# 2023–24 Sparta Rotterdam season

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

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | Nick Olij |
| — | DF | NED | Mike Eerdhuijzen |
| — | MF | NOR | Joshua Kitolano |
| — | MF | COD | Metinho |
| — | FW | NOR | Tobias Lauritsen |
| — | MF | BEL | Arno Verschueren |
| — | FW | JPN | Koki Saito (on loan from Lommel) |
| — | DF | NED | Dylan van Wageningen |
| — | MF | ALG | Camiel Neghli |
| — | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Mito |
| — | DF | NED | Jeremy van Mullem |
| — | FW | NED | Mohammed Tahiri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Pedro Alemañ |
| — | GK | NED | Delano van Crooij |
| — | GK | GER | Kaylen Reitmaier |
| — | DF | COM | Saïd Bakari |
| — | DF | SUR | Djevencio van der Kust |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergi Rosanas |
| — | DF | NED | Tijs Velthuis |
| — | DF | NED | Django Warmerdam |
| — | MF | NED | Pelle Clement |
| — | MF | BRA | Metinho |
| — | FW | USA | Agustin Anello |
| — | FW | CAN | Charles-Andreas Brym |
| — | FW | TUR | Mehmet Yüksel |

### 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 | Patrick Brouwer (at Emmen until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Saïd Bakari | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Django Warmerdam | FC Utrecht | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Pelle Clement | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Djevencio van der Kust | FC Utrecht | Undisclosed | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Metinho | Troyes | | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Aaron Meijers | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2023 | |
| FW | Vito van Crooij | Al-Wehda | Unknown | 31 August 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 041.67 |
Last updated: 19 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

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

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2024. Source:

#### 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 | 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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.