HGC

Full name	HOC Gazellen Combinatie
Nickname(s)	De Gazellen (The Gazelles)
Founded	22 September 1906; 117 years ago (1906-09-22)
Home ground	De Roggewoning, Wassenaar
League	Men's Hoofdklasse Women's Hoofdklasse
2021–22	Men: 4th Women: 6th
Website	Club website
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H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, also known as HGC, is a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Wassenaar, South Holland on the border of The Hague. The club was founded on 22 September 1906.^[1]

The first teams (men and women) competed for many years on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, in the "Hoofdklasse". In 1995/'96 both the men's and the women's first team won the national championship. The men's 1st XI also competed in the Euro Hockey League.

HGC has produced a number of internationals for the Dutch national teams as well as attracting a number of internationals from other countries.

Honours

Men

Hoofdklasse

• Winners (2): 1989–90, 1995–96
• Runners-up (10): 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2006–07, 2009–10

Euro Hockey League

• Winners (1): 2010–11
• Runners-up (1): 2007–08

European Cup

• Winners (1): 1997

Cup Winners' Cup

• Winners (2): 1992, 1993
• Runners-up (1): 1994

Hoofdklasse Indoor

• Winners (4): 1985–86, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98

Women

Hoofdklasse

• Winners (8): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Runners-up (6): 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95

KNHB Cup

• Winners (1): 1996

European Cup

• Winners (7): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994
• Runners-up (1): 1997

Cup Winners' Cup

• Winners (1): 1993

Hoofdklasse Indoor

• Winners (6): 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2003–04

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

As of 22 September 2023^[2]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 MF  NED Karst Timmer 2 DF  IND Devindar Walmiki 3   SUI Boris Stomps 4 DF  ENG Ollie Willars 5  NED Pieter Schulpen 6 DF  NED Vincent Langenhuijsen 7 FW  NED Sam Figge 8  NED Alexander Schop 9 MF  NED Seve van Ass (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  NED Lucas Veen 11 FW  NED Willem van Campen 13  NED Casper Berkman 14 FW  NED Jan van 't Land 17 MF  ESP Marc Boltó 21 GK  NED Daan Taphoorn 22 GK  NED Sam van der Ven 24 DF  NED Floris Benschop 26 MF  GER Florian Scholten

Women's squad

Head coach: Robbert-Jan de Vos

As of 10 September 2021^[3]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Anke van Goudoever 2 GK  NED Ingeborg Dijkstra 3 MF  NED Faye Muijderman 4  NED Anne Eijsbouts 5 FW  ARG Stefania Antoniazzi 6  NED Lisa Lejeune 7  NED Féline Engelkes 8 MF  NED Isis van Loon 9 FW  ARG Milagros Fernández Ladra 10  NED Lisa Harteveld (Captain) 11 FW  NED Sophie Schlatmann

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  RSA Dirkie Chamberlain 13  NED Zoe Hessels 14  NED Julie Sytsema 15  NED Amy van den Bosch 16  NED Karlijn Scheepens 18 DF  ENG Giselle Ansley 20  NED Fleur Gort 21 FW  NED Valérie van Aalst 22 DF  NED Loes Stijntjes 24 MF  NED Eva de Goede 29 MF  GER Cécile Pieper

Notable players

Men's internationals

 Netherlands

 England/ Great Britain

 Spain

 Argentina

 Canada

 Ireland

• John Jermyn
• Iain Lewers
• Eugene Magee

 New Zealand

• Phil Burrows
• Shea McAleese

 Belgium

• Tanguy Cosyns

 Japan

• Kenta Tanaka

Women's internationals

 Netherlands

 Ireland

• Lizzie Colvin