# 2021–22 Sparta Rotterdam season

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
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

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 025.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.