ROTTERDAM (Interstat) — Steven van der Heijden scored in the second minute and De Treffers never trailed, defeating Jong Sparta 4-1 on Saturday at Sportpark Nieuw Terbregge in the Tweede Divisie season opener.

Van der Heijden opened the scoring early. Sebastiaan van Bakel doubled the lead in the 52nd minute. Ruben van Strien made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute. Younes Jaber el Maftahi added a fourth goal in the 79th minute to put the game out of reach.

Jong Sparta pulled one back later, but the home team could not mount a comeback.

De Treffers goalkeeper Timo Borrie received a yellow card in the 66th minute.

De Treffers improved to 1-0 in the competition and across all competitions. Jong Sparta fell to 0-1 in both.