| Competition: | Hoofdklasse |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Dates: | 14 September 2024 – 11 May 2025 |
| Continentalcup1: | Euro Hockey League |
| Matches: | 71 |
| Total Goals: | 355 |
| League Topscorer: | Boris Burkhardt (Amsterdam) (17 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Kampong 8–0 Nijmegen (9 November 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Nijmegen 0–8 Bloemendaal (24 November 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | Rotterdam 8–3 Hurley (29 September 2024) |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 24 November 2024 |
The 2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 52nd season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 14 September 2024 and will conclude in May 2025 with the second match of the championship final.[2]
Kampong are the defending champions, winning their ninth national title by defeating Rotterdam 3–4 on aggregate in the 2023–24 championship final.[3]
Twelve teams compete in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2023–24 relegation play-offs. Nijmegen won the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and replaced Schaerweijde. Hurley and SCHC won the relegation play-offs and replaced HGC and Laren.
| Team | Location | Accommodation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagener Stadium | ||||
| Sportpark 't Kopje | ||||
| Sportpark Oosterplas | ||||
| Sportpark Duinzigt | ||||
| Amsterdamse Bos | ||||
| De Klapperboom | ||||
| Sportpark Klein Zwitserland | ||||
| Radboud Sportcentrum | ||||
| Sportpark Aalsterweg | ||||
| Amsterdamse Bos | ||||
| Hazelaarweg Stadion | ||||
| Sportpark Kees Broekelaan |
| Team | Trainer-coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | Rick Mathijssen | Boris Burkhardt Floris Middendorp | |
| Bloemendaal | Michel van den Heuvel | Jorrit Croon Floris Wortelboer | |
| Den Bosch | Nanco Jansonius | Jasper Tukkers | |
| HDM | Richard Smith | Cédric de Gier Sander Groenheijde | |
| Hurley |  Enzo Torossi | Lex Tump | |
| Kampong | Tim Oudenaller | Lars Balk Jonas de Geus | |
| Klein Zwitserland | Robert Justus | Marco Miltkau Koene Schaper | |
| Nijmegen | Rob Haantjes | Luc de Rooij | |
| Oranje-Rood | Omar Schlingemann | Joep de Mol | |
| Pinoké | Jesse Mahieu | Jannis van Hattum | |
| Rotterdam | Erik van Driel | Thijs van Dam | |
| SCHC | Jeroen Groenheijde | Floris Steenman |
| Team | Outgoing trainer-coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming trainer-coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloemendaal | Rick Mathijssen[4] | Signed by Amsterdam | 11 May 2024 | Pre-season | Michel van den Heuvel[5] | 12 May 2024 |
| Amsterdam | Taco van den Honert | End of contract | Rick Mathijssen | |||
| HDM | Erik van Driel[6] | Mutual consent | Richard Smith[7] | |||
| Klein Zwitserland | Omar Schlingemann | Signed by Oranje-Rood | Robert Justus[8] | |||
| Oranje-Rood |  Jeroen Baart[9] | End of contract | Omar Schlingemann[10] | |||
| Rotterdam | Robin Rösch[11] | Mutual consent | Erik van Driel[12] | |||
| Nijmegen | Bas Bogaard[13] | Mutual consent | Rob Haantjes[14] |
| Province | Number of teams | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Hurley and Pinoké | ||
| 3 | HDM, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam | ||
| 2 | Kampong and SCHC | ||
| 2 | Den Bosch and Oranje-Rood | ||
| 1 | Nijmegen | ||
| Total | 12 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Burkhardt | Amsterdam | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | |
| Miles Bukkens | Pinoké | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Jip Janssen | Kampong | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| 4 |  Marc Miralles | Bloemendaal | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 | |
| Timo Boers | Den Bosch | 0 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Chris Taberima | HDM | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 7 | Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| 8 |  Nathan Ephraums | Bloemendaal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 9 | Thibeau Stockbroekx | Oranje-Rood | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |