Sporting Vereniging Jai Hanuman is a Surinamese football club based in

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. The club presently competes in the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...

, the 2nd tier of Surinamese football. The club is a part of the Livorno Sportorganisatie (LSO), and the owner is V. Hardwarsing. Named after the

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God

Hanuman Hanuman (; , ), also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine ''vanara'', and a devoted companion of the deity Rama. Central to the ''Ramayana'', Hanuman is celebrated for his unwavering devotio ...

, Jai Hanuman earned promotion into the Hoofdklasse after winning the

Surinamese 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 pre ...

in 2006. They finished in 5th place in the 2006–07 Hoofdklasse season, with Brazilian striker Alex Pereira Soares finishing as the league's top goal scorer with 28 goals scored.

Honours

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 pr ...

: 1 (2006)

References

Football clubs in Suriname Football clubs in Livorno, Suriname {{Suriname-footyclub-stub