The 2010–11 Surinamese Hoofdklasse is the 78th season of the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest

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league competition of

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

. The season began on November 17, 2010 and will conclude on September 14, 2011.

Inter Moengotapoe Inter Moengotapoe (sometimes rendered Inter Moengo Tapoe or just IMT) 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. Sin ...

are the defending champions.

Changes from 2009–10

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and Jai Hanuman were relegated to the

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. *

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and Kamal Dewaker were promoted to the Hoofdklasse * The league will play a balanced schedule with 18 games; each team playing every other team twice: home and away. At the conclusion of this, the league will be split into two groups. The teams placed 1st through 6th will play a 10-game double round robin schedule for the championship and Suriname's CFU Club Championship spots, while the teams placed 7th through 10th will play a 6-game double round robin schedule for a direct relegation spot and a promotion/relegation playoff spot.

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Regular season

League table

Results

Positions by round

Second round

Championship group

Relegation group

Related Competitions

CFU Club Championship

The 2009–10 Hoofdklasse champion and finalist were admitted into the subcontinental tournament, the 2011 CFU Club Championship. The two clubs were

and

Walking Bout Company S.V. Walking Boyz Company (also SV WBC or WBC), was a Surinamese association football club based in Paramaribo. They have won the Hoofdklasse (Suriname), Surinamese Hoofdklasse title three times. The club play at the Essed Stadion with a capacity ...

respectively. Inter was paired up against Guyanese champions, Milerock in the first round of the tournament. WBC faced off against the St. Lucian champions, Northern United All Stars. In the first round, Inter lost 3–2 on aggregate to Milerock, while WBC defeated Northern United 6–1 on aggregate. Upon defeat Northern United, WBC took on defending CFU champions,

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, in the second elimination round of the tournament. The first leg opted to be in favor of WBC, as they took a 1–0 lead in the match. However, at the tail end of the match, the Islanders drew level with WBC. On May 14, WBC took on the Islanders in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and ended their Champions League hopes with a 7–0 defeat. Still, WBC advanced the furthest in modern-day CONCACAF history to date.

CONCACAF Champions League

WBC and Leo Victor came close to qualifying for the Champions League, but fell short in the second round. WBC and Inter Moengo could have qualified for the

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by finishing in the top three of the

2011 CFU Club Championship The 2011 CFU Club Champions’ Cup was the 13th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Foot ...

, however they did not do so.

References

External links

SVB Website
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