Lycurgus (volleyball)

Lycurgus Groningen

Founded	1952
Ground	MartiniPlaza (Capacity: 4,350)
Chairman	Arie Wink
Manager	Mark Lebedew
League	Dutch Eredivisie
2022–23	3rd place
Website	Club home page

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

• Current Roster (2023/24 season)

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

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Team profile at Volleybox.net