Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club, also known as Atlètic Terrassa, is a professional

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club based in

Terrassa Terrassa () is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, being the larger in both area and population. The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ''Te ...

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. The club was founded in

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. Their senior men's field hockey team play in the División de Honor and the

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. They have also regularly represented Spain in the

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. Their senior women's field hockey team play in the División de Honor and in the

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. In addition to field hockey, the club also organises teams in various other sports and activities including

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History

Atlètic Terrassa was founded in

. They won their first División de Honor title in 1982–83 and subsequently went onto win nine consecutive titles between then and 1990–91. Between 2003–04 and 2011–12 they won the División de Honor eight seasons out of nine. Atlètic won their first

in 1983–84 and subsequently went onto win five consecutive tournaments between then and 1987–88. In 2014–15 they won their 16th Copa del Rey after defeating Real Club de Polo in a

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Euro Hockey League

Atlètic Terrassa have regularly represented Spain in the

. Their best performance in the competition was in

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when they finished second.

Can Salas

Atlètic Terrassa are based at Can Salas, located near Sant Llorenç del Munt and bordering

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...

Matadepera Matadepera () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. Twin towns * Mariapfarr Mariapfarr is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Famous as the location of the ...

and

Castellar del Vallès Castellar del Vallès () is a Spanish municipality of Catalonia in the comarca of Vallès Occidental. It is located 7 km from Sabadell and 11 km from Terrassa, the comarca's two capitals. Other villages near Castellar del Vallès are S ...

. The club purchased the former

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s in 1967 and gradually expanded until acquiring 60

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s. Construction began in January 1968 and the grounds were officially opened in 1969. In addition to hosting

and the

tournaments, Can Salas and Atlètic Terrassa have also hosted international tournaments at their hockey stadium called the Estadi de Hockey Josep Marquès, including the 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2010–11 Euro Hockey League Round 1 group stages.

Players

Current squad

Men's squad

Head coach: Xavier Gasol

Women's squad

Head coach: Jordi Flo

Notable players

Men's internationals

; ; * Matthias Witthaus ; * Johannes Mooij

Women's internationals

; * Silvia Bonastre * Celia Corres * Nuria Olivé * Georgina Oliva * Esther Termens ; * Sofía Maccari * Ayelén Stepnik

Honours

Men

División de Honor *Winners (22): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2021–22 *''Runners-up (10):'' 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2020–21

*Winners (17): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2021–22Different sources list either Atlètic Terrassa or Club Deportiu Terrassa as winners of the 1933 Copa del Rey de Hockey Hierba. Atlètic Terrassa does not include this title in their list of honours.

*''Runners-up (1):''

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*Winners (2): 1985, 1998 *''Runner-up (7)'': 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2006, 2007 EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup *Winners (2): 1994, 2000 Catalonia Hockey Championship *Winners (17): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2020–21This list of Catalonia Hockey Championship titles is taken from Spanish and Catalan Wikipedia articles. Their list differs considerably from the list on Atlètic Terrassa's own website. EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup *Winners (1): 1999 *''Runners-up (2):'' 2002, 2010 ;Notes

Women

Catalonia Hockey Championship: 3 *1988, 2007, 2009

References

{{Euro Hockey League winners Field hockey clubs in Catalonia 1952 establishments in Spain Field hockey clubs established in 1952 Sport in Terrassa