Telstar (football club)
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| Full name | Sportclub Telstar |
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| Nickname(s) | Witte Leeuwen (The White Lions) |
| Founded | 17 July 1963 |
| Ground | Rabobank IJmond Stadion, IJmuiden |
| Capacity | 3,625 |
| Manager | Michel Vonk |
| League | Eerste Divisie |
| 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie, 12th |
SC Telstar is a Dutch football club based in IJmuiden. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of IJmuiden.
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 17 July 1963. The new club was named Telstar, after the Telstar communication satellite launched that year. Stormvogels and VSV returned to amateur football. In 2001, Telstar and Stormvogels merged again, this time forming Stormvogels Telstar. This merger was disbanded on 1 July 2008, with the professional branch continuing as Telstar.
Its home stadium is the 3,625 seater Telstar Stadion and its home colors are white. VSV won the KNVB Cup in 1938.
Below is a table with Telstar's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.
For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
22: 
Luciano van den Berg, defender (2004–2005)—posthumous honour.
(*) Only Leon Kantelberg played his caps as a Telstar player. All the others played the caps before or after their Telstar time.
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