SC Telstar

Sportclub Telstar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɔrtklʏp ˈtɛlstɑr]) is a Dutch professional association football club based in the town of Velsen-Zuid, North Holland. The team competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 17 July 1963, as a merger between the professional departments of rivals VSV and Stormvogels. The new club was named Telstar, after the then recently launched communications satellite.

Telstar
Full nameSportclub Telstar
Nickname(s)De Witte Leeuwen (The White Lions)
Founded17 July 1963 (1963-07-17)
Ground711 Stadion, Velsen
Capacity5,200
Head coachUlrich Landvreugd (caretaker)
Anthony Correia (caretaker)
LeagueEerste Divisie
2022–23Eerste Divisie, 9th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Telstar plays its home games at the Sportpark Schoonenberg, renamed 711 Stadion, for sponsorship reasons. Since its founding in 1963, the football club has used The Tornados' song "Telstar" as the entrance tune for home games.

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