# 2019–20 Sparta Rotterdam season

The 2019–20 season was Sparta Rotterdam's 132nd season in existence and the club's first 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 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 26 January 2020
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 | Tim Coremans |
| — | GK | NED | Michael Fabrie |
| — | GK | ISR | Ariel Harush (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | DF | NED | Dirk Abels |
| — | DF | CUW | Suently Alberto |
| — | DF | NED | Lassana Faye |
| — | DF | NED | Khalid Karami (on loan from Vitesse) |
| — | DF | CUW | Bradley Martis |
| — | DF | CPV | Lorenzo Fonseca |
| — | DF | NED | Bart Vriends |
| — | DF | POR | Mica Pinto |
| — | MF | NED | Adil Auassar (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Ugur Altintas |
| — | MF | NED | Ayoub Boukhari |
| — | MF | NED | Deroy Duarte |
| — | MF | CPV | Jeffry Fortes |
| — | MF | NED | Laros Duarte |
| — | MF | NED | Abdou Harroui |
| — | MF | BEL | Dante Rigo (on loan from PSV) |
| — | MF | NED | Bryan Smeets |
| — | FW | GER | Ragnar Ache |
| — | FW | CPV | Gianni dos Santos |
| — | FW | NED | Mohamed Rayhi |
| — | FW | NED | Joël Piroe (on loan from PSV) |
| — | FW | NED | Patrick Joosten (on loan from FC Utrecht) |

### 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 | CUW | Bradley Martis |
| — | DF | NED | Boyd Reith |
| — | DF | CPV | Lorenzo Soares Fonseca |
| — | DF | NED | Daan van Unen |
| — | DF | NED | Leon-Cardi Wong-Si-Kwie |
| — | MF | NED | Ayoub Bukhari |
| — | MF | NED | Levi Bouwense |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Jason Meerstadt |
| — | MF | NED | Sven Mijnans |
| — | MF | NED | Nino Roffelsen |
| — | MF | NED | Joshua Sanches |
| — | FW | NED | Emmanuel Emegha |
| — | FW | NED | Brad van Hoeven |
| — | FW | NED | Ouail El Merabet |
| — | FW | CPV | Gianni dos Santos |
| — | FW | MAR | Mohammed Tahiri |
| — | FW | DOM | Darlin van der Werff |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 4 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 034.62 |
| KNVB Cup | 30 October 2019 | 18 December 2019 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 035.71 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 35 |
| 10 | Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 28 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 March 2020. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.