Telstar is a professional football club from Velsen-IJmuiden. The club was founded on July 17, 1963 when rivals VSV from Velsen and Stormvogels from IJmuiden decided to merge their professional departments and continue as amateur clubs. The new club was named Telstar, after the then newly launched communications satellite. Telstar lived up to its name through a partnership by being a satellite club of AFC Ajax for a number of seasons from the 1985/86 season.
Telstar plays its home games in the 711 Stadium. Since its founding in 1963, the football club has used the instrumental song Telstar by The Tornados as the opening tune for home games.
Telstar plays in an all-white uniform, which has given them the nickname 'De Witte Leeuwen' (the white lions).
Official club name: | Sport Club Telstar |
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Address: | Minister van Houtenlaan 123b |
1981 EK Velsen-Zuid | |
Netherlands | |
Tel: | +31 255 546920 |
Fax: | +31 255 537490 |
Website: | www.sctelstar.nl |
Founded: | Jul 17, 1963 |
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