Telstar

Nickname(s)	Witte Leeuwen (White Lions)
Founded	July 17, 1963
Ground	Tata Steel Stadion, Velsen (Capacity: 3,250)
Manager	Edward Metgod
League	Eerste Divisie
2008-09	Eerste Divisie, 17th
Home colours Away colours

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.

[edit] History

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 amateur football. 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.

[edit] Club names

• 1963-2001: VSV Velsen
• 2001-2008: Stormvogels IJmuiden
• 2008-present: Telstar Velsen-IJmuiden

[edit] Results

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 2 DF Anthony Correia 4 DF Jerold Promes 5 DF Jeroen Tesselaar 6 MF Ilias Haddad 7 FW Furdjel Narsingh 8 MF Frank Korpershoek 9 FW Glynor Plet 10 MF Raymond Fafiani 11 FW Erwin Koen 12 DF Benito Olenski (captain)

No. Position Player 14 DF Koen Stam 15 MF Gaston Salasiwa 16 GK Jordy Deckers 17 FW Don Juan Day 18 MF Arvid Smit 19 MF Nicandro Breeveld 20 MF Koen Brands 21 MF Gregory Schaken 23 GK Rodney Ubbergen 24 FW Levi Marengo

[edit] Staff

[edit] Sports

• Edward Metgod (head coach)
• Gideon Dijks (assistant coach)
• Kees Kalk (goalkeeping coach)

[edit] Management

• Pieter de Waard (General manager)
• Marcel Bout (technical manager)
• Steef Hammerstein (Finance mananger)
• Madelon Wientjes-van Waalwijk van Doorn (Stadion manager)

[edit] Historic facts

[edit] All-time leading goalscorers

Pos.	Name	Nationality	Goals
1	Sander Oostrom		87
2	Melvin Holwijn		57
3	Ronald Hoop		52
4	Cees van Kooten		45
5	Rini van Roon		43
6	Co Stout		41
	Ron de Roode		41
8	Dick Bond		38
9	Jan Bruin		37
10	Monne de Wit		35
11	Erik Regtop		33
12	Floor Buma		32
13	Rob van der Meer		30
14	Sergio Ommel		29
	Ronny van Es		29
16	Gerry Clement		28
17	Jesse Visser		27
	Raoul Henar		27
19	Walter Smak		26
	Laurens ten Heuvel		26

[edit] Most appearances

Pos.	Name	Nationality	Appearances
1	Fred Bischot		372
2	Frans van Essen		360
3	Paul van der Meeren		339
4	Fred André		321
5	Sander Oostrom		320
6	Koos Kuut		310
7	René Panhuis		282
8	Walter Smak		281
9	Jan Nederburgh		279
10	Paul van Egmond		273
11	Richard van Heulen		262
12	Hans Driessen		251
13	Floor Buma		241
14	Jos Jonker		228
15	Brian Tevreden		212
16	Monne de Wit		211
17	Dick Bond		198
18	Melvin Holwijn		196
19	Ronny van Es		182
20	Co Stout		175

[edit] Internationals (*)

Name	Nationality
Piet van der Kuil		40 caps. Played for Ajax and PSV
Reinaldo		29 caps. Played for Atlético Mineiro, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		24 caps. Played for Leeds United, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea and Middlesbrough
Nacer Abdellah		24 caps. Played for KV Mechelen, Cercle Brugge and FC Den Bosch
Ruud Geels		20 caps. Played for Feyenoord, Ajax, PSV, Club Brugge and Anderlecht
Cees van Kooten		9 caps. Played for Lille, Go Ahead Eagles and PEC Zwolle
Jerzy Willim		8 caps. Played for Górnik Zabrze, Szombierski Bytom and Stade Rennais
Orlando Smeekes		4 caps. Plays for Go Ahead Eagles
Jerry de Jong		3 caps. Played for AZ '67, SC Heerenveen, PSV, FC Groningen and SM Caen
Peter Ressel		3 caps. Played for PSV, Feyenoord and Anderlecht
Leon Kantelberg		3 caps. Plays for VVV-Venlo
Dries Boussatta		3 caps. Played for HFC Haarlem and AZ '67
Andwelé Slory		2 caps. Plays for Feyenoord
Jos Jonker		2 caps. Played for AZ '67 and FC Den Haag
Hennie Meijer		1 cap. Played for Roda JC, Ajax, FC Groningen and SC Heerenveen
Wietze Couperus		1 cap. Played for HFC Haarlem, FC Den Haag and FC Amsterdam
Baki Mercimek		1 cap. Plays for Beşiktaş

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

[edit] Other famous former players

Name	Nationality
Heinz Stuy		3 times European Cup winner with Ajax
Louis van Gaal		Coach of Ajax, FC Barcelona and AZ
Henk ten Cate		Coach of Vitesse, NAC, Ajax and assistant at FC Barcelona
Cor Brom		Coach of Vitesse and Ajax
Frank Kramer		Became a well-known TV host
Hans Kraay jr		Became a well-known TV host
Arjan de Zeeuw		Played in England for Barnsley, Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth
Jan Mulder		Played for FC Volendam, Sparta, Feyenoord and Dordrecht '90
Dick Helling		Played for Ajax and FC Volendam
Arvid Smit		Plays for FC Volendam
Florian Vijent		Talented goalkeeper, was killed in the crash of Surinam Airways Flight PY764
Radjin de Haan		One of the few survivors in the crash of Surinam Airways Flight PY764
Luciano van den Berg		Talented defender killed in a car crash in 2005

[edit] Managers

Period	Manager	Nationality
1963-1964	Toon van den Ende
1964-1965	Jack Mansell
1965-1966	Oliver Gaspar
1966-1969	Piet de Visser
1969-1974	Jan Rab
1974-1977	Joop Castemiller
1977-1978	Mircea Petescu
1978-1980	Martin van Vianen
1980-1983	Joop Brand
1983-1987	Fred André
1987-1988	Cor van der Hart
1988-1990	Cees Glas
1990-1993	Niels Overweg
1993-1995	Simon Kistemaker
1995-1997	Cor Pot
1997-1998	Harry van den Ham
1998-1999	Henny Lee
1999-2001	Simon Kistemaker
2001-2002	Toon Beijer
2002-2005	Jan Poortvliet
2005-2008	Luc Nijholt
2008-present	Edward Metgod

[edit] External links

• Official website