2001–02 Sparta Rotterdam season
# 2001–02 Sparta Rotterdam season

The 2001–2002 Sparta Rotterdam season was the football year in The Netherlands in which the club from Rotterdam was relegated for the first time in its history to the Eerste Divisie. The team had to play in the play-offs for promotion and relegation ("nacompetitie") after having finished in 17th place in the Eredivisie.

## Matches

Win  Tie  Loss

### Final Table

| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ajax Amsterdam | 73 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 34 | +39 |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 68 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 77 | 32 | +45 |
| 3 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 64 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 29 | +39 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 60 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 27 | +30 |
| 5 | Vitesse Arnhem | 60 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +12 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 54 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 52 | +3 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 51 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 48 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 44 | +5 |
| 9 | NEC Nijmegen | 45 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 59 | -21 |
| 10 | AZ Alkmaar | 43 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 45 | -2 |
| 11 | Willem II Tilburg | 43 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 54 | 61 | -7 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 42 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
| 13 | Roda JC | 41 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 45 | -12 |
| 14 | De Graafschap | 37 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 55 | -12 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 37 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 59 | -19 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 33 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | -15 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 24 | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 75 | -49 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 71 | -44 |

## Players

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Nacompetitie | Nacompetitie | Amstel Cup | Amstel Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | NED | Frank Kooiman | 36 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | NED | Victor Kros | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | BEL | Brian Vandenbussche | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MAR | Houssin Bezzai | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Maurits van Dalen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Dwight Eli | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Richard Elzinga | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | BEL | Davy De Fauw | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Steve Goossen | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Marilia | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Dave van der Meer | 32 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Romeo Pengel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Tom Sier | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Jayson Trommel | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Elbekay Bouchiba | 38 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Silvan Inia | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Michel Langerak | 26 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| | MF | NED | David Mendes da Silva | 36 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | DEN | Anders Nielsen | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | John Nieuwenburg | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Lorenzo Rimkus | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Aron Winter | 40 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Sieme Zijm | 33 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Regi Blinker | 28 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | MAR | Nourdin Boukhari | 37 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| | FW | ANT | Kenneth Cicilia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | DEN | Denni Conteh | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Danny Koevermans | 31 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | NED | Bram Marbus | 20 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | NED | Murat Mazlum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NED | Rui Almeida Monteiro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BFA | Ousmane Sanou | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
