Lycurgus (volleyball) explained

Clubname:Lycurgus Groningen
Founded:1952
Ground:MartiniPlaza[1]
Capacity:4,350
Chairman:Arie Wink
Manager:Mark Lebedew
League:Dutch Eredivisie
Season:2022–23
Position:3rd place
Website:https://www.lycurgus.nl/

Lycurgus is a Dutch professional men's volleyball club based in Groningen. They currently compete in the top flight of Dutch volleyball, the Dutch Eredivisie.

History

Abiant Lycurgus had relative success through the 1970s and 1980s, but the club never won any championships. It reached the national final in 2011/12 and 2014/15, but lost both matches, before finally winning the Dutch championship and Dutch cup in the 2015/16 season.

Team

No.NameDate of birthPosition
4 Cole Bogner 28 November 1999setter
9 Sam Gortzak15 March 1995setter
19 Cal Fisher9 May 1999opposite
1 Thomas Sleurink18 April 1998outside hitter
5 Kyle McCauley23 January 1999outside hitter
8 Cole Gillis7 September 2000outside hitter
10 Maarten Bartels29 July 1998outside hitter
11 Guus Boer2 April 2004outside hitter
13 Ramon Martinez-Gion12 September 1990outside hitter
2 Arjan Westera26 April 1994middle blocker
6 Luuk Hofhuis28 September 2001middle blocker
14 Robin Boekhoudt15 February 1998middle blocker
14 Gustavs Freimanis13 March 2001middle blocker
17 Niels De Vries4 July 1996middle blocker
7 Niels Kuijpens14 May 1996libero
20 Jeffery Klok29 October 1998libero
Head coach: Arjan Taaij

Honours

Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Winners (5): 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Winners (6): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thuishal. Donar.nl. https://web.archive.org/web/20240604093240/https://www.lycurgus.nl/organisatie/thuishal/ . 4 June 2024. 2024-06-04 .