Lycurgus (volleyball)

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Lycurgus Groningen
Lycurgus Volleyball logo.png
Founded1952
ChairmanArie Wink
Manager Mark Lebedew
League Dutch Eredivisie
2022–233rd place
Website Club home page

Lycurgus is a Dutch professional men's volleyball club based in Groningen. They currently compete in the top flight of Dutch volleyball, the Dutch Eredivisie.

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History

Abiant Lycurgus had relative success through the 1970s and 1980s, but the club never won any championships. It reached the national final in 2011/12 and 2014/15, but lost both matches, before finally winning the Dutch championship and Dutch cup in the 2015/16 season.

Team

No.NameDate of birthPosition
4 Flag of the United States.svg Cole Bogner28 November 1999 (age 24)setter
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sam Gortzak15 March 1995 (age 29)setter
19 Flag of the United States.svg Cal Fisher9 May 1999 (age 25)opposite
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thomas Sleurink18 April 1998 (age 26)outside hitter
5 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle McCauley23 January 1999 (age 25)outside hitter
8 Flag of the United States.svg Cole Gillis7 September 2000 (age 23)outside hitter
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maarten Bartels29 July 1998 (age 25)outside hitter
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guus Boer2 April 2004 (age 20)outside hitter
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ramon Martinez-Gion12 September 1990 (age 33)outside hitter
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjan Westera26 April 1994 (age 30)middle blocker
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luuk Hofhuis28 September 2001 (age 22)middle blocker
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Boekhoudt15 February 1998 (age 26)middle blocker
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gustavs Freimanis13 March 2001 (age 23)middle blocker
17 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels De Vries4 July 1996 (age 27)middle blocker
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Kuijpens14 May 1996 (age 28)libero
20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffery Klok29 October 1998 (age 25)libero
Head coach: Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjan Taaij

Honours

Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Winners (5): 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
Winners (6): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23

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