# 2020–21 Sparta Rotterdam season

The 2020–21 season was Sparta Rotterdam's 133rd season in existence and the club's second 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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team 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 | Benjamin van Leer |
| — | GK | NED | Tim Coremans |
| — | GK | NGA | Maduka Okoye |
| — | GK | NED | Michael Fabrie |
| — | DF | NED | Tom Beugelsdijk |
| — | DF | NED | Bart Vriends |
| — | DF | BEL | Michaël Heylen |
| — | DF | NED | Augustin Drakpe |
| — | DF | NED | Aaron Meijers (on loan from ADO Den Haag) |
| — | DF | LUX | Mica Pinto |
| — | DF | CPV | Jeffry Fortes |
| — | DF | NED | Dirk Abels |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Adil Auassar (captain) |
| — | MF | NED | Abdou Harroui |
| — | MF | NED | Deroy Duarte |
| — | MF | NED | Wouter Burger (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| — | MF | NED | Laros Duarte |
| — | MF | NED | Sven Mijnans |
| — | MF | NED | Bryan Smeets |
| — | FW | GER | Lennart Thy |
| — | FW | GER | Mario Engels |
| — | FW | NED | Reda Kharchouch |
| — | FW | NED | Danzell Gravenberch |
| — | FW | NED | Emanuel Emegha |

### 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 | NED | Boyd Reith |
| — | DF | NED | Daan van Unen |
| — | DF | NED | Leon-Cardi Wong-Si-Kwie |
| — | MF | NED | Ayoub Bukhari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Levi Bouwense |
| — | MF | NED | Jason Meerstadt |
| — | MF | NED | Sven Mijnans |
| — | MF | NED | Nino Roffelsen |
| — | FW | NED | Brad van Hoeven |
| — | FW | NED | Ouail El Merabet |
| — | FW | CPV | Gianni dos Santos |
| — | FW | MAR | Mohammed Tahiri |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NED | Lassana Faye (on loan to ADO Den Haag) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 13 September 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 038.24 |
| Eredivisie Play-offs | 19 May 2021 | 19 May 2021 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 28 October 2020 | 28 October 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 036.11 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 44 | |
| 10 | Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 41 | |
* ↑ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.