The team competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system.

Telstar plays its home games at the Sportpark Schoonenberg, renamed 711 Stadion, for sponsorship reasons.

Since its founding in 1963, the football club has used The Tornados' song "Telstar" as the entrance tune for home games.

Telstar has been a mid-table team in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, in recent years.

The following season, Telstar finished in 14th place in the league table, but once again made a strong showing in the KNVB Cup.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with SC Telstar:[nb 1]

Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former SC Telstar players represented Internationally The following is a list of SC Telstar players who have competed in international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup.