Lycurgus (volleyball)

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.

Lycurgus Groningen

Founded	1952
Ground	MartiniPlaza[1] (Capacity: 4,350)
Chairman	Arie Wink
Manager	Mark Lebedew
League	Dutch Eredivisie
2022–23	3rd place
Website	Club home page

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

• Current Roster (2023/24 season)

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
4	Cole Bogner	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24)	setter
9	Sam Gortzak	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29)	setter
19	Cal Fisher	(1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 25)	opposite
1	Thomas Sleurink	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)	outside hitter
5	Kyle McCauley	(1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 25)	outside hitter
8	Cole Gillis	(2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 24)	outside hitter
10	Maarten Bartels	(1998-07-29) 29 July 1998 (age 26)	outside hitter
11	Guus Boer	(2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 20)	outside hitter
13	Ramon Martinez-Gion	(1990-09-12) 12 September 1990 (age 34)	outside hitter
2	Arjan Westera	(1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30)	middle blocker
6	Luuk Hofhuis	(2001-09-28) 28 September 2001 (age 23)	middle blocker
14	Robin Boekhoudt	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)	middle blocker
14	Gustavs Freimanis	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 23)	middle blocker
17	Niels De Vries	(1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 28)	middle blocker
7	Niels Kuijpens	(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 28)	libero
20	Jeffery Klok	(1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 (age 26)	libero
Head coach:		Arjan Taaij

Honours

• Dutch Championship

Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

• Dutch Cup

Winners (5): 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

• Dutch SuperCup

Winners (6): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23

References

1. "Thuishal". Donar.nl. Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Team profile at Volleybox.net