Telstar plays an excellent season. Under trainer Anthony Correia it finished in seventh place in the first division. In the last round of the regular season, it took a ticket for the play-offs as the last team. The last time Telstar came out in the play-offs was in 2018 when it was eliminated by De Graafschap.
The IJmonders have been playing in the first division for years. The last time the football players came out in the Eredivisie was in 1978.