Sparta Asia Football Club () is a
Hong Kong football
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club currently competing in the
Hong Kong Second Division.
During the 2008–09 season, it once competed in the top-tier
Hong Kong First Division
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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
Second Division, 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
Fourth Division
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in the 2012–13 season.
In 2015, the Asia football academy of the Dutch
Eredivisie club
Sparta Rotterdam
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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):
2010–11
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*
Hong Kong Third Division
: Champions (1): 1996–97
*
Hong Kong Fourth Division
: Runners-up (1):
2012–13
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Cup Competitions
*
Hong Kong Junior Shield
: Champions (1): 2000–01
Recent seasons
External links
Sparta Asia Football Clubat HKFA
Hong Kong Second Division League
Football clubs in Hong Kong
1993 establishments in Hong Kong
Sparta Rotterdam
Association football clubs established in 1993
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