# 2022–23 Sparta Rotterdam season

The 2022–23 is the 135th season in the existence of Sparta Rotterdam and the club's fourth 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 6 August 2022
    As of 22 July 2022
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 |
| 1 | GK | NED | Nick Olij |
| — | GK | NED | Tim Coremans |
| — | GK | NED | Youri Schoonderwaldt |
| 12 | DF | NED | Dirk Abels |
| — | DF | NED | Mike Eerdhuijzen |
| — | DF | LUX | Laurent Jans |
| — | DF | NED | Aaron Meijers |
| — | DF | LUX | Mica Pinto |
| — | DF | NED | Bart Vriends |
| — | MF | NED | Adil Auassar (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jonathan de Guzmán |
| — | MF | NOR | Joshua Kitolano |
| — | MF | NED | Sven Mijnans |
| — | MF | DEN | Younes Namli |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Koki Saito (on loan from Lommel) |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Arno Verschueren |
| — | MF | ESP | Pedro Alemañ |
| — | FW | CAN | Charles-Andreas Brym |
| 11 | FW | NED | Vito van Crooij |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Tobias Lauritsen |
| — | FW | COD | Jason Lokilo |

### 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 | 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 |
| — | MF | NED | Delano Vianello |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | 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 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| MF | Joshua Kitolano | Odds BK | €610,000 |
| FW | Tobias Lauritsen | Odds BK | €450,000 |
| FW | Charles-Andreas Brym | FC Eindhoven | €250,000 |
| MF | Younes Namli | FC Krasnodar | Free transfer |
| DF | Mike Eerdhuijzen | FC Volendam | Free transfer |
| MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | OFI | Free transfer |
| GK | Youri Schoonderwaldt | ADO Den Haag | Undisclosed |
| GK | Nick Olij | NAC Breda | Undisclosed |
| MF | Arno Verschueren | Lommel SK | Undisclosed |
| FW | Jason Lokilo | GKS Górnik Łęczna | Undisclosed |
| DF | Omar Rekik | Arsenal | Loan transfer |
| FW | Koki Saito | Lommel SK | Loan transfer |
| DF | Shurandy Sambo | PSV | Loan transfer |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| MF | Abdou Harroui | Sassuolo | €3,000,000 |
| FW | Lennart Thy | PEC Zwolle | Free transfer |
| DF | Tom Beugelsdijk | PEC Zwolle | Free transfer |
| DF | Michaël Heylen | FC Emmen | Free transfer |
| FW | Reda Kharchouch | Excelsior | Undisclosed |
| FW | Adrián Dalmau | Released | Free transfer |
| GK | Benjamin van Leer | Released | Free transfer |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 5 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 21 October 2022 | 10 January 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 59 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 46 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Clean sheets

| Rank | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | ECL play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Nick Olij | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 Source: Competitive matches