SC Telstar
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association football club in IJmuiden, Netherlands
Key facts
- Full name
- Sportclub Telstar
- Nickname
- De Witte Leeuwen (The White Lions)
- Founded
- 17 July 1963 ; 62 years ago ( 1963-07-17 )
- Stadium
- BUKO Stadion
- Capacity
- 6,000
- Chairman
- Lex de Jager
- Head coach
- Henk Brugge
- League
- Eredivisie
- 2025 26
- Eredivisie, 14th of 18
- Website
- sctelstar .nl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football club
- Named after
- Telstar 1
- Official name
- Telstar 1963 NV
- Country
- Netherlands
- Headquarters
- Velsen
- Sport
- association football
- League
- Eredivisie
- Official website
- sctelstar.nl
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- social media followers
- 15185
- home venue
- BUKO Stadion
- Commons category
- SC Telstar
- inception
- 1963-00-00
- short name
- Telstar
- location of formation
- Velsen-Zuid
- topic's main category
- Category:SC Telstar
- head coach
- Anthony Correia
- category for members of a team
- Category:SC Telstar players
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Encyclopedic overview
Current season
Sportclub Telstar ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɔrtklʏp ˈtɛlstɑr]), commonly known simply as Telstar, is a Dutch professional football club based in Velsen-Zuid, North Holland. Nicknamed the Witte Leeuwen ("White Lions") for their all‑white home strip, the team competes in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of the Dutch football league system, having secured promotion via the 2024–25 play‑offs—their first top‑flight appearance since 1978.
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