HC Liceo

Hockey Club Liceo (also known as Deportivo Liceo by sponsorship reasons) is a Spanish rink hockey club based in A Coruña, Spain.

Liceo
Full nameHockey Club Liceo
de La Coruña
Founded1972
Home groundPazo dos Deportes de Riazor,
A Coruña,
Galicia, Spain
(Capacity 5,000)
Chairman Eduardo Lamas
Manager Carlos Gil
LeagueOK Liga
2015–16 (M)
2016–17 (W)		3rd
10th
Home
Away

Founded in 1972, Liceo is the only team from outside Catalonia to have won the Spanish league.

History
Liceo players, before an OK Liga match.

Founded in 1972 at the school Liceo La Paz, the club achieved the promotion to the first division in only seven years. In the 1980–81 season, only their second at the top tier, the club ended in the third position and secured the qualification to the World Skate Europe Cup.

The 1980s became the golden years of the club. They started in 1982 with the title of the World Skate Europe Cup in their European debut and continued with the first Copa del Rey.

In 1983 Liceo won their first League and later, the club would win two consecutive European Cups in 1987 and 1988. The golden years of the club ended in the 1990s with six national leagues, eight cups and three European Cups.

At the end of the 1990s the club starts a decline of results, winning no titles for several years until the European League of 2003. Years later, the club grew again until it returned to the European elite by winning the European Leagues of 2011 and 2012 and, later, the 2012–13 OK Liga.[1]

In 2016, the women's team would make their debut in the OK Liga Femenina. Liceo promoted also in 2014, but in that time, refused to play in the Spanish women's roller hockey first division.[2]

In 2016 and 2018 the men's team enlarged their list of trophies by winning the Spanish SuperCup.

Season to season

Men's team

Season Tier Division Pos. Copa del Rey Supercopa Europe
2001–02 1 OK Liga 3rd Quarterfinalist N/A
2002–03 1 OK Liga 10th Quarterfinalist 1 European LeagueC
2003–04 1 OK Liga 4th Champion 1 European LeagueGS
2004–05 1 OK Liga 8th Runner-up 2 CERS CupR16
2005–06 1 OK Liga 9th
2006–07 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist
2007–08 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist 1 European LeagueSF
2008–09 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 1 European LeagueSF
2009–10 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 2 CERS CupC
2010–11 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 1 European LeagueC
2011–12 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 1 European LeagueC
2012–13 1 OK Liga 1st Semifinalist 1 European LeagueQF
2013–14 1 OK Liga 2nd Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 1 European LeagueQF
2014–15 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist Runner-up 1 European LeagueQF
2015–16 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist Runner-up 1 European LeagueQF
2016–17 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist Champion 1 European LeagueQF
2017–18 1 OK Liga 2nd Runner-up Semifinalist 1 European LeagueQF
2018–19 1 OK Liga 2nd Runner-up Champion 1 European LeagueGS
2019–20 1 OK Liga Semifinalist 1 European League

Women's team

Season Tier Division Pos. Copa de la Reina
2014–15 2 Autonómica 2nd
2015–16 2 Autonómica 1st
2016–17 1 OK Liga 10th Quarterfinalist
2017–18 1 OK Liga 12th[lower-alpha 1]
2018–19 1 OK Liga 14th
  1. Remained in the league as the reserve team promoted.

Trophies

Notable players

References
  1. "El Liceo reconquista el trono dos décadas después" (in Spanish). La Opinión de A Coruña. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. "La OK Liga espera al Liceo femenino" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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