The stats of the weekend: milestone Janssen, Den Bosch’s defence impresses

Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Women

1 – A first for young Carlijn Vogelaar: the Den Bosch forward scored her first goal in the Hoofdklasse against Victoria (9–0).

3 – Amsterdam forward Fay van der Elst contributed to three-quarters of Amsterdam’s goals in the away match against HDM (0–4) with three assists.

4 – Bottom-of-the-table Victoria failed to score for the fourth consecutive match round , currently the longest run of any team.

5 - Den Bosch kept a clean sheet against Victoria for the fifth consecutive time in this league. The club record (and also the overall Hoofdklasse record) is still a long way off: that stands at ten clean sheets in a row.

6 - With eight points from their first six matches, Oranje-Rood are enjoying their best start to a league campaign in six years. In the 2020–2021 season, the Eindhoven side also had eight points after six matches.

7 – Kampong forward Iris de Kemp scored her seventh goal of the season against Oranje-Rood (2–2), thereby equalling her personal record from the whole of last season.

9 - Den Bosch’s 9-0 victory goes down in the record books as the biggest win of the season. For Victoria, it was the fourth time in Hoofdklasse history that the team had lost an away match by a nine-goal margin.

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10 - Frédérique Matla’s five goals against Victoria mean there have already been ten hat-tricks in the Hoofdklasse Women this season. Matla is currently the only player with two hat-tricks to her name.

12 – After six match rounds, Yibbi Jansen has already scored twelve goals for SCHC. That is a new club record for the Bilthoven-based side.

15 - Matla has gone one better: the Den Bosch forward has already scored fifteen goals after six matches. Never before has a player started a season in the Hoofdklasse so productively.

19 – With thirteen points from six matches, Rotterdam is enjoying its best start to the league season in nineteen years. Only four times before has the team had more points after six matches.

27 – After six match rounds, Den Bosch have a goal difference of +27: the team have scored 28 goals and conceded just one. Only twice in history has a team started with an even better goal difference: Laren in 2011–2012 (+29) and Den Bosch themselves in 2004–2005 (+33).

29 – Matla tops the list of top scorers for the 2026 calendar year with 29 goals . She is followed at some distance by Yibbi Jansen with 24 goals.

42 – SCHC won 1–3 away at Pinoké and remained unbeaten in the regular league for the 42nd consecutive match. The club record stands at 49 matches without defeat.

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Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Men

1 - Amsterdam star Mustapha Cassiem scored all three of his team’s goals against Klein Zwitserland (1–3): it was his first hat-trick in the Hoofdklasse.

1 - Pinoké secured their first league win of the season against Kampong (3-2). The team also ended a run of fifteen home matches without a win against Kampong.

3 - After six match rounds, three teams remain unbeaten: Amsterdam, Den Bosch and Oranje-Rood.

3 - For the first time in the Hoofdklasse, Oranje-Rood have beaten Bloemendaal three times in a row.

5 – Derck de Vilder tops the assists table after six match rounds: the Kampong midfielder has already provided five passes that led to a team-mate scoring.

7 – After six match rounds, Fabian Verzuu has lost his lead at the top of the overall goalscoring chart, but the HDM forward has scored the most field goals (seven) of any player.

7 – Struan Walker scored two of Oranje-ROOD’s three goals against Bloemendaal (3–2). With seven goals , The Mussen are now the Scottish striker’s favourite victims.

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8 - With eight points from their first six matches, SCHC are enjoying their best start to the league season since 2017–18. Back then, the team had ten points after six matches.

16 – With sixteen points from six matches, Den Bosch are enjoying the third-best start to a league campaign in the club’s history. Only in 1996–1997 and 2024–2025 did the team get off to a better start: on those occasions, they won all six of their opening Hoofdklasse matches.

27 – Den Bosch defender Timo Boers scored twice against HDM (a 2–5 victory) and has now scored 27 goals this calendar year, more than any other player.

30 – Thanks to their 3-2 victory over Bloemendaal, Oranje-Rood remained unbeaten in the Hoofdklasse for the thirtieth match in a row. Only three teams have ever recorded an even longer unbeaten run.

70 – Forward Miles Bukkens scored his 70th Hoofdklasse goal for Pinoké against Kampong (and his first this season). In this century, only the Belgian Alexander Hendrickx has scored more goals for the ‘Steekneuzen’ than Bukkens.

150 – Jip Janssen scored both goals against Pinoké and has now reached 150 penalty corner goals for Kampong. Including his five field goals and eleven penalty strokes, Janssen’s goal tally in the Hoofdklasse stands at 166.