HC Klein Zwitserland

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Klein Zwitserland
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Full nameHockey Club Klein Zwitserland
Nickname(s)De Steenbokken (The Capricorns)
Short nameKZ
Founded20 September 1908;114 years ago (1908-09-20)
Home ground Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague
League Men's Hoofdklasse
Women's Hoofdklasse
2021–22 Men: 7th
Women: 10th
Website Club website
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Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland, commonly known as Klein Zwitserland, is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in The Hague, South Holland.

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The women and men's first team compete in the hoofdklasse, the highest league of Dutch field hockey.

The club was founded on 20 September 1908. They were incredibly successful during the 1970s, winning 8 national titles in a row. The first men team played continuously on the highest level of Dutch hockey from 1974 until 2007. After promoting twice in a row they're back in the hoofdklasse since 2018.

Honours

Men

Hoofdklasse

Gold Cup

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup:

Hoofdklasse Indoor

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

Head coach: Omar Schlingemann

As of 2 September 2022 [1]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Koene Schaper
2MFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tom Craig
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Daan Smits
6MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lucas Middendorp
7FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Nick van Trigt
8FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Camil Papa
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lars Daniels
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bouwe Buitenhuis
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Boris Stomps
12MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ties Klinkhamer
14DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Aki Käppeler
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Douwe Steens(Captain)
16FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED David Huussen
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jonas Ellerman
18MFFlag of France.svg  FRA Kevin Mercurio
21GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jeroen Kerkmeer
22FWFlag of Germany.svg  GER Marco Miltkau
23FWFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Nicolás Keenan
24DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Swann
27FWFlag of Spain.svg  ESP Albert Béltran
28Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Štěpán Klaban
29FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tim Brand

Women's squad

Head coach: Razwan Mehmood Ahmed

As of 2022 [2]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
2DFFlag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Kaitlin Cotter
3MFFlag of Japan.svg  JPN Moeka Tsubouchi
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Sabine van Silfhout
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Maud de Kok
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Sietske Brüning
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Meike Tjaberinga
8FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lexie Pickering
9MFFlag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kristen Paton
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Philine Vinkesteijn
11DFFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kaitlin Nobbs
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bibi Donraadt
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bernice van Aken
15MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Fusine Govaert
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Nanne Eijkman
18FWFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alice Arnott
19Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Pepita Rademakers
20Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kirsen Ender
21Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Fleur Hofman
25FWFlag of Japan.svg  JPN Kaho Tanaka
33Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Anne-Louise Nijdam

Notable players

Men's internationals

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of England.svg  England/Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Women's internationals

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of England.svg  England/Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

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References

  1. "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse Dames en Tulp Hoofdklasse Heren 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Dutch). 2 September 2022.
  2. "Klein Zwitserland Dames 1 – spelers en staf 2022/2023" (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2023.

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