Neptunus Explained

Neptunus is a professional baseball and softball club in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Following its 2014 championship season, the club signed a sponsorship contract for the 2015 through 2017 seasons with Curaçao and competes under the name Curaçao Neptunus.^[1] The club has a revenue of 1 million euros.

Neptunus is the most successful team in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It has won the Holland Series 20 times.^[2] That includes seven consecutive titles from 1999 to 2005. During that dominant stretch, Neptunus also won the continental European Cup five consecutive times from 2000 to 2004. In 2010, the team set a single-season Dutch league record by winning 39 games.^[3]

The club evolved out of the multi-sports club SC Neptunus, which was founded on 1 June 1900. The baseball department was founded on 3 May 1943 and the softball department on 17 June 1973. Although the club fielded a football team in the past, Neptunus is primarily known for baseball and softball.

Honours

National

• Hoofdklasse

20 (record)

1981, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024

• KNBSB Cup

15

1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017

International

• European Cup

10

1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018

• European Super Cup

7

1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Notes and References

1. News: Curacao succeeds DOOR as main sponsor for Neptunus Rotterdam . Mister Baseball . 17 December 2014 . 12 March 2015.
2. Web site: Visser . Seb . 2024-10-12 . CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS PAKT TWINTIGSTE LANDSTITEL – HonkbalSoftbal.nl . 2024-10-14 . honkbalsoftbal.nl . nl-NL.
3. News: DOOR Neptunus closes out Record Regular Season in Hoofdklasse . Mister Baseball . 16 August 2010 . 12 March 2015.