Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland, commonly known as Klein Zwitserland, is a Dutch
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
club based in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
,
South Holland.
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
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
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1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
* ''Runners-up (4)'': 1980,
1982,
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
, 1985
Hoofdklasse Indoor
* Winners (2): 1974–75, 1982–83
Players
Current squad
Men's squad
Head coach: Omar Schlingemann
Women's squad
Head coach: Razwan Mehmood Ahmed
Notable players
Men's internationals
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;/
*
Brett Garrard
Brett Spencer Garrard (born 21 August 1976) is a male British former field hockey player.
Family:
Wife: Isobel.Garrard
Children: Lysia.Garrard, Corben.Garrard and Nyla.Garrard
He is an Uncle to Mila.Koppenol and Van.Koppenol
Hockey career
Gar ...
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Maximiliano Caldas
Maximiliano Jorge "Max" Caldas (born 9 March 1973) is an Argentine field hockey defender, who made his debut for the Argentina men's national field hockey team, national squad in 1994, and competed for his native country in the 1996 Summer Olympi ...
*Nicolas Keenan
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*
Grant Schubert
Grant Schubert ( OAM) (born 1 August 1980 in Loxton, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was named ''World Hockey Young Play ...
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Gagan Ajit Singh
Gagan Ajit Singh (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian former field hockey player who played as a forward. He was the captain of the India national under-21 team that won the 2001 Junior World Cup. He was a member of the Indian senior national ...
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Dilip Tirkey
Dilip Tirkey (born 25 November 1977), is a former Indian field hockey player, Politician and Sports Administrator. His former playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most ...
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Steven van Randwijck
Women's internationals
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Naomi van As
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Merel de Blaeij
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Eveline de Haan
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Femke Kooijman
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Leonoor Voskamp
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Alyson Annan
Alyson Regina Annan (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian field hockey coach and retired field hockey player, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals. Until January 2022, ...
;/
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Alex Danson
References
External links
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Official website HC Klein Zwitserland
Dutch field hockey clubs
Field hockey clubs established in 1908
1908 establishments in the Netherlands
Sports clubs in The Hague
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