Royal Léopold Club

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Léopold
Royal Leopold Club logo.png
Full nameRoyal Léopold Club
Founded1893; 128 years ago (1893)
LeagueMen's Hockey League
Women's Hockey League
2020–21Men: 3rd
Women: 11th
WebsiteClub 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[]

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 September 2020[5]

Head coach: Robin Geens

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 GK  BEL Romain Henet
4 DF  BEL Lewis Eaton
5 DF  BEL Max Musch
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
12 MF  BEL Corentin De Trez
13 FW  BEL Tom Degroote
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  BEL Tanguy Zimmer
15 DF  BEL Félix Deleuze
16 MF  BEL Maxime Groeteclaes
17 DF  BEL Nicolas Poncelet
18 DF  FRA Jean-Bapiste Forgues
23 FW  BEL Dylan Englebert
27 FW  BEL Tom Boon
29 DF  BEL Arno Verdoodt
32 GK  BEL Quentin Cherpion
36 FW  BEL Maxime Plennevaux

Women's squad[]

As of September 2020[6]

Head coach: Grégory Herman

Pos. Nation Player
DF  BEL Jade Chiampo
FW  BEL Cameron Croese
DF  BEL Victoria De Kepper
DF  BEL Célestine Deleuze
DF  BEL Lea Gilbert
GK  BEL Juliette Grignard
FW  ARG Agustina Hasselström
DF  BEL Jenna Hautem
DF  BEL Juliette Kicq
Pos. Nation Player
FW  ITA Agostina Lovagnini
DF  BEL Emeline Massart
MF  BEL Elisabeth Mommens
FW  ARG Martina Ocampo
MF  BEL Morgiane Schiouar
MF  ITA Jasbeer Singh
FW  BEL Isabelle Verheyen
DF  ESP Marta Zorita

References[]

  1. ^ "Leopold". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Club detail Leopold Men". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Club detail Leopold dames". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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