Sparta-Feyenoord

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Sparta-Feyenoord
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League Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Location Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Founded 1942
Holland Series championships1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 [1]
Website website (archived)

Sparta-Feyenoord is a defunct baseball team in Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top professional baseball league in the Netherlands. The club was very successful in the 1960s and 1970s, winning 9 Dutch national championships, including the first two Holland Series. [2]

Facing significant debts and relegation from the Hoofdklasse after the 2012 season, the club folded. [3]

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References

  1. "Nederlandse landskampioenen" (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. "Nederlandse landskampioenen" (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. Würfel, Philipp (24 October 2012). "Sparta Rotterdam's story ends with financial Problems". Mister Baseball. Retrieved 12 March 2015.