HC Liceo

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

Liceo

Full name	Hockey Club Liceo de La Coruña
League	OK Liga
Founded	1972
Home ground	Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (Capacity 5,000)
Personnel
Chairman	Eduardo Lamas
Manager	Carlos Gil
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 — 2002–03 1 OK Liga 10th Quarterfinalist 1 European League C 2003–04 1 OK Liga 4th Champion 1 European League GS 2004–05 1 OK Liga 8th Runner-up 2 CERS Cup R16 2005–06 1 OK Liga 9th 2006–07 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist 2007–08 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist 1 European League SF 2008–09 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 1 European League SF 2009–10 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 2 CERS Cup C 2010–11 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 1 European League C 2011–12 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist 1 European League C 2012–13 1 OK Liga 1st Semifinalist 1 European League QF 2013–14 1 OK Liga 2nd Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 1 European League QF 2014–15 1 OK Liga 2nd Semifinalist Runner-up 1 European League QF 2015–16 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist Runner-up 1 European League QF 2016–17 1 OK Liga 3rd Semifinalist Champion 1 European League QF 2017–18 1 OK Liga 2nd Runner-up Semifinalist 1 European League QF 2018–19 1 OK Liga 2nd Runner-up Champion 1 European League GS 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[a] 2018–19 1 OK Liga 14th

1. Remained in the league as the reserve team promoted.

Trophies

• OK Liga: 8
  • 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2012–13, 2021–22
• Copa del Rey: 10
  • 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2021
• Supercopa de España: 3
  • 2016, 2018, 2021
• European League: 6
  • 1987, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2011, 2012
• World Skate Europe Cup: 3
  • 1982, 1999, 2010
• Cup Winners Cup: 2
  • 1990, 1996
• Continental Cup: 6
  • 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2012
• Intercontinental Cup: 5
  • 1987, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2012
• Ciudad de Vigo Tournament: 3
  • 2002, 2005, 2006

Notable players

• Alberto Areces
• Carlos Gil
• Cristiano Pereira
• Daniel Martinazzo
• Facundo Salinas
• Jaume Llaverola
• Jordi Bargalló
• Mario Agüero
• Mario Rubio
• Martín Payero
• Pablo Álvarez
• Ramón Canalda
• Reinaldo García
• Ricardo Barreiros
• Rui Lopes
• Willy Duarte
• Stevie the Barber