 49' Tadić 62' (pen.)	Report	De Kamps 33', 50' Auassar 61' Engels 64'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof open) Attendance: 54,254 Referee: Pol van Boekel

16 April 2022 23	Fortuna Sittard	3–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

19 April 2022 25	Vitesse	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dalmau 5'	Stadium: GelreDome

22 April 2022 30	Twente	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

30 April 2022 31	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	AZ	Rotterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Crooij 90+3'	Report	Pavlidis 48'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,010 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

7 May 2022 32	Groningen	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Groningen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Euroborg

11 May 2022 33	Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kasteel

15 May 2022 34	Heracles Almelo	1–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

KNVB Cup

27 October 2021 First round	GVVV	0–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Veenendaal
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Panhuis

15 December 2021 Second round	Vitesse	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
18:00 CET(UTC+1)	Baden Frederiksen 42', 80'		Van Crooij 33' (pen.)	Stadium: GelreDome

References

^ "A-selectie | Sparta Rotterdam".
^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[1] "A-selectie | Sparta Rotterdam".

[2] "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[3] "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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