We are building up to the Sparta Rotterdam vs VVV-Venlo Eredivisie game which kicks off very shortly, and the teams have just been announced.
First off, the starting eleven for Sparta Rotterdam which has been officially confirmed as:
Sparta Rotterdam
Maduka Okoye
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.97m
Weight: 94kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Aaron Meijers
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Andijk, Netherlands
Tom Beugelsdijk
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Michaël Heylen
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Belgium
Dirk Abels
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Abdou Harroui
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Laros Duarte
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Sven Mijnans
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Bryan Smeets
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Maastricht, Netherlands
Mario Engels
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Roding, Germany
Lennart Thy
Forward
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Frechen, Germany
The starting line-up for VVV-Venlo has also been confirmed as:
VVV-Venlo
Thorsten Kirschbaum #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Würzburg, Germany
Leon Guwara #38
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Köln, Germany
Kristopher Da Graca #44
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Bergsjön, Sweden
Tristan Dekker #17
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Tobias Pachonik #2
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Marktoberdorf, Germany
Danny Post #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 91kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Christos Donis #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Greece
Joshua John #12
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 32
Place of birth: Alkmaar, Netherlands
Vito van Crooij #10
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Yahcuroo Roemer #19
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Jafar Arias #25
Forward
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 25
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