2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2024–25 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey.
Hoofdklasse
Season2024–25
Dates14 September 2024 – 11 May 2025
ChampionsAmsterdam (22nd title)
RelegatedNijmegen
SCHC
Euro Hockey LeagueBloemendaal
Amsterdam
Kampong
Matches played132
Goals scored667 (5.05 per match)
Top goalscorerTimo Boers (Den Bosch)
(28 goals)
Biggest home winKampong 8–0 Nijmegen
(9 November 2024)
Biggest away winHurley 0–10 Rotterdam
(16 March 2025)
Highest scoringRotterdam 8–4 Nijmegen
(27 April 2025)
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[1] was 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.[2]

Kampong were the defending champions, winning their ninth national title by defeating Rotterdam 3–4 on aggregate in the 2023–24 championship final.[3] The did not defend their title as they lost the final to Amsterdam 6–5 in a shoot-out after the final finished 5–5 on aggregate. Amsterdam won their 22nd title (first since 2011–12) equalling Bloemendaal's record.[4][5]

Teams

2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse 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 Carlos Castaño 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[6] Signed by Amsterdam 11 May 2024 Pre-season Michel van den Heuvel[7] 12 May 2024
Amsterdam Taco van den Honert[6] End of contract Rick Mathijssen[6]
HDM Erik van Driel[8] Mutual consent Richard Smith[9]
Klein Zwitserland Omar Schlingemann[10] Signed by Oranje-Rood Robert Justus[11]
Oranje-Rood Jeroen Baart[12] End of contract Omar Schlingemann[10]
Rotterdam Robin Rösch[13] Mutual consent Erik van Driel[14]
Nijmegen Bas Bogaard[15] Mutual consent Rob Haantjes[16]
HDM Richard Smith Mutual consent[17] 14 March 2025 9th Pieter Pieterse 14 March 2025
Klein Zwitserland Robert Justus Mutual consent[18] 10 May 2025 8th Carlos Castaño[19] 10 May 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 22 17 2 3 80 33 +47 53 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs
2 Den Bosch 22 14 5 3 67 33 +34 47 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Amsterdam (C) 22 14 4 4 77 39 +38 46 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs
4 Kampong 22 13 5 4 66 36 +30 44 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs
5 Rotterdam 22 11 7 4 77 48 +29 40
6 Oranje-Rood 22 11 5 6 67 57 +10 38
7 Pinoké 22 10 2 10 64 45 +19 32
8 Klein Zwitserland 22 7 4 11 36 52 −16 25
9 HDM 22 4 4 14 41 69 −28 16
10 SCHC (R) 22 4 4 14 37 61 −24 13[a] Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Hurley (O) 22 2 3 17 23 101 −78 9
12 Nijmegen (R) 22 1 3 18 32 93 −61 6 Relegation to the Promotieklasse
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[21]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ SCHC received a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player in the game against Kampong.[20]

Results

Home \ Away AMS BLO DB HDM HUR KAM KZ NIJ OR PIN ROT SCH
Amsterdam — 1–2 2–1 5–3 6–3 0–0 2–2 4–1 7–1 3–1 3–3 7–0
Bloemendaal 4–1 — 2–1 3–0 7–0 4–4 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 3–4
Den Bosch 3–0 2–2 — 5–2 8–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 4–1
HDM 1–6 2–7 1–2 — 1–1 0–5 2–2 3–1 2–4 2–3 2–2 2–1
Hurley 1–8 0–4 1–4 0–5 — 0–4 0–2 2–2 0–5 0–7 0–10 2–0
Kampong 2–4 1–3 3–1 2–0 4–2 — 4–1 8–0 4–1 3–2 3–3 3–1
Klein Zwitserland 1–3 3–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 — 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–4 3–0
Nijmegen 0–3 0–8 0–4 2–3 4–1 3–5 2–4 — 1–3 1–5 2–2 0–4
Oranje-Rood 3–2 2–3 4–4 6–4 5–1 3–2 4–1 5–4 — 4–3 4–4 3–2
Pinoké 1–3 2–3 2–4 5–3 4–1 1–2 5–2 8–1 2–2 — 3–1 1–1
Rotterdam 3–3 4–3 3–4 1–1 8–3 2–1 5–0 8–4 4–3 1–0 — 4–1
SCHC 3–4 1–5 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 3–3 2–2 2–4 1–2 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Timo Boers Den Bosch 0 23 5 28
2 Boris Burkhardt Amsterdam 13 11 3 27
Miles Bukkens Pinoké 11 11 5
4 Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam 11 10 4 25
5 Jip Janssen Kampong 0 21 3 24
6 Marc Miralles Bloemendaal 1 13 5 19
7 Nathan Ephraums Bloemendaal 17 0 0 17
Chris Taberima HDM 0 12 5
9 Thibeau Stockbroekx Oranje-Rood 16 0 0 16
Joep Troost Pinoké 6 8 2

Updated to 11 May 2025. Source: KNHB[22]

Play–offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Den Bosch235
 
 
 
Amsterdam33 6
 
Amsterdam (s.o.)325
 
 
 
Kampong41 5
 
Bloemendaal213
 
 
Kampong53 8
 

Semi-finals

17 May 2025
16:00
Kampong 5–2 Bloemendaal
Janssen  11', 14', 24', 33'
Gruter  22' 		Report Warmerdam  21'
Beins  38'
De Klapperboom, Utrecht
18 May 2025
16:00
Bloemendaal 1–3 Kampong
Miralles  21' Report Janssen  18', 49'
B. Phijffer  51'
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Kampong won 8–3 on aggregate.

17 May 2025
18:00
Amsterdam 3–2 Den Bosch
Burkhardt  14'
Van Bijnen  16', 58' 		Report Boers  38'
Tukkers  42'
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
18 May 2025
18:00
Den Bosch 3–3 Amsterdam
Boers  15', 19'
Sorsby  27' 		Report Burkhardt  4', 29', 32'
Sportpark Oosterplas, Den Bosch

Amsterdam won 6–5 on aggregate.

Final

25 May 2025
16:00
Kampong 4–3 Amsterdam
Marree  4'
Janssen  35'
Gruter  40'
Telgenkamp  57' 		Report Burkhardt  1', 58'
Middendorp  33'
De Klapperboom, Utrecht
29 May 2025
16:00
Amsterdam 2–1 Kampong
Burkhardt  32'
Middendorp  33' 		Report Janssen  4'
Penalties
Middendorp
D. Cassiem
M. Cassiem
Dommershuijzen
Morton
Middendorp
M. Cassiem 		6–5 De Geus
Pieters
De Vilder
Sprengers
Telgenkamp
Telgenkamp
Pieters
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

5–5 on aggregate; Amsterdam won 6–5 in the shoot-out to win their 22nd national title.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 31 May and 1 June 2025.[23]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SCHC 2–3 Schaerweijde 2–2 0–1
Hurley 5–5 (3–2 s.o.) Tilburg 2–3 3–2

Matches

31 May 2025
16:00
SCHC 2–2 Schaerweijde
Hafkamp  3'
A. Empey  36' 		Report Stadelmaier  21'
Ros  53'
Sportpark Kees Boekelaan, Bilthoven
1 June 2025
16:00
Schaerweijde 1–0 SCHC
Stadelmaier  12' Report
Sportpark Krakelingweg, Zeist

Schaerweijde won 3–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse, while SCHC were relegated to the Promotieklasse.

31 May 2025
16:00
Hurley 2–3 Tilburg
Aerts  53'
Voskuil  55' 		Report Van der Ruijt  17'
Haring  19'
Bornebroek  27'
Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen
1 June 2025
16:00
Tilburg 2–3 Hurley
Haring  47', 48' Report Aerts  41', 47'
Voskuil  55'
Penalties
  2–3  
Oude Warande, Tilburg

5–5 on aggregate, Hurley won 3–2 in the shoot-out, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Wester, Eelko (31 January 2023). "KNHB past opzet play-offs Hoofdklasse aan: geen centrale finale". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ "HK (H): winnende start voor Kampong, Den Bosch en Bloemendaal". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Amsterdamse hockeyclub na dertien jaar weer landskampioen". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). NH. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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  12. ^ "Oranje-Rood en coach Jeroen Baart na dit seizoen uit elkaar".
  13. ^ "Wegen HC Rotterdam en Robin Rösch scheiden aan het einde van dit seizoen". 7 February 2024.
  14. ^ "HC Rotterdam stelt Erik van Driel aan als hoofdcoach van Heren 1" (in Dutch). 16 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Bas Bogaard vertrekt na seizoen bij "Nijmegen"". nmhc.nl (in Dutch). NMHC Nijmegen. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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