Sportvereniging Tielse Eendracht Combinatie, more commonly known as SV TEC or simply TEC (), is a

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based in

Tiel Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel ...

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. Formed on 1 June 1924, it plays in the

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, the third tier of the

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, and has spent most of its history in the lower amateur tiers. Its home ground is Sportpark De Lok.

History

TEC was founded on 1 June 1924 as a merger of four clubs in

, Gelderland. Initially, ''Amical'', ''Hercules'' and ''Inter Amicos'' joined forces. Later ''Houdt Stand'' also participated in the merger which was called Tielse Eendracht Combinatie (TEC). Despite a difficult start, which saw economical difficulties, the club managed to reach promotion to the

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during the 1930s and another Tiel-based side, ''Velox'', participated in the merger. In the 1951–52 season, TEC finally won promotion to the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

after beating SC Emma. It would only last one season at that level, and the club subsequently suffered two successive relegations, ending up in the

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. 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 against Dutch champions

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in 1984. At home ground "De Lok", TEC faced players such as

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, Ben Wijnstekers,

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and Tiel native

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. 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 player Henk van Tricht the club promoted to the Eerste Klasse for the first time in decades. Between 2002 and 2004, TEC managed to compete in the

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, 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 player Hanky Leatemia. Three championships and one play-off appearance later, TEC promoted to the

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, which later became known as the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier in the

. Under the guidance of manager Frits van den Berk, TEC finished just behind

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to claim second place. This meant that promotion to the third-tier

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 as ''Project TEC'', with the goal of propelling TEC to the top divisions.

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, former professional player at

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and youth developer at Vitesse,

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and

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, had been recruited to realise the plan which was finally achieved with the promotion.

Current squad

Competition results 1926–2016

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:TEC SV TEC Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in Gelderland Sport in Tiel