Royal Léopold Club

Royal Léopold Club, also known as Léopold is a professional 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]

Léopold
Full nameRoyal Léopold Club
Founded1893 (1893)
LeagueMen's Hockey League
Women's National 1
2021–22Men: 10th
Women: 12th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
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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 2021–22[5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 DF  ESP Alfonso Moreno
2 FW  BEL Benjamin Thiery
3 GK  BEL Romain Henet
4 MF  BEL Lewis Eaton
5 DF  BEL Max Musch
6 FW  BEL Dylan Englebert
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF  BEL Corentin De Trez
13 FW  BEL Tom Degroote
14 MF  BEL Tanguy Zimmer
16 MF  BEL Maxime Groeteclaes
18 DF  FRA Jean-Bapiste Forgues
19 FW  BEL Brieuc Vanderborght
21 GK  FRA Edgar Reynaud
27 FW  BEL Tom Boon
29 DF  BEL Arno Verdoodt
36 FW  BEL Maxime Plennevaux

Women's squad
As of 2021–22[6]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BEL Juliette Grignard
2 DF  ARG Rocio Brocoli
4 MF  BEL Floriane Vilain (Captain)
5 FW  BEL Laurine Lepoutre
7 DF  BEL Léa Gilbert
8 MF  BEL Laura Vilain
9 FW  BEL Cameron Croese
10 MF  ITA Jasbeer Singh
11 DF  BEL Julia Kick
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  ARG Delfina Merino
16 FW  BEL Emilie Drossos
17 MF  BEL Cassy Boey
19 FW  ARG Agustina Albertario
22 MF  BEL Victoria De Kepper
23 DF  ESP Marta Zorita
24 DF  BEL Emeline Massart
34 FW  BEL Elisabeth Mommens

References
  1. "Leopold". tophockeyleague.be. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. 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. "Le palmarès des championnats de Belgique". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. "Club detail Leopold Men". tophockeyleague.be.
  6. "Club detail Leopold - Women". tophockeyleague.be.
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