Sparta Asia Football Club () is a

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football club currently competing in the Hong Kong Second Division. During the 2008–09 season, it once competed in the top-tier

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, and was relegated after finishing 12th out of 13 teams. At the end of the 2010–11 season, after gaining promotion to the First Division from the runner-up position in the

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, it withdrew from the First Division and was expunged from the Hong Kong league system by the HKFA. IT rejoined the league system and competed in the

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in the 2012–13 season. In 2015, the Asia football academy of the Dutch

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club

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...

took charge of the club and it rebranded as Sparta Rotterdam Mutual FC. The partnership ended after 2018. It was revived in 2019 when the club was rebranded as Sparta Asia.

Honours

League

* Hong Kong Second Division : Champions (2): 2007–08, 2016–17 : Runners-up (1):

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* Hong Kong Third Division : Champions (1): 1996–97 * Hong Kong Fourth Division : Runners-up (1):

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Cup Competitions

* Hong Kong Junior Shield : Champions (1): 2000–01

Recent seasons

External links

Sparta Asia Football Club
at HKFA Hong Kong Second Division League Football clubs in Hong Kong 1993 establishments in Hong Kong Sparta Rotterdam Association football clubs established in 1993 {{HongKong-footyclub-stub