# Hockey Club Melbourne

HC Melbourne is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 clubs to compete in Hockey Australia's premier domestic competition, Hockey One.
The club unifies both men and women under one name, unlike Victoria's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the VIC Vikings (men) and VIC Vipers (women).
HC Melbourne competed for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which was contested from late September through to mid November 2019.

## History

HC Melbourne, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of Hockey Australia's development of hockey.
HC Melbourne opted for a pure hockey club name, with a view to attracting the Victoria hockey public community whom CEO Andrew Skillern said "showed the rest of the country and the world what we can achieve by getting behind the home team and filling the stands as part of the 2019 FIH Pro League and we cannot wait to have the same support in the new league. The club logo includes 'M' for Melbourne.
Hockey Victoria had over 1,400 inaugural HC Melbourne members before the launch of the club. Hockey Victoria had strong aspirations to double their membership base before the season’s opening match, matching the club's bold identity.

## Uniform

HC Melbourne's colours are black and white with gold. The uniform moves away from Victoria's traditional navy blue.
| HC Melbourne Men's Uniform | HC Melbourne Women's Uniform |

## Home Stadium

HC Melbourne are based out of the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Victoria's capital city, Melbourne. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 spectators, with 1,000 fixed seats.
Throughout the Hockey One league, HC Melbourne plays a number of home games at the stadium.

## Teams
### Men's team

The following players were named in the men's squad.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | FW | AUS | Craig Marais |
| 2 | MF | AUS | Max Henry |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Simon Borger |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Andrew Philpott |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Joshua Pollard |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Jayshaan Randhawa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Jonathan Bretherton |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Josh Simmonds |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Kiran Arunasalam |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Johan Durst |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Jake Sherren |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Joel Carroll |
| 24 | FW | AUS | James Knee |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Aaron Kleinschmidt |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Oscar Wookey |

### Women's team

The following players were named in the women's preliminary squad.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AUS | Laura Barden |
| — | MF | AUS | Kristina Bates |
| — | DF | AUS | Kary Chau |
| — | FW | NZL | Hannah Cotter |
| — | FW | AUS | Olivia Downes |
| — | DF | AUS | Josie Erbsland |
| — | MF | AUS | Gracie Geddis |
| — | FW | AUS | Zara Geddis |
| — | MF | NZL | Hannah Gravenall |
| — | DF | AUS | Emily Hamilton-Smith |
| — | DF | AUS | Alannah Hibbard |
| — | MF | AUS | Charlotte Hodgson |
| — | GK | AUS | Rene Hunter |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AUS | Dacia Koelmeyer |
| — | DF | AUS | Josie Lawton |
| — | MF | AUS | Charlotte Hodgson |
| — | GK | AUS | Emma Leighton |
| — | GK | AUS | Rachael Lynch |
| — | DF | AUS | Evie Stansby |
| — | FW | GER | Charlotte Stapenhorst |
| — | DF | AUS | Sophie Taylor |
| — | FW | AUS | Aisling Utri |
| — | MF | AUS | Ciara Utri |
| — | MF | AUS | Zali Ward |
| — | DF | AUS | Bianca Zurrer |