Editing Sparta Rotterdam (section)

==Youth program==
{{main|Sparta Youth Academy}}

The Sparta Jeugdopleiding (English: Sparta Youth Academy) is a four-star certified youth academy and amongst the strongest in the nation, having won the national academy of the year award on several occasions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/98618/Jeugdopleiding-Sparta-beoordeeld-met-4-sterren |title=Jeugdopleiding Sparta beoordeeld met 4 sterren |publisher=Rijnmond TV |date=1 February 2013 |access-date=4 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065335/http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/98618/Jeugdopleiding-Sparta-beoordeeld-met-4-sterren |url-status=live }}</ref> Several International footballers have progressed through the ranks of the academy, including [[Danny Blind]], [[Danny Koevermans]], [[David Mendes da Silva]], [[Ed de Goey]], [[Winston Bogarde]], [[Memphis Depay]], [[Henk Fräser]], [[Jan van Beveren]], [[Georginio Wijnaldum]], [[Anwar El Ghazi]], [[Jetro Willems]], [[John de Wolf]], [[Kevin Strootman]], [[Rick van Drongelen]] and [[Nick Viergever]], [[Marten de Roon]] amongst others.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Chloe |url=http://www.opleidingsparta.nl/?pagina_id=500&topbutton_id=54 |title=Exponenten uit de jeugdopleiding van Sparta Rotterdam |publisher=Sparta Jeugdopleiding |date=22 October 1995 |access-date=3 August 2012 |archive-date=22 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522211228/http://www.opleidingsparta.nl/?pagina_id=500&topbutton_id=54 |url-status=live }}</ref>