HC Klein Zwitserland

Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland, commonly known as Klein Zwitserland, is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in The Hague, South Holland.

Klein Zwitserland

Full name	Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland
Nickname(s)	De Steenbokken (The Capricorns)
Short name	KZ
Founded	20 September 1908; 115 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
Home Away

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

• Winners (8): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
• Runners-up (2): 1974–75, 1975–76 :

Gold Cup

• Winners (1): 2021–22

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup:

• Winners (2): 1979, 1981
• Runners-up (4): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985

Hoofdklasse Indoor

• Winners (2): 1974–75, 1982–83

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

Head coach: Omar Schlingemann

As of 2 September 2022^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NED Koene Schaper 2 MF   AUS Tom Craig 4   NED Daan Smits 6 MF   NED Lucas Middendorp 7 FW   NED Nick van Trigt 8 FW   NED Camil Papa 9   NED Lars Daniels 10   NED Bouwe Buitenhuis 11    SUI Boris Stomps 12 MF   NED Ties Klinkhamer 14 DF   USA Aki Käppeler

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   NED Douwe Steens (Captain) 16 FW   NED David Huussen 17   NED Jonas Ellerman 18 MF   FRA Kevin Mercurio 21 GK   NED Jeroen Kerkmeer 22 FW   GER Marco Miltkau 23 FW   ARG Nicolás Keenan 24 DF   AUS Matthew Swann 27 FW   ESP Albert Béltran 28   CZE Štěpán Klaban 29 FW   AUS Tim Brand

Women's squad

Head coach: Razwan Mehmood Ahmed

As of 2022^[2]

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   NZL Kaitlin Cotter 3 MF   JPN Moeka Tsubouchi 4   NED Sabine van Silfhout 5   NED Maud de Kok 6   NED Sietske Brüning 7   NED Meike Tjaberinga 8 FW   AUS Lexie Pickering 9 MF   RSA Kristen Paton 10   NED Philine Vinkesteijn 11 DF   AUS Kaitlin Nobbs

No. Pos. Nation Player 12   NED Bibi Donraadt 13   NED Bernice van Aken 15 MF   USA Fusine Govaert 16   NED Nanne Eijkman 18 FW   AUS Alice Arnott 19   NED Pepita Rademakers 20   NED Kirsen Ender 21   NED Fleur Hofman 25 FW   JPN Kaho Tanaka 33   NED Anne-Louise Nijdam

Notable players

Men's internationals

  Netherlands

Jan Albers Tjeerd Borstlap Edo Buma Jaap-Derk Buma Maurits Crucq

Geert-Jan Derikx Laurence Docherty Sander Dreesmann Thijs de Greeff Maarten van Grimbergen

Egbert Ho Hans Kruize Hidde Kruize Roepie Kruize Ties Kruize

Ron Steens Tim Steens Taeke Taekema Rochus Westbroek

  England/  Great Britain

• Brett Garrard

  Argentina

• Maximiliano Caldas
• Nicolas Keenan

  Australia

• Grant Schubert

  India

• Gagan Ajit Singh
• Dilip Tirkey

  United States

• Steven van Randwijck

Women's internationals

  Netherlands

• Naomi van As
• Merel de Blaeij
• Eveline de Haan
• Femke Kooijman
• Leonoor Voskamp

  Australia

• Alyson Annan

  England/  Great Britain

• Alex Danson

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.

External links

• (in Dutch) Official website HC Klein Zwitserland

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