2025–26 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey
Football league season
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The 2025–26 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[2] is the 53rd season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. The season began on 13 September 2025 and will conclude in May 2026 with the second match of the championship final.[3]
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 September 2024 – 11 May 2025 |
| Champions | Rotterdam (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Hurley Laren |
| Euro Hockey League | Rotterdam Amsterdam Oranje-Rood |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 671 (5.08 per match) |
| Best Player | Struan Walker[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Timo Boers (31 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Rotterdam 9–0 Hurley (5 October 2025) Amsterdam 9–0 Laren (5 October 2025) Den Bosch 9–0 Schaerweijde (26 October 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Hurley 1–8 Pinoké (8 March 2026) Schaerweijde 1–8 Den Bosch (19 April 2026) |
| Highest scoring | Amsterdam 8–6 Den Bosch (21 September 2025) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
In the championship's playoff final, the defending champions Amsterdam were defeated by Rotterdam with a score of 5–4 on aggregate.[4]
Teams
Twelve teams compete in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2024–25 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2024–25 relegation play-offs. Laren won the 2024–25 Promotieklasse and replaced Nijmegen. Hurley and Schaerweijde won the relegation play-offs.
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 |
| Laren | Laren | North Holland | Sportpark Eemnesserweg |
| Oranje-Rood | Eindhoven | North Brabant | Sportpark Aalsterweg |
| Pinoké | Amstelveen | North Holland | Amsterdamse Bos |
| Rotterdam | Rotterdam | South Holland | Hazelaarweg Stadion |
| Schaerweijde | Zeist | Utrecht | Sportpark Krakelingsweg |
Number of teams by province
| Province | Number of teams | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| North Holland | 5 | Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley, Laren, and Pinoké |
| South Holland | 3 | HDM, Klein Zwitserland, and Rotterdam |
| Utrecht | 2 | Kampong and Schaerweijde |
| North Brabant | 2 | Den Bosch and Oranje-Rood |
| Total | 12 |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oranje-Rood | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 56 | Qualification Euro Hockey League preliminary round and play-offs |
| 2 | Rotterdam (C) | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 38 | +50 | 47 | Qualification EHL Final 12 and play-offs |
| 3 | Pinoké | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 45 | Qualification play-offs |
| 4 | Amsterdam | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 44 | Qualification EHL Final 12 and play-offs |
| 5 | Den Bosch | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 48 | +36 | 40 | |
| 6 | Bloemendaal | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 38 | |
| 7 | Kampong | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Klein Zwitserland | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Schaerweijde | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 78 | −48 | 16 | |
| 10 | HDM (O) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 72 | −37 | 15 | Qualification relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Laren (R) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 96 | −60 | 6 | |
| 12 | Hurley (R) | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 84 | −65 | 5 | Relegation to Promotieklasse |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Timo Boers |
Den Bosch | 0 | 25 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 |  Struan Walker |
Oranje-Rood | 15 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Joep Troost |
Pinoké | 6 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Boris Burkhardt |
Amsterdam | 8 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Pepijn van der Heijden |
Rotterdam | 0 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Miles Bukkens |
Pinoké | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Teun Beins |
Bloemendaal | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Duco Telgenkamp |
Kampong | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 9 |  Mustapha Cassiem |
Amsterdam | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Koen Bijen |
Den Bosch | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Thierry Brinkman |
Den Bosch | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
 Florent Van Aubel |
Pinoké | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Timme van der Heijden |
Rotterdam | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Play-offs
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| 14 & 17 May | ||||||||||
| Oranje-Rood | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 23 & 25 May | ||||||||||
| Amsterdam | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Amsterdam | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 14 & 17 May | ||||||||||
| Rotterdam | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Rotterdam | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Pinoké | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Amsterdam won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Rotterdam won 6–4 on aggregate.
Final
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Rotterdam won 5–4 on aggregate to win their second title.
Relegation play-offs
Overview
Matches
HDM won 5–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
Tilburg won 5–4 on aggregate and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse, while Laren were relegated to the Promotieklasse.