Amsterdam Tigers

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The Amsterdam Tigers are an ice hockey team from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Dutch First Division. The club was founded in 1963 and their home arena is Jaap Edenhal, which seats about 1,500. The head coach is John Versteeg (since 2023).

History in brief
- The team existed in various guises until 2010, when the professional side folded, leaving only amateur and junior teams.
- They reformed to play in the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie season.
- In 2015–16 they moved up to the BeNe League and stayed there until 2019–20.
- Before the 2019–20 BeNe season, they left BeNe and joined the Dutch First Division again.
- On reform, they were named Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam, changing to Amsterdam Tigers in 2017. The amateur and junior teams continue to use the Tigers name.

Names used over the years include: Amsterdam Bulldogs, Boretti Tigers, Amsterdam G’s, and Al Capone Flames.

Rivalries
The Tigers had a notable rivalry with the Tilburg Trappers. Games between them were often close and heated. From the 2001–02 season, Amstel Tijgers commonly challenged Tilburg, ending many of Tilburg’s playoff runs, though Tilburg finally beat them in the 2006–07 playoffs. The Tigers’ performance declined in 2008–09, and they dropped out of the Eredivisie in 2010 due to weak results and financial difficulties.

Notable past rivalries involved players such as Trevor Sherban vs Casey Vanschagen, Karl Dykhuis vs Peter van Biezen, Michael Pace vs Jeff Trembecky, Kevin Hoogsteen vs Bjorn Willemse, and David Hoogsteen vs Bjorn Willemse.