Royal Léopold Club, also known as Léopold is a professional Belgian

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based in

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. The club is most well known for its

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section with both the first men's and women's teams playing in the Belgian Hockey League. They are the most successful Belgian field hockey club having won 28 league titles. Their biggest European success was in

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when they reached the final of the

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. In

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they won their first

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medal and became the third Belgian club to do so when they won the bronze medal match against Uhlenhorst Mülheim. The club was founded in 1893 and the field hockey section in 1895.

Honours

Men

Belgian Hockey League * Winners (28): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1927–28, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2018–19

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

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* Winners: 1989 EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup * Winners (1):

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EuroHockey Indoor Cub Challenge II * ''Runners-up (1):'' 2005

Women

Belgian Hockey League *Winners (14): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1991–91, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05

Current squad

Men's squad

Women's squad

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Royal Leopold Club Leopold Uccle Sports clubs and teams in Brussels 1893 establishments in Belgium Sports clubs and teams established in 1893