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Top scorers: Frédérique Matla reaches twenty goals in record time
Den Bosch forward Frédérique Matla currently tops the women’s scoring charts with twenty goals after eight match rounds. Never before in the history of the top flight has a player been so prolific at this stage of the league. In the men’s league, Den Bosch’s top scorer Timo Boers has a magnificent milestone in his sights following his goal against Bloemendaal.
Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Women
Frédérique Matla continues to lead the Hoofdklasse Women top scorers’ list by a wide margin. The Den Bosch striker scored four times against Rotterdam last weekend and has already reached twenty goals – an unprecedented scoring record after the first eight match rounds. The previous record after eight match rounds was held by Lisanne Lejeune, who scored nineteen goals for HGC in the 1986–87 season.
This is already the eighth time in her career that Matla has reached the twenty-goal mark in a single season. Only penalty-corner specialist and former team-mate Maartje Paumen has done so more often (nine times).
Matla’s scoring run also shows no sign of stopping. She has now scored in fourteen consecutive match rounds. Yibbi Jansen follows on the top scorers’ list with fourteen goals. The SCHC midfielder scored twice against HDM last weekend, thereby also reaching the milestone of 150 Hoofdklasse goals for SCHC.
Top scorers after match round 8
- 20 goals – Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch)
- 14 goals – Yibbi Jansen (SCHC)
- 10 goals – Iris de Kemp (Kampong)
- 6 goals – Bente van der Veldt (Kampong)
- 6 goals – Jip Dicke (SCHC)
- 5 goals – Charlotte Schrijvers (ORANJE-ROOD)
- 5 goals – Charlotte Englebert (Den Bosch)
- 5 goals – Juul Sauer (Pinoké)
- 5 goals – Katerina Langedijk (Amsterdam)
- 5 goals – Imke Verstraeten (Amsterdam)
- 5 goals – Ankelein Baardemans (Bloemendaal)
- 5 goals – Lana Kalse (Pinoké)
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Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse Men
In the men’s competition, Timo Boers remains top of the scoring charts. The Den Bosch defender scored once in the top match at Bloemendaal (2–2) and, after eight match rounds, has scored twelve goals and is just two goals away from his hundredth goal in the Hoofdklasse. Struan Walker (ORANJE-ROOD) follows with nine goals, whilst Jip Janssen has scored eight.
Duco Telgenkamp has now scored seven goals for Amsterdam, following his two superb goals against Oranje-Rood (a 2-3 away win). Only in his debut season of 2022–2023 did the striker enjoy an even more prolific start: back then, he had scored eight goals after eight match rounds, playing for Kampong.
Top scorers after match round 8
- 12 goals – Timo Boers (Den Bosch)
- 9 goals – Struan Walker (ORANJE-ROOD)
- 8 goals – Fabian Verzuu (HDM)
- 8 goals – Jip Janssen (Kampong)
- 7 goals – Duco Telgenkamp (Amsterdam)
- 7 goals – Casper van der Veen (Bloemendaal)
- 7 goals – Thierry Brinkman (Den Bosch)
- 7 goals – Mustapha Cassiem (Amsterdam)
- 6 goals – Joep Troost (Pinoké)
- 5 goals – Boris Burkhardt (Amsterdam)
