This is a list of the seasons played by SC Telstar from 1963.
Summary of SC Telstar seasons
1960s Telstar was founded in 1963 following the merger of the professional sections of VSV and Stormvogels. In their inaugural season, the club finished second in the 1963–64 Eerste Divisie and immediately earned promotion to the Eredivisie. Telstar subsequently established themselves in the top flight, finishing tenth in their first Eredivisie campaign and remaining in the division throughout the rest of the decade. Their best KNVB Cup performance during the 1960s came in 1965–66, when they reached the quarter-finals.
1970s Telstar spent most of the 1970s in the Eredivisie and enjoyed the strongest league period in the club's history. They achieved their highest-ever top-flight finish by placing sixth in the 1973–74 Eredivisie, followed by seventh place in 1974–75 and ninth in 1975–76. Their fortunes declined towards the end of the decade, however, and an 18th-place finish in 1977–78 Eredivisie ended a run of 14 consecutive seasons in the Eredivisie. Telstar spent the remainder of the decade in the Eerste Divisie.
1980s Telstar spent the entire 1980s in the Eerste Divisie and were unable to regain their former top-flight status. Their strongest league campaign of the decade came in 1981–82 Eerste Divisie, when they finished fourth and competed in the promotion competition but failed to return to the Eredivisie. The club generally occupied mid-table and lower-table positions for the remainder of the decade.
1990s The highlight of the decade came in the 1991–92 KNVB Cup, when Telstar reached the semi-finals after defeating HFC Haarlem 4–1 in the quarter-finals. Their run ended with a 3–0 defeat against Roda JC Kerkrade. In league competition, Telstar remained in the Eerste Divisie throughout the decade. They finished fifth in 1993–94 and entered the promotion/relegation play-offs, but narrowly missed promotion after finishing second in their group behind RKC Waalwijk.
2000s Telstar continued to compete in the Eerste Divisie throughout the 2000s. Between 2001 and 2008, the club competed under the name Stormvogels Telstar as part of a merger with the amateur club Stormvogels, before returning to the name Telstar following the dissolution of the arrangement. Their most notable KNVB Cup run of the decade came in 2001–02 KNVB Cup, when they reached the quarter-finals. Telstar also qualified for the promotion play-offs in 2001 and 2009 but failed to secure promotion to the Eredivisie.
2010s Telstar remained in the Eerste Divisie throughout the decade. After several seasons in the lower half of the table, the club enjoyed a notable improvement in 2017–18 Eerste Divisie, finishing sixth and qualifying for the promotion play-offs. Telstar defeated De Graafschap 3–2 in the first leg of their play-off tie but lost the return match 4–2 and were eliminated 6–5 on aggregate. The sixth-place league finish was the club's best since the mid-1990s.
2020s After several more seasons in the Eerste Divisie, Telstar achieved a historic return to the top flight in 2024–25 SC Telstar season. The club finished seventh in the regular season and qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they eliminated ADO Den Haag and FC Den Bosch before facing Willem II Tilburg in the final. After a 2–2 draw in the first leg, Telstar won 3–1 in Tilburg to secure promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time in 47 years. The result ended a continuous 47-season spell in the second tier and marked the club's first Eredivisie campaign since 1977–78.
Seasons Key to KNVB Cup rounds: 2R – Second round 3R – Third round GS – Group stage QF – Quarter-final R16 – 1/8 Final (round of 16) R32 – 1/16 Final (round of 32) SF – Semi-final
+ Seasons of VVV-Venlo#SeasonLeagueKNVB CupTop scorer(s)DivisionTotalConsecutivePtsPosPlayer(s)Goals11963–64Eerste Divisie1st1st392nd21964–65Eredivisie1st1st2810th31965–66Eredivisie2nd2nd2213th41966–67Eredivisie3rd3rd2416th51967–68Eredivisie4th4th2911th61968–69Eredivisie5th5th2414th71969–70Eredivisie6th6th2414th81970–71Eredivisie7th7th2711th91971–72Eredivisie8th8th2911th101972–73Eredivisie9th9th2812th111973–74Eredivisie10th10th366th121974–75Eredivisie11th11th367th131975–76Eredivisie12th12th299th141976–77Eredivisie13th13th2614th151977–78Eredivisie14th14th1418th161978–79Eerste Divisie2nd1st3410th171979–80Eerste Divisie3rd2nd3113th181980–81Eerste Divisie4th3rd3511th191981–82Eerste Divisie5th4th443rd201982–83Eerste Divisie6th5th2015th211983–84Eerste Divisie7th6th375th221984–85Eerste Divisie8th7th2715th231985–86Eerste Divisie9th8th416th241986–87Eerste Divisie10th9th2119th251987–88Eerste Divisie11th10th3413th261988–89Eerste Divisie12th11th2914th271989–90Eerste Divisie13th12th2618th281990–91Eerste Divisie14th13th3313th291991–92Eerste Divisie15th14th417th301992–93Eerste Divisie16th15th2118th311993–94Eerste Divisie17th16th405th321994–95Eerste Divisie18th17th3011th331995–96Eerste Divisie19th18th509th341996–97Eerste Divisie20th19th2816th351997–98Eerste Divisie21st20th4013th361998–99Eerste Divisie22nd21st2618th371999–2000Eerste Divisie23rd22nd3713th382000–01Eerste Divisie24th23rd537th392001–02Eerste Divisie25th24th459th402002–03Eerste Divisie26th25th3811th412003–04Eerste Divisie27th26th4412th422004–05Eerste Divisie28th27th567th432005–06Eerste Divisie29th28th4016th442006–07Eerste Divisie30th29th4810th452007–08Eerste Divisie31st30th4614th462008–09Eerste Divisie32nd31st3917th472009–10Eerste Divisie33rd32nd2918th482010–11Eerste Divisie34th33rd3414th492011–12Eerste Divisie35th34th3215th502012–13Eerste Divisie36th35th2914th512013–14Eerste Divisie37th36th4515th522014–15Eerste Divisie38th37th4215th532015–16Eerste Divisie39th38th4412th542016–17Eerste Divisie40th39th4016th2R Fabian Serrarens8612017–18Eerste Divisie41st40th616th1R562018–19Eerste Divisie42nd41st4815th1R572019–20Eerste Divisie43rd42nd4410th2R582020–21Eerste Divisie44th43rd4113th1R592021–22Eerste Divisie45th44th3519thR16602022–23Eerste Divisie46th45th539th2R612023–24Eerste Divisie47th46th3517th1R622024–25Eerste Divisie48th47th617th2R632025–26Eredivisie15th1st3714thSF642026–27Eredivisie16th2nd
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