Royal Leopold Club

Match results

03 18 Apr 15:30 Royal Leopold Club LEO 0 - 4 Gantoise HC (Men) GAN Recap
08 20 Apr 10:15 Old Georgians HC OGS 3 - 2 Royal Leopold Club LEO Recap

* Won by shoot-out

About Royal Leopold Club

This season, Royal Léopold added two heavyweights in attack to bolster their attack for the new campaign in Red Lion Nelson Onana and Spanish international striker José Basterea.

They add to the goal machine Tom Boon who – with 41 goals last season – was subsequently named the Stick D’Or winner for last season and he scored six times in the KO16 in London. There, they defeated Banbridge 4-2 and Lille MHC 4-0 to advance to the FINAL8.

Since then, they also won the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in Wettingen, becoming the first ever Belgian club to achieve this honour with Tanguy Zimmer named the players of the tournament.

They did have a slow start in the Belgian league with just one win in their first five games but have been unbeaten since November to show their credentials.

Outdoors, the club has seen three departures for the 2024/25 season; Tom Degroote has crossed the Uccle commune to play for Uccle Sport.

From their defence, they have two further departures: Max Muschs and Lewis Eaton who went to Racing and Uccle Sport respectively. The core is solid with talent and experience in each line with the likes of Gauthier Boccard, Elliot van Strydonck, Dimitri Cuvelier, Nicolas Poncelet, Gaspard Baumgarten and Jean-Baptiste Forgues carrying huge experience.

Their target this season is to convert regular season dominance into final championship success having missed out in the playoffs for the past few seasons. The first half of their league season, though, was a tough one and saw them sit in sixth place for the winter break.

Speaking about the campaign ahead, Club President Nicolas Leeuw said: “Our ambitions are clear and similar to previous years: to reach the semi-finals of the championship and more if we want to.

“We also want to prepare for the future by integrating young players from the club, if they deserve it.”

EHL History
2012/13 – KO16
2015/16 – KO16
2016/17 – ROUND1
2018/19 – KO16 – won 9th place ranking match
2019/20 (incomplete season due to Covid-19) – FINAL8
2020/21 – BRONZE
2023/24 – 5th place

The team

PONCELET Nicolas

Shirt number: 1
Date of Birth: 19/09/1996
Nationality: Belgium

HENET Romain

Shirt number: 3
Date of Birth: 09/03/1994
Nationality: Belgium

BURNOTTE Adam

Shirt number: 4
Date of Birth: 02/08/2004
Nationality: Belgium

TOUSSAINT Jules

Shirt number: 5
Date of Birth: 18/05/2004
Nationality: Belgium

MEERS Nicolas

Shirt number: 6
Date of Birth: 05/04/2005
Nationality: Belgium

VERDUSSEN Arthur

Shirt number: 7
Date of Birth: 31/05/1993
Nationality: Belgium

CUVELIER Dimitri

Shirt number: 8
Date of Birth: 03/03/1993
Nationality: Belgium

VERDUSSEN John

Shirt number: 9
Date of Birth: 14/07/1987
Nationality: Belgium

BOCCARD Gauthier

Shirt number: 10
Date of Birth: 26/08/1991
Nationality: Belgium

BAUMGARTEN Gaspard

Shirt number: 11
Date of Birth: 03/08/1992
Nationality: France

De TREZ Corentin

Shirt number: 12
Date of Birth: 27/02/1996
Nationality: Belgium

ZIMMER Tanguy

Shirt number: 14
Date of Birth: 14/09/1992
Nationality: Belgium

DELHAUTEUR Vadim

Shirt number: 15
Date of Birth: 15/05/2006
Nationality: Belgium

PILLE Théo

Shirt number: 16
Date of Birth: 14/07/2005
Nationality: Belgium

PONCELET Sam

Shirt number: 17
Date of Birth: 23/02/2004
Nationality: Belgium

FORGUES Jean-Baptiste

Shirt number: 18
Date of Birth: 18/05/1992
Nationality: France

BASTERRA Jose

Shirt number: 19
Date of Birth: 03/01/1997
Nationality: Spain

LEEUW Nathan

Shirt number: 20
Date of Birth: 01/03/2005
Nationality: Belgium

COLLIN Théo

Shirt number: 21
Date of Birth: 19/03/2004
Nationality: Belgium

ENGLEBERT Dylan

Shirt number: 23
Date of Birth: 20/04/2000
Nationality: Belgium

DE BACKER Louis

Shirt number: 26
Date of Birth: 27/02/2002
Nationality: Belgium

BOON Tom

Shirt number: 27
Date of Birth: 25/01/1990
Nationality: Belgium

LEEUW Félix

Shirt number: 28
Date of Birth: 18/04/2007
Nationality: Belgium

ONANA Nelson

Shirt number: 30
Date of Birth: 01/03/2000
Nationality: Belgium

Van STRYDONCK Elliot

Shirt number: 32
Date of Birth: 21/07/1988
Nationality: Belgium

DE WAGHENEIRE Gabriel

Shirt number: 33
Date of Birth: 09/04/2008
Nationality: Belgium

HANQUET Tom

Shirt number: 38
Date of Birth: 25/08/2008
Nationality: Belgium