Dutch football club
Football club
Sportvereniging Tielse Eendracht Combinatie, more commonly known asSV TEC or simplyTEC (Dutch pronunciation:[ˌteːjeːˈseː]), is afootball club based inTiel,Gelderland. Formed on 1 June 1924, it plays in theDerde Divisie, the fourth tier of theDutch football league system, and has spent most of its history in the lower amateur tiers. Its home ground is Sportpark De Lok.
TEC was founded on 1 June 1924 as a merger of four clubs inTiel, Gelderland. Initially,Amical,Hercules andInter Amicos joined forces. LaterHoudt Stand also participated in the merger which was calledTielse Eendracht Combinatie (TEC).[1] Despite a difficult start, which saw economical difficulties, the club managed to reach promotion to theTweede Klasse during the 1930s and another Tiel-based side,Velox, participated in the merger.
In the 1951–52 season, TEC finally won promotion to theEerste Klasse after beatingSC Emma. It would only last one season at that level, and the club subsequently suffered two successive relegations, ending up in theDerde Klasse.[1]
The following decades mostly saw TEC bounce around between the Tweede and Derde Klasse, the second and third level of amateur football, respectively. In the season that TEC celebrated its 60th anniversary, they won promotion to the Tweede Klasse. The club played an anniversary match againstDutch championsFeyenoord in 1984. At home ground "De Lok", TEC faced players such asSjaak Troost,Ivan Nielsen,Ben Wijnstekers,Ruud Gullit and Tiel nativeSimon Tahamata. More than 3,000 spectators watch their club lose 8–1 to Feyenoord. The second half of the 1980s was successful for TEC. Under manager and former playerHenk van Tricht the club promoted to the Eerste Klasse for the first time in decades.[1]
Between 2002 and 2004, TEC managed to compete in theHoofdklasse, which was the highest amateur level at the time. From 2010, where the club played in the Derde Klasse again after successive relegations, they experienced a highly successful period under the leadership of head coach and former playerHanky Leatemia.[2] Three championships and one play-off appearance later, TEC promoted to theTopklasse, which later became known as the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier in theDutch football league system.[3] Under the guidance of managerFrits van den Berk, TEC finished just behindFC Lienden to claim second place. This meant that promotion to the third-tierTweede Divisie became a fact in 2016 – the highest ranking in club history. The performance occurred after the club board, sponsors and volunteers joined forces in 2010 to develop a five-year plan known asProject TEC, with the goal of propelling TEC to the top divisions.Gery Vink, former professional player atFC Wageningen and youth developer atVitesse,PSV andAjax, had been recruited to realise the plan which was finally achieved with the promotion.[1]
2019: Promotion to the Tweede Divisie
[edit]In the2018–19 Derde Divisie, TEC finished 2nd and won promotion to the Tweede Divisie. TEC finished 15th in the2022–23 Tweede Divisie, and were forced to participate in the relegation playoffs.[4][5] They lost 6–1 on aggregate toSteDoCo in the first round, and were relegated to theDerde Divisie.
2023–: Years in Derde Divisie
[edit]Following their relegation back to the Derde Divisie, TEC finished fourth in the2023–24 Derde Divisie B, and qualified for thepromotion playoffs. In the first round, TEC defeatedSC Genemuiden 1–0 at home in the first leg, but lost 5–1 in the return leg, and lost 5–2 on aggregate.[6][7]
- As of 26 January 2025
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Competition results 1926–2019
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