# 2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

The 2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons, is the 52nd season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 14 September 2024 and will conclude in May 2025 with the second match of the championship final.
Kampong are the defending champions, winning their ninth national title by defeating Rotterdam 3–4 on aggregate in the 2023–24 championship final.

## Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2023–24 relegation play-offs. Nijmegen won the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and replaced Schaerweijde. Hurley and SCHC won the relegation play-offs and replaced HGC and Laren.

### Accommodation and locations

| Team | Location | Province | Accommodation |
| Amsterdam | Amstelveen | North Holland | Wagener Stadium |
| Bloemendaal | Bloemendaal | North Holland | Sportpark 't Kopje |
| Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | North Brabant | Sportpark Oosterplas |
| HDM | The Hague | South Holland | Sportpark Duinzigt |
| Hurley | Amstelveen | North Holland | Amsterdamse Bos |
| Kampong | Utrecht | Utrecht | De Klapperboom |
| Klein Zwitserland | The Hague | South Holland | Sportpark Klein Zwitserland |
| Nijmegen | Nijmegen | Gelderland | Radboud Sportcentrum |
| Oranje-Rood | Eindhoven | North Brabant | Sportpark Aalsterweg |
| Pinoké | Amstelveen | North Holland | Amsterdamse Bos |
| Rotterdam | Rotterdam | South Holland | Hazelaarweg Stadion |
| SCHC | Bilthoven | Utrecht | Sportpark Kees Broekelaan |

### Personnel

| Team | Trainer-coach | Captain |
| Amsterdam | Rick Mathijssen | Boris Burkhardt Floris Middendorp |
| Bloemendaal | Michel van den Heuvel | Jorrit Croon Floris Wortelboer |
| Den Bosch | Nanco Jansonius | Jasper Tukkers |
| HDM | Pieter Pieterse | Cédric de Gier Sander Groenheijde |
| Hurley | Enzo Torossi | Lex Tump |
| Kampong | Tim Oudenaller | Lars Balk Jonas de Geus |
| Klein Zwitserland | Robert Justus | Marco Miltkau Koene Schaper |
| Nijmegen | Rob Haantjes | Luc de Rooij |
| Oranje-Rood | Omar Schlingemann | Joep de Mol |
| Pinoké | Jesse Mahieu | Jannis van Hattum |
| Rotterdam | Erik van Driel | Thijs van Dam |
| SCHC | Jeroen Groenheijde | Floris Steenman |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing trainer-coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming trainer-coach | Date of appointment |
| Bloemendaal | Rick Mathijssen | Signed by Amsterdam | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Michel van den Heuvel | 12 May 2024 |
| Amsterdam | Taco van den Honert | End of contract | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Rick Mathijssen | 12 May 2024 |
| HDM | Erik van Driel | Mutual consent | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Richard Smith | 12 May 2024 |
| Klein Zwitserland | Omar Schlingemann | Signed by Oranje-Rood | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Robert Justus | 12 May 2024 |
| Oranje-Rood | Jeroen Baart | End of contract | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Omar Schlingemann | 12 May 2024 |
| Rotterdam | Robin Rösch | Mutual consent | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Erik van Driel | 12 May 2024 |
| Nijmegen | Bas Bogaard | Mutual consent | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Rob Haantjes | 12 May 2024 |
| HDM | Richard Smith | Mutual consent | 14 March 2025 | 9th | Pieter Pieterse | 14 March 2025 |

### Number of teams by province

| Province | Number of teams | Teams |
| North Holland | 4 | Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké |
| South Holland | 3 | HDM, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam |
| Utrecht | 2 | Kampong and SCHC |
| North Brabant | 2 | Den Bosch and Oranje-Rood |
| Gelderland | 1 | Nijmegen |
| Total | 12 | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bloemendaal | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 37 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Amsterdam | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 35 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Den Bosch | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 34 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 27 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Kampong | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 27 | |
| 6 | Oranje-Rood | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Klein Zwitserland | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 19 | |
| 8 | Pinoké | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 17 | |
| 9 | HDM | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 10 | |
| 10 | Hurley | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 66 | −50 | 8 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | SCHC | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 7 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Nijmegen | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 62 | −45 | 5 | Relegation to the Promotieklasse |
* ↑ SCHC received a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player in the game against Kampong.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AMS | BLO | DB | HDM | HUR | KAM | KZ | NIJ | OR | PIN | ROT | SCH |
| Amsterdam | — | | 2–1 | | 6–3 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 7–0 |
| Bloemendaal | 4–1 | — | | 3–0 | 7–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | | | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Den Bosch | | 2–2 | — | 5–2 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 4–1 |
| HDM | 1–6 | | | — | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | | 2–2 | |
| Hurley | | | 1–4 | 0–5 | — | 0–4 | 0–2 | | | 0–7 | 0–10 | 2–0 |
| Kampong | 2–4 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | | — | 4–1 | 8–0 | 4–1 | | 3–3 | |
| Klein Zwitserland | | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 |
| Nijmegen | 0–3 | 0–8 | 0–4 | | 4–1 | | 2–4 | — | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | |
| Oranje-Rood | 3–2 | 2–7 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 5–1 | 3–2 | | | — | 4–3 | 4–4 | |
| Pinoké | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 5–3 | | 1–2 | | 8–1 | 2–2 | — | | 1–1 |
| Rotterdam | | | 3–4 | 1–1 | 8–3 | 2–1 | | | 4–3 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 |
| SCHC | 3–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 2–2 | | | — |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
| 1 | Boris Burkhardt | Amsterdam | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 1 | Miles Bukkens | Pinoké | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Marc Miralles | Bloemendaal | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Jip Janssen | Kampong | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Timo Boers | Den Bosch | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Nathan Ephraums | Bloemendaal | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Chris Taberima | HDM | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Jelle Galema | Oranje-Rood | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Thibeau Stockbroekx | Oranje-Rood | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Dayaan Cassiem | Amsterdam | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Updated to 9 March 2025. Source: KNHB