Amsterdam Pirates

Team photo for the 2009 European Cup

Established in 1959, the Amsterdam Pirates are members of the Hoofdklasse.They play their home games at Sportpark Ookmeer in Amsterdam. The Pirates won league titles in 1987, 1990, 2008, 2011, 2019, 2021 and 2023. For sponsorship reasons they have previously been known as Tas Detach Pirates Amsterdam, RAP Pirates, Amsterdam Expos and Detach Pirates Amsterdam. In 2008, they became known as L&D Amsterdam (named for an organizational consultancy firm, Learning & Developing Support BV (L&D Support)); they won their third title that year, sweeping the 2008 Holland Series. In 2016 the Pirates won their first European Cup title.

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Head Coaches prior to those listed in the chart below[edit]

1978 - Jimmy Strong
1983 - Bart Seidel
1984-1985 - Louis Hofer
1987 - Ted Arnold
1989 - Win Remmerswaal
1990 - Ted Arnold
1993-1994 - Louis Hofer

Yearly Record[edit]

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs	European Competition
1998	28-17
1999	27-18
2000	24-16
2001	30-17	Chicho Jesurun
2002	19-25	Brian Finnegan
2003	14-28	Brian Finnegan
2004	17-23	Paul Nanne
2005	14-27	Paul Nanne
2006	10-32	Louis Hofer
2007	21-18	Louis Hofer	Semi final
2008	29-13	Rikkert Faneyte	Champions
2009	29-11	Rikkert Faneyte	Semi final	4th place
2010	25-17	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Runner-up
2011	30-11	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Champions	4th place
2012	34-7	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Semi final	3rd place
2013	28-13	Sidney de Jong	Semi final	4th place
2014	32-10	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Runner-up
2015	34-8	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Semi final	3rd place
2016	31-11	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Runner-up	Champions
2017	42-11	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Runner-up	4th place
2018	40-10-1	Charles Urbanus Jr.	Runner-up	7th place
2019	34-8	Brian Finnegan	Champions	Runner-up
2020	22-6	Mike Duursma	Co-champions	Cancelled

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