2019–20 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse

Season	2019–20
Dates	14 September 2019 – 12 March 2020
Euro Hockey League	Bloemendaal
EHL Cup	Kampong Den Bosch
Matches played	90
Goals scored	420 (4.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tim Swaen (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Bloemendaal 6–0 Hurley Amsterdam 7–1 Almere Amsterdam 7–1 Rotterdam
Biggest away win	Tilburg 0–6 HGC
Highest scoring	Amsterdam 7–3 HGC
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Hoofdklasse was the 47th season of the Hoofdklasse, the Netherlands's highest field hockey league. It started on 14 September 2019 and it was scheduled to conclude with the third match of the championship final on 24 May 2020.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the league was halted on 12 March 2020.[2] The league was declared void on 21 April 2020.[3]

Bloemendaal were the defending champions, having won the 2018–19 season by defeating Kampong in the championship final.[4]

The KNHB decided there will be no relegation and promotion and there won't be a champion. The assignment of the places for the 2021 Euro Hockey League depended on the proceeding of the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League. Bloemendaal was the only team who was qualified regardless.[3]

Teams

Bloemendaal

Klein Zwitserland

Amsterdamse Bos

Rotterdam

HGC

Almere

Kampong

Tilburg

Den Bosch

Oranje-Rood

Amsterdamse Bos teams
Amsterdam
Hurley
Pinoké

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2019–20 Men's Hoofdklasse teams

A total of 12 teams took part in the league: The best nine teams from the 2018–19 season, the two promotion/relegation play-off winners (Klein Zwitserland and Tilburg) and the 2018–19 Promotieklasse winners (Hurley), who replaced SCHC.

Accommodation and locations

Team	Location	Province	Accommodation
Almere	Almere	Flevoland	Sportpark Klein Brandt
Amsterdam	Amstelveen	North Holland	Wagener Stadium
Bloemendaal	Bloemendaal	North Holland	Sportpark 't Kopje
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	North Brabant	Sportpark Oosterplas
HGC	Wassenaar	South Holland	De Roggewoning
Hurley	Amstelveen	North Holland	Amsterdamse Bos
Kampong	Utrecht	Utrecht	De Klapperboom
Klein Zwitserland	The Hague	South Holland	Sportpark Klein Zwitserland
Oranje-Rood	Eindhoven	North Brabant	Sportpark Aalsterweg
Pinoké	Amstelveen	North Holland	Amsterdamse Bos
Rotterdam	Rotterdam	South Holland	Hazelaarweg Stadion
Tilburg	Tilburg	North Brabant	Sportpark Oude Warande

Personnel and kits

Team	Trainer-coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almere	Pasha Gademan	Robin Herweijer	Indian Maharadja	ABN AMRO
Amsterdam	Santi Freixa	Billy Bakker	Adidas	ABN AMRO
Bloemendaal	Michel van den Heuvel	Glenn Schuurman	Osaka	ABN AMRO
Den Bosch	Jeroen Verboom	Austin Smith	Indian Maharadja	Rabobank
HGC	Paul van Ass	Seve van Ass	Indian Maharadja	ABN AMRO
Hurley	Reinoud Wolff	Thom Hayward	Osaka	Rabobank
Kampong	Alexander Cox	Sander de Wijn	Reece	Rabobank
Klein Zwitserland	Carlos Castaño	Steven van Rhede van der Kloot	TK	Tikkie
Oranje-Rood	Robert van der Horst	Thomas Briels	Reece	ABN AMRO
Pinoké	Jesse Mahieu	Jannis van Hattum	Adidas	Simpel
Rotterdam	Albert Kees Maneschijn	Jeroen Hertzberger	Osaka	ABN AMRO
Tilburg	Jeroen Delmee	Jip Krens	Adidas	Rabobank

Number of teams by province

Province	Number of teams	Teams
North Holland	4	Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké
North Brabant	3	Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and Tilburg
South Holland		HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam
Utrecht	1	Kampong
Flevoland		Almere
Total	12

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bloemendaal	15	13	2	0	54	18	+36	41	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League
2	Den Bosch	15	11	1	3	39	22	+17	34	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League Cup
3	HGC	15	10	2	3	45	30	+15	32
4	Kampong	15	8	3	4	42	31	+11	27	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League Cup[a]
5	Rotterdam	15	8	3	4	38	32	+6	27
6	Oranje-Rood	15	7	2	6	40	33	+7	23
7	Amsterdam	15	6	5	4	44	28	+16	23
8	Pinoké	15	6	3	6	36	33	+3	21
9	Tilburg	15	4	1	10	25	43	−18	13
10	Klein Zwitserland	15	3	1	11	17	43	−26	10
11	Hurley	15	1	1	13	24	51	−27	4
12	Almere	15	0	2	13	20	60	−40	2

Source: TheSports.org
Notes:

1. Kampong qualified for the Euro Hockey League Cup after the cancellation of the 2019–20 season's Final 8.

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	AMS	BLO	DBO	HGC	HUR	KAM	KZ	OR	PIN	ROT	TIL
Almere	—	1–3		1–2		3–5	3–4		1–5	3–4	1–4	2–2
Amsterdam	7–1	—	1–2	2–3	7–3			1–0	2–2	3–3	7–1
Bloemendaal	4–0		—	3–1	4–0	6–0	2–1			3–2	1–1
Den Bosch	5–0			—		2–1	2–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	2–3	3–1
HGC	5–1		2–3	3–2	—	2–2	2–2	2–1			3–0
Hurley		3–4	1–5		1–4	—	1–4	1–2	0–3			2–4
Kampong		4–3	2–2			4–2	—	4–1	1–3	3–1		2–1
Klein Zwitserland	1–1		1–5	0–2	0–2		2–5	—		1–5	1–4	2–1
Oranje-Rood	3–1	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–5			4–1	—	1–2		3–2
Pinoké	6–1	1–1	4–5		1–2	1–0	3–3			—		2–1
Rotterdam		2–2		1–1	2–4	4–3	3–2		3–1	3–0	—	5–1
Tilburg		1–0	0–5		0–6	3–2		2–3	3–4		3–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 8 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals
1	Tim Swaen	Bloemendaal	0	16	2	18
2	Jip Janssen	Kampong	0	17	0	17
3	Maico Casella	HGC	12	4	0	16
	Tanguy Cosyns	Amsterdam	3	13	0
	Alexander Hendrickx	Pinoké	0	13	3
6	Jeroen Hertzberger	Rotterdam	8	5	2	15
8	Roel Bovendeert	Bloemendaal	12	1	0	13
	Mink van der Weerden	Oranje-Rood	0	12	1
9	Mirco Pruyser	Amsterdam	8	2	2	12
10	Boet Phijffer	Kampong	8	1	0	9
	Sébastien Dockier	Den Bosch	8	1	0
	Seve van Ass	HGC	3	4	2

References

1. "Speeldagenkalenders Hoofdklasse, Promotieklasse, Overgangsklasse en 1e Klasse 2019-2020 bekend". ww.knhb.nl (in Dutch). KNHB. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
2. "Geen competitie en hockeyactiviteiten tot 1 april". Retrieved 13 March 2020.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "Hockeybond schrapt alle competities, geen promotie of degradatie". nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
4. "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.