HGC (field hockey)

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HGC
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Full nameHOC Gazellen Combinatie
Nickname(s)De Gazellen (The Gazelles)
Founded22 September 1906;117 years ago (1906-09-22)
Home groundDe Roggewoning, Wassenaar
League Men's Hoofdklasse
Women's Hoofdklasse
2021–22 Men: 4th
Women: 6th
Website Club website
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H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, also known as HGC, is a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Wassenaar, South Holland on the border of The Hague. The club was founded on 22 September 1906. [1]

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The first teams (men and women) competed for many years on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, in the "Hoofdklasse". In 1995/'96 both the men's and the women's first team won the national championship. The men's 1st XI also competed in the Euro Hockey League.

HGC has produced a number of internationals for the Dutch national teams as well as attracting a number of internationals from other countries.

Honours

Men

Hoofdklasse

Euro Hockey League

European Cup

Cup Winners' Cup

Hoofdklasse Indoor

Women

Hoofdklasse

KNHB Cup

European Cup

Cup Winners' Cup

Hoofdklasse Indoor

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

As of 22 September 2023 [2]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Karst Timmer
2DFFlag of India.svg  IND Devindar Walmiki
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Boris Stomps
4DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Ollie Willars
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Pieter Schulpen
6DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Vincent Langenhuijsen
7FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Sam Figge
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Alexander Schop
9MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Seve van Ass (Captain)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
10MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lucas Veen
11FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Willem van Campen
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Casper Berkman
14FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jan van 't Land
17MFFlag of Spain.svg  ESP Marc Boltó
21GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Daan Taphoorn
22GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Sam van der Ven
24DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Floris Benschop
26MFFlag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Scholten

Women's squad

Head coach: Robbert-Jan de Vos

As of 10 September 2021 [3]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Anke van Goudoever
2GKFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ingeborg Dijkstra
3MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Faye Muijderman
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Anne Eijsbouts
5FWFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Stefania Antoniazzi
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lisa Lejeune
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Féline Engelkes
8MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Isis van Loon
9FWFlag of Argentina.svg  ARG Milagros Fernández Ladra
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lisa Harteveld(Captain)
11FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Sophie Schlatmann
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12FWFlag of South Africa.svg  RSA Dirkie Chamberlain
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Zoe Hessels
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Julie Sytsema
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Amy van den Bosch
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Karlijn Scheepens
18DFFlag of England.svg  ENG Giselle Ansley
20Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Fleur Gort
21FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Valérie van Aalst
22DFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Loes Stijntjes
24MFFlag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Eva de Goede
29MFFlag of Germany.svg  GER Cécile Pieper

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 Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Women's internationals

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland

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References

  1. "HGC official website site" . Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  2. "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse seizoen 2023-2024" (PDF) (in Dutch). 22 September 2023.
  3. "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse Dames en Tulp Hoofdklasse Heren 2021-2022" (PDF). knhb.nl (in Dutch). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.