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Surinamese League
The SVB Eerste Divisie is the second highest football championship for clubs run by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond. The league currently comprises twelve teams and operates a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons run from November to June, with each team playing 30 games in the regular season. The league was previously known as the Hoofdklasse but was rebranded as the Topklasse for the 2016–17 season, before being renamed the Eerste Divisie starting in the 2017–18 season. In 2024, the SVB introduced a new professional competition, the Suriname Major League, with the Eerste Divisie now serving as the nation's top amateur competition. The league has a long history, its first completed season was in 192324 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 1 October 1920. There was animosity between the two unions, but with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surinaamse Voetbal Bond
The Surinamese Football Association ( ) is the governing body of football in Suriname. It organizes the Surinamese football league system, the Surinamese Cup, Suriname President's Cup, Suriname national football team, and the Suriname women's national football team. It is based in Paramaribo, and is a founding member of CONCACAF and a member of FIFA. Just like neighboring French Guiana and Guyana, Suriname are not members of the South American CONMEBOL confederation, but instead of CONCACAF, which covers North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. History Founded on 1 October 1920, the Surinamese Football Association was not the first official football association of Suriname, their main competitor as governing body of football in the country was the NGVB (Dutch Guyanese Football Association). Prior to the foundation in 1920 there was another governing body in Suriname by the same name, which was founded 1914. There was much animosity between both associations, until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwatta
Kwatta is a resort in Suriname, located in the Wanica District. Its population at the 2012 census was 14,151. Kwatta is named after a former cocoa plantation located here. It used to be an agriculture area, but due to its close proximity of Paramaribo, it is becoming suburban. In the 1838, the Kwattaweg was built connecting Kwatta with Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p .... In the early 21st century, building projects have started in Mattonshoop en Sophia's Lust. The Kwattaweg is the main road in the resort and part of the East-West Link. Kwatta is home to the Gummels Heliport. Notable people * Shrinivási (1926-2019), poet. References {{coord, 5, 51, 22, N, 55, 15, 40, W, type:city_source:kolossus-eswiki, display=title Resorts of Suriname Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VV Cicerone
Voetbal Vereniging Cicerone, known as Cicerone, was a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that last played in the Tweede Klasse, in the 1957–58 season. History Cicerone was founded as an artistic dance club on 26 October 1910. Over the years the club evolved into a multisports club, including a Korfball, Football and Basketball team. The football branch was founded on 22 January 1929 in Paramaribo, Suriname, Cicerone are an older football club, and one of the first clubs to compete in the Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in the country, winning the National title four seasons in a row from 1931 to 1935. They have also won the Dragten Cup twice, the Emancipation Cup twice, and the Bueno Cup once. In 1933, Cicerone played the first match against a Venezuelan club in Suriname, when they played Deportivo Español on 2 September 1933 in a 1–1 draw. It was Cicerone's 25th consecutive match unbeaten (21 wins, 4 draws) losing the following match 1–0 to Voorwaarts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 SVB Eerste Klasse
The SVB Tweede Divisie is third-highest division overall in the Surinamese football league system after the SVB Eerste Divisie, where the top club is promoted to each season. The weakest club is relegated to the Derde Divisie. The league was previously known as the SVB Eerste Klasse but became the Eerste Divisie for the 2016–17 season after Suriname's top division changed its name from Hoofdklasse to Topklasse, only to be rebranded as the Tweede Divisie for the 2017–18 season. The competition was founded in 1923. Clubs The following clubs participated in the 2022–23 season: * Sea Boys * Happy Boys * Real Moengotapoe * Botopasi * Kamal Dewaker * Juniors 2014 * ACoconut * Tahitie * Sophia * Sunny Point The following clubs have participated in the league: * Boma Star * De Ster * FCS Nacional * Fortuna 1975 * Inter Rica * Jai Hanuman * Notch * Randjiet Boys * Real Saramacca * SNL * Takdier Boys * Tammenga Tammenga is a resort in Suriname, located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RKVV Olympia
Rooms Katholieke Voetbal Vereniging Olympia, known as Olympia, was a Surinamese football club based in Centrum, Paramaribo that played in the Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. In 1923 the club became the first official national champion of Suriname. History Olympia was founded as a Roman Catholic club on 27 January 1919, two days after the inauguration of their sporting grounds, the Katholieke Sport Centrale. Situated on the Patronaatterrein, the Katholieke Sport Centrale had been established as a replacement for the Gouvernementsplein as the primary playing field for organized football matches in Paramaribo at the time. The club were able to secure the first two official National championships of the SVB Hoofdklasse in 1923 and 1924. Many of the competing clubs at the time were under the impression that there was a religious bias at the Katholieke Sport Centrale towards the club, and that religious dogma tainted the competition. Olympia played at the top fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923–24 SVB Eerste Klasse
The 1923–24 SVB Eerste Klasse is the first ever official season of the Eerste Klasse. Olympia won their first title. At the end of the season, Olympia and Imperator joined the KVB Eerste Klasse. League table Relegation play-off ''Both remained at former level; however, Transvaal were promoted as Olympia joined the rival K.V.B. (like Imperator) and did not enter the league in the 1925 season; Ajax and Zwaluw merged as of Dec 5, 1924, with the merger club retaining the name Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ....'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:1923-24 SVB Eerste Klasse SVB Eerste Divisie seasons 1923–24 domestic association football leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger
Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger, known as SNL, is the Surinamese football club of the national military, which currently plays in the Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion. History Early years In 1926, the military football club M.V.V. (Militaire Voetbal Vereniging) was founded, out of which SNL amalgamated. Prior to the establishment of M.V.V. however, there was another football club of the Surinamese military, namely M.V.C.J. (Militaire Voetbal Club Juliana), founded in 1909. The club was founded by Captain Hirschman, who felt that playing football was an ideal military practice, training the capacity to oversee the dynamic on a playing field, while training speed and accuracy. MVCJ were the first official football club in Suriname, considered the team to beat in the heyday of the sport, they played a major role in the development of football in the country. In 1911, they won the first football competition held in Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
