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The addition of an Estonian team has turned the Latvian league truly Baltic, and there’s now just one question lingering in everyone’s minds – What does the new season have in store? ... Read more»
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All time leagues: Dutch Cup | Be-Ne Liga | HTG-Bokaal | Juniors | Challenge Cup (NL) | Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie placing round 1-3 (NL) | Tweede divisie (NL) | Netherlands U20 League
This club in 2023-2024: Eerste Divisie
* no longer in the club
Founded on December 23, 1969 as Groninger IJshockey Stichting (GIJS), the team played in the lower divisions until 1976, when it began competing in the Eredivisie. It won its first and only Eredivisie championship in the 1985-86 season, with 7 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs.
Failure to attract a major sponsor forced the team out of the Eredivisie from 1988 until 2007. In 2007-2008, after winning two straight championships in the eerste divisie (the top amateur division), the team re-entered the Eredivisie. In 2009\2010 team lost its main sponsor, finished season at bottom place and decided to dropped out from Eredivisie and restrt from 2nd division
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GIJS HEPRO Groningen participates in season 2023-2024: Eerste Divisie
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