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Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club, also known as Atlètic Terrassa, is a field hockey club based in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1952. Their senior men’s field hockey team play in the División de Honor and the Copa del Rey. They have also regularly represented Spain in the Euro Hockey League. Their senior women’s field hockey team play in the División de Honor and in the Copa de la Reina. In addition to field hockey, the club also organises teams in various other sports and activities including tennis, padel, basketball, futsal, swimming, gymnastics and golf.

History[edit]

Atlètic Terrassa was founded in 1952.[1] They won their first División de Honor title in 1982–83 and subsequently went onto win nine consecutive titles between then and 1990–91. Between 2003–04 and 2011–12 they won the División de Honor eight seasons out of nine.[2][3] Atlètic won their first Copa del Rey in 1983–84 and subsequently went onto win five consecutive tournaments between then and 1987–88.[2] In 2014–15 they won their 16th Copa del Rey after defeating Real Club de Polo in a penalty shoot-out.[4]

Euro Hockey League[edit]

Atlètic Terrassa have regularly represented Spain in the Euro Hockey League. Their best performance in the competition was in 2021 when they finished second.[5][6][7]

Source:[5]

Can Salas[edit]

Atlètic Terrassa are based at Can Salas, located near Sant Llorenç del Munt and bordering Terrassa, Sabadell, Matadepera and Castellar del Vallès. The club purchased the former vineyards in 1967 and gradually expanded until acquiring 60 hectares. Construction began in January 1968 and the grounds were officially opened in 1969.[17][18] In addition to hosting Copa del Rey and the Copa de la Reina tournaments,[19] Can Salas and Atlètic Terrassa have also hosted international tournaments at their hockey stadium called the Estadi de Hockey Josep Marquès, including the 2006 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2010–11 Euro Hockey League Round 1 group stages.[12]

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Men’s squad[edit]

Head coach: Xavier Gasol

As of 2021–22[20]

Women’s squad[edit]

Head coach: Jordi Flo

As of September 2020[21]

Notable players[edit]

Men’s internationals[edit]

 Spain
 Germany
 Netherlands

Women’s internationals[edit]

 Spain
 Argentina

Honours[edit]

Men[edit]

División de Honor

  • Winners (22): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (10): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2020–21

Copa del Rey

  • Winners (17): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2021–22[note 1]

Euro Hockey League

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

  • Winners (2): 1985, 1998
  • Runner-up (7): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2006, 2007

EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup

Catalonia Hockey Championship

  • Winners (17): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2020–21[note 2]

EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup

  • Winners (1): 1999
  • Runners-up (2): 2002, 2010

Source:[2]

Notes
  1. ^ Different sources list either Atlètic Terrassa or Club Deportiu Terrassa as winners of the 1933 Copa del Rey de Hockey Hierba. Atlètic Terrassa does not include this title in their list of honours.
  2. ^ This list of Catalonia Hockey Championship titles is taken from Spanish and Catalan Wikipedia articles. Their list differs considerably from the list on Atlètic Terrassa’s own website.

Women[edit]

Catalonia Hockey Championship: 3

Source:[22]

References[edit]