Telstar's Opening Win Should Expand Their Courage, Not Shrink It
A 2-1 win at NEC gives Telstar permission to keep playing proactively; it should not become an excuse to spend the season protecting one early result.
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Sportclub Telstar, 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…
- Home
- Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands
- Stadium
- 711 Stadion
- Founded
- 1963
League table
Dutch Eredivisie
| Team | P | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2 PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
3 Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
4 Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
5 Groningen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
6 Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
7 Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
9 Heerenveen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
10 Excelsior | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 NEC Nijmegen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
12 Twente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13Telstar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
14 PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
16 Willem II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 ADO Den Haag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
18 Cambuur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Velsen-Zuid · The Netherlands711 Stadion
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- 4200
- Opened
- 1948
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Sportpark Schoonenberg, branded as 711 Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Eredivisie club Telstar and Eredivisie Vrouwen club Telstar. It is located in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands. It was opened in 1948, with minor renovations in 1999. The stadium, with a capacity of 4,200, consists of an all-seater east stand, a small terraced south stand, and an all-seater west stand. On the south stand are no seats....
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