Lycurgus (volleyball)

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.

Lycurgus Groningen
Founded1952
GroundMartiniPlaza[1]
(Capacity: 4,350)
ChairmanArie Wink
ManagerMark Lebedew
LeagueDutch Eredivisie
2022–233rd place
WebsiteClub home page

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
  • Current Roster (2023/24 season)
No. Name Date of birth Position
4 Cole Bogner (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999setter
9 Sam Gortzak (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995setter
19 Cal Fisher (1999-05-09) 9 May 1999opposite
1 Thomas Sleurink (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998outside hitter
5 Kyle McCauley (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999outside hitter
8 Cole Gillis (2000-09-07) 7 September 2000outside hitter
10 Maarten Bartels (1998-07-29) 29 July 1998outside hitter
11 Guus Boer (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004outside hitter
13 Ramon Martinez-Gion (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990outside hitter
2 Arjan Westera (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994middle blocker
6 Luuk Hofhuis (2001-09-28) 28 September 2001middle blocker
14 Robin Boekhoudt (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998middle blocker
14 Gustavs Freimanis (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001middle blocker
17 Niels De Vries (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996middle blocker
7 Niels Kuijpens (1996-05-14) 14 May 1996libero
20 Jeffery Klok (1998-10-29) 29 October 1998libero
Head coach: Arjan Taaij

Honours
  • Dutch Championship
Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Dutch Cup
Winners (5): 2015–16, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Dutch SuperCup
Winners (6): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23

References
  1. "Thuishal". Donar.nl. Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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