Oranje Zwart
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Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart is a Dutch field hockey club located in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, which was founded on September 1, 1933. With around 1.700 members – as of May 31, 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the Netherlands.
The first men's team competes for many years on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "Hoofdklasse". The club won the Dutch title in the 2004/2005 saison. OZ is famous for being the first club to attract foreign players. One of their first 'catches' was in the mid-1990s, when Germany's Carsten Fischer came to Eindhoven, nearly two years later followed by the famous Shahbaz Ahmad from Pakistan.
[edit] Notable players from Oranje Zwart
- Shahbaz Ahmad
- Troy Elder
- Carsten Fischer
- Piet-Hein Geeris
- Sander van Heeswijk
- Robert van der Horst
- Ronald Jansen
- Josef Kramer
- Harrie Kwinten
- Tycho van Meer
- Rob Reckers
- Jay Stacy
- Margje Teeuwen
- Teun Rohof
- Darren Cheesman
- Matthijs Brouwer
