Royal Léopold Club
Full name | Royal Léopold Club | ||
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Founded | 1893 | ||
League | Men's Hockey League Women's Hockey League | ||
2020–21 | Men: 3rd Women: 11th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Royal Léopold Club, also known as Léopold is a 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[]
- 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
- Runners-up (1): 1975
EuroHockey Club Trophy
- Winners: 1989
EuroHockey Indoor Cub Challenge II
- Runners-up (1): 2005
Women[]
- 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 September 2020[5]
Head coach: Robin Geens
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Women's squad[]
- As of September 2020[6]
Head coach: Grégory Herman
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References[]
- ^ "Leopold". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ "Euro Hockey League: Léopold spoelt deceptie door en eindigt alsnog 3e". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Club detail Leopold Men". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Club detail Leopold dames". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links[]
- Royal Léopold Club
- Belgian field hockey clubs
- Uccle
- Sport in Brussels
- 1893 establishments in Belgium