Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club

Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club, also known as Atlètic Terrassa, is a professional field hockey club based in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1952. Their senior men's field hockey team play in the División de Honor and the Copa del Rey. They have also regularly represented Spain in the Euro Hockey League. Their senior women's field hockey team play in the División de Honor and in the Copa de la Reina. In addition to field hockey, the club also organises teams in various other sports and activities including tennis, padel, basketball, futsal, swimming, gymnastics and golf.

Atlètic Terrassa

Full name	Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club
League	Men's División de Honor Women's Primera División
Founded	1952
Home ground	Can Salas, Terrassa, Spain
Website	www.athc.cat
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History

Atlètic Terrassa was founded in 1952.^[1] They won their first División de Honor title in 1982–83 and subsequently went onto win nine consecutive titles between then and 1990–91. Between 2003–04 and 2011–12 they won the División de Honor eight seasons out of nine.^[2][3] Atlètic won their first Copa del Rey in 1983–84 and subsequently went onto win five consecutive tournaments between then and 1987–88.^[2] In 2014–15 they won their 16th Copa del Rey after defeating Real Club de Polo in a penalty shoot-out.^[4]

Euro Hockey League

Atlètic Terrassa have regularly represented Spain in the Euro Hockey League. Their best performance in the competition was in 2021 when they finished second.^[5][6][7]

Season	Round
2007–08[8]	Quarter-finals
2008–09[9]	Round one
2009–10[10][11]	Quarter-finals
2010–11[12]	Quarter-finals
2011–12	Round of 16
2012–13[13]	Round of 16
2014–15[14]	Round one
2015–16[7]	Semi-finals
2016–17[15]	Quarter-finals
2017–18[16]	Round of 16
2021	Silver medal

Source:^[5]

Can Salas

Atlètic Terrassa are based at Can Salas, located near Sant Llorenç del Munt and bordering Terrassa, Sabadell, Matadepera and Castellar del Vallès. The club purchased the former vineyards in 1967 and gradually expanded until acquiring 60 hectares. Construction began in January 1968 and the grounds were officially opened in 1969.^[17][18] In addition to hosting Copa del Rey and the Copa de la Reina tournaments,^[19] Can Salas and Atlètic Terrassa have also hosted international tournaments at their hockey stadium called the Estadi de Hockey Josep Marquès, including the 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2010–11 Euro Hockey League Round 1 group stages.^[12]

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

Head coach: Xavier Gasol

As of 2021–22^[20]

Pos. Nation Player  ESP Marc Vizcaino MF  ESP Jordi Bonastre  ESP Quim Malgosa  ESP Santi Ibañez  ESP Marc Escudé  ESP Joan Monzo GK  ESP Marc Calzada  ESP Xavier Barutel

Pos. Nation Player DF  NED Johannes Mooij  ESP Roger Malgosa  ESP Pol Cabré-Verdiell DF  ESP Pau Cunill MF  ESP Pepe Cunill DF  ESP Ignasi Torras MF  ESP Marc Sallés

Women's squad

Head coach: Jordi Flo

As of September 2020^[21]

Pos. Nation Player  ESP Nina Cortes  ESP Maria Barba FW  ARG Antonella Rinaldi  ESP Anna Barba  SCO Lexi Sabatelli DF  ARG Julia Gomes Fantasia  SCO Jessica Buchanan  ESP Gemma Beltran

No. Pos. Nation Player  ESP Marta Dorda  ESP Clara Barba  ESP Hanna Badia  ESP Meritxell Vizcaino  ESP Nuria Carles  ESP Julia Calvo  ESP Maria Gesti  ESP Cristina Escude  ESP Maria Torrente

Notable players

Men's internationals

 Spain

Jaime Arbós Juan Arbós Javier Arnau Jordi Arnau Jordi Carrera Miguel Chaves

Miquel Delas Sergi Enrique Xavier Escudé Santi Freixa Joaquim Malgosa Santiago Malgosa

Roc Oliva Miguel de Paz Xavier Ribas Albert Sala Marc Salles

 Germany

• Matthias Witthaus

 Netherlands

• Johannes Mooij

Women's internationals

 Spain

• Silvia Bonastre
• Celia Corres
• Nuria Olivé
• Georgina Oliva
• Esther Termens

 Argentina

• Sofía Maccari
• Ayelén Stepnik

Honours

Men

División de Honor

• Winners (22): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2021–22
• Runners-up (10): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2020–21

Copa del Rey

• Winners (17): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2021–22^{[note 1]}

Euro Hockey League

• Runners-up (1): 2021

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

• Winners (2): 1985, 1998
• Runner-up (7): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2006, 2007

EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup

• Winners (2): 1994, 2000

Catalonia Hockey Championship

• Winners (17): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2020–21^{[note 2]}

EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup

• Winners (1): 1999
• Runners-up (2): 2002, 2010

Source:^[2]

Notes

1. Different sources list either Atlètic Terrassa or Club Deportiu Terrassa as winners of the 1933 Copa del Rey de Hockey Hierba. Atlètic Terrassa does not include this title in their list of honours.
2. This list of Catalonia Hockey Championship titles is taken from Spanish and Catalan Wikipedia articles. Their list differs considerably from the list on Atlètic Terrassa's own website.

Women

Catalonia Hockey Championship: 3

• 1988, 2007, 2009

Source:^[22]