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
League	Men's Hoofdklasse Women's Hoofdklasse
Founded	20 September 1908; 116 years ago (1908-09-20)
Home ground	Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague
Website	Club website
Home Away

The women and men's first teams compete in the hoofdklasse, the highest league of Dutch field hockey.

Founded on 20 September 1908, the club was incredibly successful during the 1970s, winning 8 national titles in a row. The first men's team played continuously on the highest level of Dutch hockey from 1974 until 2007. After promoting twice in a row they have been 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

As of 13 September 2024^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Koene Schaper (Captain) 6 MF  NED Lucas Middendorp 7 FW  NED Nick van Trigt 8  NED Daan Smits 9  NED Lars Daniels 10 FW  NED Willem van Campen 11  NED Jonas Ellerman 12 MF  NED Ties Klinkhamer 13 DF  RSA Chad Futcher 14 DF  USA Aki Käppeler 15 DF  NED Douwe Steens

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ARG Lucas Toscani 19 DF  NED Pepijn Jones 20 FW  NED Maurik Smits 21  NED Elout Kielman 22 FW  GER Marco Miltkau (Captain) 23 FW  ARG Nicolás Keenan 24 DF  AUS Matthew Swann 25 GK  NED Lars Zijderveld 27 FW  ESP Albert Béltran 28  CZE Štěpán Klaban 35 MF  GER Adrian Lehmann-Richter

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 seizoen 2024-2025" (PDF) (in Dutch). 23 September 2024.
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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