MEIJER Derk
Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 12/05/1997
Nationality: Netherlands
Match results
About HC Rotterdam
Rotterdam return this season to the EHL’s main competition after a six-year break, keen to add to their trio of bronze medals and the 2010 silver.
They qualified this season by virtue of their run to the Dutch championship final, finishing as runners-up to SV Kampong 4-3 on aggregate in the two-legged decider, memorably eliminating Bloemendaal in the semi-final.
Their subsequent route to the FINAL8 saw them defeat TJ Plzen-Litice and then summon an amazing comeback from 3-1 down in both normal time and a shoot-out to eliminate Hamburger Polo Club in Surbiton.
Their side has a wealth of Olympic gold medalists in their panel. Speedster Thijs van Dam, defender Justen Blok, Tjep Hoedemakers, Stijn van Heijnegen and goalkeeper Derk Meijer all took to the Paris podium in the Netherlands’ thrilling run to glory.
They also have goal machine Jeroen Hertzberger in their line-up and he will be keen to add to his EHL record total of 47 goals in 40 games – this will be his last EHL with the club, though, as it was confirmed his time with the first time will end this summer after 22 seasons.
Late in the transfer window before the start of the season, they also added Spanish star Marc Recasens from Real Club de Polo along with Jesse Steenhoff coming up from the club’s youth section, Ole Dorscheidt returning to the club after a spell at Cartouche and Bouwe Buitenhuis comes from Klein Zwitserland.
Going the other way, Mahinder Terlouw and Harry Martin both moved to Hurley while Timo Goor retired.
In the Hoofdklasse, their playoff hopes are hanging on by a thread as they sit in sixth place, four points off the top four.
EHL History
2007/08 – BRONZE
2008/09 – BRONZE
2009/10 – Runners-up
2011/12 – Fourth place
2012-13 – KO16
2013-14 – KO8
2017-18 – BRONZE
2022 – Ranking Cup – fourth place
The team
van der HEIJDEN Pepijn
Shirt number: 2
Date of Birth: 22/04/2003
Nationality: Netherlands
ALGERA Tristan
Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth: 29/01/1992
Nationality: Netherlands
van MINDE Jesse
Shirt number: 5
Date of Birth: 21/06/1991
Nationality: Netherlands
STEENHOFF Jesse
Shirt number: 6
Date of Birth: 16/10/2005
Nationality: Netherlands
JANSEN Guus
Shirt number: 7
Date of Birth: 07/03/2002
Nationality: Netherlands
BOEREN Menno
Shirt number: 8
Date of Birth: 12/05/2002
Nationality: Netherlands
HORTENSIUS Olivier
Shirt number: 9
Date of Birth: 04/09/2002
Nationality: Netherlands
van DAM Thijs
Shirt number: 10
Date of Birth: 05/01/1991
Nationality: Netherlands
HERTZBERGER Jeroen
Shirt number: 11
Date of Birth: 24/02/1986
Nationality: Netherlands
BAKKER Jochem
Shirt number: 12
Date of Birth: 16/06/1996
Nationality: Netherlands
BUITENHUIS Bouwe
Shirt number: 13
Date of Birth: 30/04/2002
Nationality: Netherlands
HOEDEMAKERS Tjep
Shirt number: 14
Date of Birth: 14/10/1999
Nationality: Netherlands
van der WIELEN Matthijs
Shirt number: 15
Date of Birth: 04/09/2003
Nationality: Netherlands
BLOK Justen
Shirt number: 16
Date of Birth: 27/09/2000
Nationality: Netherlands
MENINI Joaquin
Shirt number: 18
Date of Birth: 18/08/1991
Nationality: Spain
RECASENS Marc
Shirt number: 19
Date of Birth: 13/09/1999
Nationality: Spain
LUCIEER Dylan
Shirt number: 20
Date of Birth: 04/04/2004
Nationality: Netherlands
van der HEIJDEN Timme
Shirt number: 22
Date of Birth: 18/05/2005
Nationality: Netherlands
van der STEEN Joran
Shirt number: 23
Date of Birth: 05/07/2007
Nationality: Netherlands
van HEIJNINGEN Steijn
Shirt number: 24
Date of Birth: 28/01/1997
Nationality: Netherlands
van TETERING Lucas
Shirt number: 25
Date of Birth: 08/10/2006
Nationality: Netherlands
MEIJAARD Frank
Shirt number: 26
Date of Birth: 10/06/2007
Nationality: Netherlands
BEUMER Olivier
Shirt number: 28
Date of Birth: 24/04/2007
Nationality: Netherlands
DORSCHEIDT Ole
Shirt number: 29
Date of Birth: 29/11/2002
Nationality: Netherlands
KITZEN Chun
Shirt number: 30
Date of Birth: 03/05/2008
Nationality: Netherlands
RAP Floris
Shirt number: 31
Date of Birth: 06/06/2008
Nationality: Netherlands
BODZINGA Mees
Shirt number: 32
Date of Birth: 31/05/2008
Nationality: Netherlands
BUDDINGH Jack
Shirt number: 99
Date of Birth: 06/06/2008
Nationality: Netherlands