Surinamese League
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The Hoofdklasse is a championship for clubs run by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond
. The Hoofdklasse is at the top of the system of Surinamese
football championships. The league currently comprises ten teams and operates a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons run from October to May of the next year, with teams playing 18 games in the regular season.
The competition was founded in 1924, when Suriname was still a Dutch colony.
was established. Before the SVB was founded, there was already another association with the same name. It was founded in 1914. With the creation of the current SVB came a newfound momentum in the development of Surinamese football.
In 1924, the first national league began play. Olympia was the first champion, and Transvaal was the first champion of the second division.
in the years 1972, 1976, 1977, and 1982.
!Number of seasons
in Hoofdklasse
!First season of
current spell
in Hoofdklasse
!Number of seasons
of current spell
in Hoofdklasse
!Hoofdklasse
titles 1
!Last Hoofdklasse
title
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|style="text-align:left;"|Boskamp
||Groningen||8th||2008-09||0||2008-09||4||0||-
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|style="text-align:left;"|Excelsior
||Meerzorg
||4th||1960-61||35||1998-99||14||1||1930-31
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|style="text-align:left;"|Inter Moengotapoe
||Moengo
||1st||1994-95||17||1997-98||14||4||2010-11
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|style="text-align:left;"|Kamal Dewaker
||Livorno
||6th||1970-71||16||2010-11||2||0||-
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|style="text-align:left;"|Leo Victor
||Paramaribo
||3rd||1935-36||56||1988-89||19||5||1992-93
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|style="text-align:left;"|S.V. Notch
||Moengo
||1st; Eerste Klasse
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|style="text-align:left;"|Robinhood
||Paramaribo
||7th||1946-47||64||1946-47||65||22||2004-05
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|style="text-align:left;"|Transvaal
||Paramaribo
||5th||1923-24||78||1923-24||79||19||1999-00
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|style="text-align:left;"|Voorwaarts
||Paramaribo
||9th||1926-27||56||1956-57||56||6||2001-02
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|style="text-align:left;"|Walking Bout Company
||Paramaribo
||2nd||2002-03||8||2002-03||9||3||2008-09
|}
1 Only the Eredivisie titles (starting in the 1956-57 season) are displayed here. See below for a table with all national titles included.
Surinaamse Voetbal Bond
The Surinaamse Voetbal Bond is the governing body of football in Suriname.-External links: * at the FIFA website....
. The Hoofdklasse is at the top of the system of Surinamese
Suriname
Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
football championships. The league currently comprises ten teams and operates a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons run from October to May of the next year, with teams playing 18 games in the regular season.
The competition was founded in 1924, when Suriname was still a Dutch colony.
History
At the beginning of the 20th century the NGVB (Guyaneesche Dutch Football Association) was founded. The rival Suriname Football Association was founded on October 1, 1920. There had long been animosity between the two unions, but the opening of the stadium by M. de la Fuente a reconciliation was brought about between the unions. The first club formed by the SVB, and it still occupies an important place within the Surinamese top flight, was Forward. This club recently celebrated its 90th anniversary (August 1, 2009). On January 15, 1921, SV TransvaalSV Transvaal
Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Andre Kamperveen Stadion....
was established. Before the SVB was founded, there was already another association with the same name. It was founded in 1914. With the creation of the current SVB came a newfound momentum in the development of Surinamese football.
In 1924, the first national league began play. Olympia was the first champion, and Transvaal was the first champion of the second division.
Success in CONCACAF
Surinamese clubs have had some international success, having won the CONCACAF Champions Cup twice in 1973 and 1981, as well as taking second place 4 times with SV RobinhoodSV Robinhood
Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and...
in the years 1972, 1976, 1977, and 1982.
Past Champions
in Hoofdklasse!Number of seasons
in Hoofdklasse
!First season of
current spell
in Hoofdklasse
!Number of seasons
of current spell
in Hoofdklasse
!Hoofdklasse
titles 1
!Last Hoofdklasse
title
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Boskamp
Boskamp (football)
SV Boskamp is a Surinamese football club based in Saramacca. The club plays in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the top tier of football in the nation. The club was founded on February 2, 1998.- References :...
||Groningen||8th||2008-09||0||2008-09||4||0||-
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Excelsior
SV Excelsior
SV Excelsior is an amateur football club from the Commewijne District town of Meerzorg, Suriname. The club was founded in the late 1920s and spent most of its tenure in the top flight of Surinamese football...
||Meerzorg
Meerzorg
Meerzorg is a town in Suriname, located on the eastern bank of the Suriname River, directly opposite the capital Paramaribo. Its population at the 2004 census was 8,115. Since 2000 it has been connected to Paramaribo by the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge, named after the former President Jules...
||4th||1960-61||35||1998-99||14||1||1930-31
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Inter Moengotapoe
Inter Moengotapoe
Inter Moengotapoe is a Surinamese football club, based in Moengo, Marowijne between Paramaribo and the border town of Albina. They play their home matches at the Ronnie Brunswijkstadion...
||Moengo
Moengo
Moengo is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina. In former times it was a major centre for the mining and storage of bauxite...
||1st||1994-95||17||1997-98||14||4||2010-11
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|style="text-align:left;"|Kamal Dewaker
SV Kamal Dewaker
SV Kamal Dewaker is a Surinamese football club based in Livorno. The club plays in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the top tier of football in the nation. The club was founded on August 15, 1941.- References :...
||Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
||6th||1970-71||16||2010-11||2||0||-
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Leo Victor
SV Leo Victor
Sport Vereniging Leo Victor is a Surinamese football club, which currently plays in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Dr.Ir.F.Essed Stadion.-Achievements:*Surinamese League: 4...
||Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
||3rd||1935-36||56||1988-89||19||5||1992-93
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|S.V. Notch
S.V. Notch
Sporting Vereniging Notch is a Surinamese football club based in Moengo, Marowijne. The club presently competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the top tier of Surinamese football. Notch earned promotion into the Hoofdklasse after winning the Surinamese Eerste Klasse, the second tier of Surinamese...
||Moengo
Moengo
Moengo is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina. In former times it was a major centre for the mining and storage of bauxite...
||1st; Eerste Klasse
Surinamese Eerste Klasse
The Surinamese Eerste Klasse is second-highest division overall in the Surinamese football league system after the Hoofdklasse, where the top club is promoted to...
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|style="text-align:left;"|Robinhood
SV Robinhood
Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and...
||Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
||7th||1946-47||64||1946-47||65||22||2004-05
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Transvaal
SV Transvaal
Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Andre Kamperveen Stadion....
||Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
||5th||1923-24||78||1923-24||79||19||1999-00
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Voorwaarts
SV Voorwaarts
Sport Vereniging Voorwaarts is a Surinamese football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division.-Achievements:*Surinamese League: 6*Suriname President's Cup: 1-Squad 2009-10:...
||Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
||9th||1926-27||56||1956-57||56||6||2001-02
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Walking Bout Company
Walking Bout Company
Walking Bout Company is a Surinameese association football club based in Paramaribo. They have won the Surinamese Hoofdklasse title three times.- International Competitions :* 2010 CFU Club Championship...
||Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
||2nd||2002-03||8||2002-03||9||3||2008-09
|}
1 Only the Eredivisie titles (starting in the 1956-57 season) are displayed here. See below for a table with all national titles included.
Top goalscorers
| Season | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 2001 in sports 2001 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Janica Kostelić, Croatia-American football:... /02 2002 in sports 2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria-American football:... |
 Clifton SandvlietClifton Sandvliet Clifton Sandvliet is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Walking Boys Company.-International career:He has also been capped by Suriname.-Club:Walking Boys Company:*Surinamese League: 2005/06... |
Surinaams National Leger | 27 |
| 2002 2002 in sports 2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria-American football:... /03 2003 in sports 2003 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season championship: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season championship: Janica Kostelić, Croatia-American football:... |
Mario Maasie Gordon Kinsaini |
SV Leo Victor SV Leo Victor Sport Vereniging Leo Victor is a Surinamese football club, which currently plays in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Dr.Ir.F.Essed Stadion.-Achievements:*Surinamese League: 4... SV Robinhood SV Robinhood Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and... |
18 |
| 2004 2004 in sports 2004 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* College football Bowl Championship Series :**January 1 – Rose Bowl – USC 28, Michigan 14... /05 2005 in sports 2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Bode Miller ** Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson -American football:... |
Cleven Wanabo |
Royal'95 | 24 |
| 2005 2005 in sports 2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Bode Miller ** Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson -American football:... /06 2006 in sports 2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 2, Fiesta Bowl – Ohio State 34-20 Notre Dame* January 2, Sugar Bowl – West Virginia 38-35 Georgia... |
Clifton Sandvliet Clifton Sandvliet Clifton Sandvliet is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Walking Boys Company.-International career:He has also been capped by Suriname.-Club:Walking Boys Company:*Surinamese League: 2005/06... |
Walking Boyz Company | 27 |
| 2006 2006 in sports 2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 2, Fiesta Bowl – Ohio State 34-20 Notre Dame* January 2, Sugar Bowl – West Virginia 38-35 Georgia... /07 2007 in sports 2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* February 4 – Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The win was the Colts' first Super Bowl Championship since their 1970-71 team, when... |
 Alex Soares |
Jai Hanuman | 28 |
| 2007 2007 in sports 2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* February 4 – Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The win was the Colts' first Super Bowl Championship since their 1970-71 team, when... /08 2008 in sports 2008 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* Louisiana State University Tigers defeat The Ohio State University Buckeyes 38-24 in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game, thus becoming the first two-time BCS National Champions, and the first BCS titlists with two... |
Ifenildo Vlijter |
SV Robinhood SV Robinhood Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and... |
17 |
| 2008 2008 in sports 2008 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* Louisiana State University Tigers defeat The Ohio State University Buckeyes 38-24 in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game, thus becoming the first two-time BCS National Champions, and the first BCS titlists with two... /09 2009 in sports -Alpine skiing:* Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France-American football:* The Florida Gators defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in front of a Dolphin Stadium record crowd of 78,468 to win the 2009 BCS National Championship Game... |
Anthony Abrahams |
SV Leo Victor SV Leo Victor Sport Vereniging Leo Victor is a Surinamese football club, which currently plays in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Dr.Ir.F.Essed Stadion.-Achievements:*Surinamese League: 4... |
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