Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch professional

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club based in

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. It was founded on 16 September 1925. The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "

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" and the first women's team competes in the second tier called the Promotieklasse. HC Rotterdam plays their matches in the 3,500-capacity Hazelaarweg Stadion, which also hosted the 2001 Men's Champions Trophy and the 2005 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup.

Honours

Men

* Winners (1): 2012–13 * Runners-up (3): 2011–12, 2016–17, 2023–24 Euro Hockey League * Runners-up (1): 2009–10 Hoofdklasse Indoor * Winners (3): 2007–08, 2013–14, 2023–24 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I * Winners (1): 2015

Women

* Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2001–02 KNHB Cup * Winners (1): 1995 EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup * Winners (2): 2002, 2003 Hoofdklasse Indoor * Winners (4): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2024–25 EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy * Winners (1): 2001 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I * Winners (1): 2000

Players

Men's squad

Notable players

Men's internationals

; ; *

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; * Jeffrey Thys ; * Ranjeev Deol * Peter Short * Rob Short ;/ * Alastair Brogdon * Adam Dixon * Harry Martin ; * Michael Darling * Sean Murray ; * Ryan Archibald * Phil Burrows *

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* Blair Tarrant * Nick Wilson ; * Sohail Abbas * Waseem Ahmed

Women's internationals

; ; * Jimena Cedrés * Cecilia Rognoni ; * Kate Hollywood ;/ * Susie Gilbert * Helen Grant * Beth Storry ;/ * Sarah Thomas

References

External links

Official website of HC Rotterdam

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