Voetbalvereniging Sparta Nijkerk, is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club from

Nijkerk Nijkerk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ''Niekark'') is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city located in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. Population centres Some people state that ''Groot Corlaer'' is a ...

, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1931, is currently (season 2022–23) playing in the

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

History

In one of their most notable matches of recent memory, Sparta Nijkerk lost 2–0 to

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

in the first round of the

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. In the 2021–22 season, Sparta Nijkerk qualified for the promotion playoffs, but lost 3–1 on aggregate to

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in the first round.

References

External links

Official site
Sparta Nijkerk Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in Gelderland Nijkerk {{Netherlands-footyclub-stub