Telstar (football club)

Football club infobox


clubname = Telstar
nickname = Witte Leeuwen (White Lions)
founded = July 17, 1963
ground = Schoonenberg Stadion, Velsen
capacity = 2,039
manager = Edward Metgod
league = Eerste Divisie
season = 2007-08
position = Eerste Divisie, 14th
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Telstar is a Dutch football club based in Velsen. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of Velsen.

When professional football was introduced in the Netherlands, both Stormvogels and neighbouring club VSV played in the professional leagues. Because of financial problems at both clubs, their professional teams were merged on July 17, 1963. The new club was named Telstar, after the Telstar communication satellite launched that year. Stormvogels and VSV returned to the amateur divisions. In 2001, Telstar and Stormvogels merged again, this time forming Stormvogels Telstar. This merger was disbanded on July 1, 2008, with the professional branch continuing as Telstar.

Its home stadium is the 3,250 seater Schoonenberg Stadion and its home colors are white. VSV won the KNVB Cup in 1938.

Current squad

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*flagicon|NED Edward Metgod (head coach)
*flagicon|NED Gideon Dijks (assistant coach)
*flagicon|NED Kees Kalk (goalkeeping coach)

Management

*flagicon|NED Pieter de Waard (general manager)
*flagicon|NED Nico van Roden (manager general affairs)

Historic facts

All-time leading goalscorers

"(*) Only Leon Kantelberg played his caps as a Telstar player. All the others played the caps before or after their Telstar time."

Other famous former players

Managers

External links

* [http://www.sctelstar.nl Official website]