HC Rotterdam

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Rotterdam
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Full nameHockey Club Rotterdam
Short nameHCR
League Men's Hoofdklasse
Women's Hoofdklasse
Founded16 September 1925;99 years ago (1925-09-16)
Home ground Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
(Capacity 3,500)
Personnel
ChairmanDiederik Chevalier
Website Club website
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Home
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Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland. It was founded on 16 September 1925.

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The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "Hoofdklasse" and the first women's team competes in the second tier called the Promotieklasse. HC Rotterdam plays their matches in the 3,500-capacity Hazelaarweg Stadion, which also hosted the 2001 Men's Champions Trophy and the 2005 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup.

Honours

Men

Hoofdklasse

Euro Hockey League

Hoofdklasse Indoor

EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I

Women

Hoofdklasse

KNHB Cup

EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup

Hoofdklasse Indoor

EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy

EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I

Players

Men's squad

As of 13 September 2024 [1]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Derk Meijer
2DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Pepijn van der Heijden
3DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Tristan Algera
5DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jesse van Minde
6DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jesse Steenhoff
7MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Guus Jansen
8MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Menno Boeren
9FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Olivier Hortensius
10FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Thijs van Dam (Captain)
11FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jeroen Hertzberger
12DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jochem Bakker
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bouwe Buitenhuis
14FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Tjep Hoedemakers
15MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Matthijs van der Wielen
16DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Justen Blok
18FWFlag of Spain.svg  ESP Joaquín Menini
19DFFlag of Spain.svg  ESP Marc Recasens
20FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Dylan Lucieer
22FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Timme van der Heijden
24MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Steijn van Heijningen
29GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ole Dorscheidt

Notable players

Men's internationals

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain/Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

Women's internationals

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain/Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain/Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales

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References

  1. "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse seizoen 2024-2025" (PDF) (in Dutch). 23 September 2024.