Kinheim Haarlem Unveils 2026 Teams and Presentation Guide Ahead of Season Opener

Kinheim Haarlem has published its first-team squads and launched its 2026 presentatiegids, the annual brochure that introduces the club's rosters, coaching staff, and commercial partners to supporters ahead of the new Hoofdklasse season.

The guide is already in circulation, available at the clubhouse in Haarlem and online, giving members, sponsors, and visiting fans a single reference document before the opening weekend begins. That puts the brochure in supporters' hands with two days to spare.

The opening-weekend programme on Saturday, April 11 has Kinheim hosting Amsterdam Pirates in a Hoofdklasse doubleheader, with first pitch at 12:00 and a second game following at 14:30. Booking Amsterdam Pirates as the first home opposition of the season is a deliberate choice: it puts a recognisable opponent at the Haarlem complex right out of the gate, the kind of fixture that draws casual fans back through the turnstiles after the winter break. The softbal programme runs on the same day, with Kinheim's first-class softbal team squaring off against Red Lions.

The presentatiegids itself is more than a match-day programme. Dutch clubs use these seasonal publications to carry editorial pieces on youth development, volunteer recruitment, and facility ambitions alongside the standard squad profiles and sponsor acknowledgements. For Kinheim, it also functions as a working document for volunteers and matchday staff handling fixture administration and sponsor fulfilment across the full season.

That sponsor dimension matters. For a Hoofdklasse club operating on local commercial relationships and municipal support, the presentatiegids is one of the most visible ways to acknowledge partners publicly while setting out the club's competitive ambitions for 2026 in one coherent narrative. Getting it distributed before the opening doubleheader ensures sponsors see their profiles in front of a live crowd on day one.

With the guide out and Amsterdam Pirates confirmed as Saturday's opponent, the 2026 season at Kinheim's complex in Haarlem is essentially ready to start.