Club Sparta
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| Founded | 1899 | |||
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| Stadium | Estadio Sparta | |||
| Stadium capacity | 55000 | |||
| Owner | Grupo Lutz | |||
| League | The Premiership | |||
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Club Sparta is a multi-sports club in the city of Sirenia, Lisander. Founded in 1899 by doctor Juliano Lutz, it is the largest sports club in Lisander in terms of membership - 78,000, according to its own records. Sparta is also the only team to have won every national team championship disputed in one season, a feat it achieved in 1949. Today, Sparta's teams compete in the national top division in many sports, including Football, Rugby, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey and Basketball.
History
Juliano Lutz was a 25-year-old doctor who had just graduated and was the sole heir of Herminio Lutz, a textile industrialist. When his father died in 1896, he was forced to take charge of the company's operations, which were going through a somewhat troubled phase.
As a way of increasing the productivity of his employees (120, an exorbitant number for the time), Lutz bought a farm on the outskirts of Sirenia to serve as the headquarters of a club he wanted to found. During the week, the place was private for Lutz, his family and close friends. At weekends, it was also open to factory employees and their families. The community around Juliano Lutz, however, soon grew. One friend brought another, and soon Sparta went beyond the social classes of Sirenia in the name of sport.
A cultured man, dedicated to health and physical activity, Lutz worshipped the classical standards of the Greek human beauty. At a meeting to suggest the name of the club, they suggested the name Olympia, which was the favourite, until they came up with "Sparta", which seemed a more "imposing" name for the club. And so, on 16 June 1899, Club Sparta was born, with swimming, cricket and, of course, the most popular sport of the time, rugby.