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Léopold
Full nameRoyal Léopold Club
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
League Men's Hockey League
Women's National 1
2021–22 Men: 10th
Women: 12th (relegated)
Website Club website
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Royal Léopold Club, also known as Léopold is a professional Belgian sports club based in Uccle, Brussels. The club is most well known for its field hockey section with both the first men's and women's teams playing in the Belgian Hockey League. [1]

They are the most successful Belgian field hockey club having won 28 league titles. Their biggest European success was in 1975 when they reached the final of the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup. [2] In 2021 they won their first Euro Hockey League medal and became the third Belgian club to do so when they won the bronze medal match against Uhlenhorst Mülheim. [3] The club was founded in 1893 and the field hockey section in 1895. [2]

Honours

Men

Belgian Hockey League [4]

  • Winners (28): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2018–19

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 1975

EuroHockey Club Trophy

  • Winners: 1989

EuroHockey Indoor Cub Challenge II

  • Runners-up (1): 2005

Women

Belgian Hockey League [4]

  • Winners (14): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1991–91, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05

Current squad

Men's squad

As of 2021–22 [5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 DF   ESP Alfonso Moreno
2 FW   BEL Benjamin Thiery
3 GK   BEL Romain Henet
4 MF   BEL Lewis Eaton
5 DF   BEL Max Musch
6 FW   BEL Dylan Englebert
7 FW   BEL Arthur Verdussen
8 FW   FRA Gaspard Baumgarten
9 DF   BEL John Verdussen
10 MF   BEL Dimitri Cuvelier
11 MF   BEL Archibald De Kepper
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   BEL Corentin De Trez
13 FW   BEL Tom Degroote
14 MF   BEL Tanguy Zimmer
16 MF   BEL Maxime Groeteclaes
18 DF   FRA Jean-Bapiste Forgues
19 FW   BEL Brieuc Vanderborght
21 GK   FRA Edgar Reynaud
27 FW   BEL Tom Boon
29 DF   BEL Arno Verdoodt
36 FW   BEL Maxime Plennevaux

Women's squad

As of 2021–22 [6]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BEL Juliette Grignard
2 DF   ARG Rocio Brocoli
4 MF   BEL Floriane Vilain ( Captain)
5 FW   BEL Laurine Lepoutre
7 DF   BEL Léa Gilbert
8 MF   BEL Laura Vilain
9 FW   BEL Cameron Croese
10 MF   ITA Jasbeer Singh
11 DF   BEL Julia Kick
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   ARG Delfina Merino
16 FW   BEL Emilie Drossos
17 MF   BEL Cassy Boey
19 FW   ARG Agustina Albertario
22 MF   BEL Victoria De Kepper
23 DF   ESP Marta Zorita
24 DF   BEL Emeline Massart
34 FW   BEL Elisabeth Mommens

References

  1. ^ "Leopold". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Klanke, Peter (30 March 2021). "Op weg naar de EHL FINAL4: Royal Léopold". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Euro Hockey League: Léopold spoelt deceptie door en eindigt alsnog 3e". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Club detail Leopold Men". tophockeyleague.be.
  6. ^ "Club detail Leopold - Women". tophockeyleague.be.

External links

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