Grasshoppers (basketball club)
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| Grasshoppers | |||
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| Leagues | Promotiedivisie (men's) Vrouwen Basketball League (women's) | ||
| Founded | 21 December 1971 | ||
| Arena | Cleijn Duin | ||
| Capacity | 450 | ||
| Location | Katwijk, Netherlands | ||
| President | John Spaan | ||
| Website | grasshoppers.nl | ||
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Grasshoppers Katwijk, better known as simply Grasshoppers, is a Dutch basketball club based in Katwijk. Its women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League (VBL), the domestic first tier. Its men's team plays in the Promotiedivisie, the domestic second tier. Established in 1971, the team plays its home games at Cleijn Duin.
Honours
[edit]Women's
[edit]- Vrouwen Basketball League
- Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
- NBB Cup
- Winners (4): 1983, 1994 1995, 2018
- Supercup
- Winners (1): 2018
Men's
[edit]- Promotiedivisie
- Runners-up (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
European record
[edit]- Women's team
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home[A] | Away[A] | Agg[A] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Ronchetti Cup |  Mirande | 39–68 | 47–101 | 86–187 |  |
- Notes
Notable players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Women's team
Natalie van den Adel (1 season: 2012–13)
Season by season
[edit]| Playoff berth |
| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Dutch Cup | Head coach | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win% | ||||||||
| Grasshoppers | ||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | VBL | 1st* | 18 | 17 | 1 | .944 | Champions | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | VBL | 1st* | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | N/A | Axel Gouw | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | WBL | 4th* | 16 | 11 | 5 | .688 | Semifinalist | ||||