# HGC (field hockey)

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.
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
| 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
| 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

| Seve van Ass Roderik Bouwman Ronald Brouwer Jorrit Croon Marc Delissen Willemijn Duyster | Wouter Leefers Bram Lomans Tycho van Meer Stephan Veen Guus Vogels |

##### England/ Great Britain

| Simon Egerton Ashley Jackson | Iain Lewers Simon Mantell Barry Middleton |

##### Spain

| Rodrigo Garza Roc Oliva | Bosco Pérez-Pla Viçens Ruiz |

##### Argentina

| Lucas Martínez Joaquín Menini | Gonzalo Peillat Lucas Vila |

##### Canada

| Ken Pereira Peter Short | Rob Short David Yule |

##### Ireland

* John Jermyn
* Iain Lewers
* Eugene Magee

##### New Zealand

* Phil Burrows
* Shea McAleese

##### Belgium

* Tanguy Cosyns

##### Japan

* Kenta Tanaka

#### Women's internationals
##### Netherlands

| Helen van der Ben Carina Benninga Marieke van Doorn Annemieke Fokke Noor Holsboer Femke Kooijman | Nicole Koolen Lisanne Lejeune Sandra Le Poole Aletta van Manen Fatima Moreira de Melo Suzanne Plesman | Caroline van Nieuwenhuyze-Leenders Wietske de Ruiter Florentine Steenberghe Suzan van der Wielen Laurien Willemse |

##### Ireland

* Lizzie Colvin