Original Robey training jacket Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam is a professional football club from Rotterdam. Sparta was founded in 1888, making it the oldest professional football club in the Netherlands. Only eleven amateur clubs in the Netherlands are older than Sparta. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sparta was one of the leading sports clubs in the Netherlands. The club also experienced a peak period in the second half of the fifties. Since 1916, the club has its stadium in the Rotterdam district of Spangen.

Sparta has traditionally been involved in other sports besides football, such as cricket, athletics, baseball and softball. For a number of years, rugby has also been played under the name Sparta. From the association R.V. & A.V. Sparta therefore originated various Rotterdam sports organizations. The general football club is still part of R.V. & A.V. Sparta. For the professional football activities, the association established the independently operating Sparta Rotterdam Foundation on 14 June 1976.