HC Klein Zwitserland

Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland, commonly known as Klein Zwitserland, is a Dutch field hockey club based in The Hague, South Holland. The first men's team competes in the hoofdklasse, the highest tier of Dutch field hockey and the first women's team competes in the promotieklasse, the second tier of Dutch field hockey.

Klein Zwitserland
Full nameHockey Club Klein Zwitserland
Nickname(s)De Steenbokken (The Capricorns)
Short nameKZ
Founded20 September 1908 (1908-09-20)
Home groundSportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague
Members2068[1]
LeagueMen's Hoofdklasse
Women's Promotieklasse
2018–19Men: 11th
Women: 4th
WebsiteClub website
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The club was founded on 20 September 1908. They were really 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.

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

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup:

Hoofdklasse Indoor

  • Winners (2): 1974–75, 1982–83

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

Head coach: Omar Schlingemann

As of July 2020[2]
No. Position Player
1 GK Koene Schaper
3 Benjamin Craig
4 Wisse Schapers
6 Luc Lejeune
7 MF Steven van der Kloot
9 Cammy Golden
11 Arthur Mouwen
12 Rutger Plat
14 Didier Witte
15 DF Douwe Steens
17 Fabio Blom
19 GK Laurens Goedegebure
21 Ruben Versteeg
22 Pepijn Smit
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW Nicolás Keenan
24 MF Tim Drummond
26 DF Blake Wotherspoon
27 Kevin Mercurio
Daniël de Haan
DF Aki Käppeler
FW Marco Miltkau
Max Kapaun
Rogier Schaeffers
Camil Papa
Bouwe Buitenhuis
Govert Soeters
DF Richard Smith

Notable players

Men's internationals
 Netherlands
 England/ Great Britain
 Argentina
 Australia
 India
 United States

Women's internationals
 Netherlands
 Australia
 England/ Great Britain
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References
  1. "Klein Zwitserland (H.C.)". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 31 October 2019.
  2. "Spelerslijsten Hoofdklasse Hockey Heren, seizoen 2019-2020" (PDF). hockey.nl (in Dutch). 13 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.


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