Sport Vereniging Leo Victor, known as SV Leo Victor, is a

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club which plays in the

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. They play their home games in

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at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion.

History

Founded on 9 January 1934 as a

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sports club, S.V. Leo Victor were founded by the working community of the Leo Victor cigar factory in

. In 1964, Leo Victor became the first association football club of Suriname to qualify for an International

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club tournament, qualifying for the

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. Leo Victor made four appearances in the tournament. The first series was against

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from

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, with Leo Victor winning 5–4 on aggregate score, and the second series against

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from

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, which Leo Victor won 3–2 on aggregate score, before the tournament was canceled for reasons unknown. The 1963 team was made up of the following players Henk Schotsborg, Ewald van Bosse, Edmund Wong Swie Sang, André Fernandes, Arnold Sanches, Etiré Strok (captain), Rudi de Randamie, Edmund Griffith, Rudolf Marcet, Emile Esajas, Cyrill Mossel and the substitutes were Henry Enig for Strok and Rudie Schutte for De Randamie. SV Leo Victor have won the national championship five times, in 1961, 1963–64, 1978, 1982–83 and the 1992–93 season. The 1978 selection consisted of the following players: Ro Bottse (captain), goalkeeper Saliek, Ramon Burgzorg, Kenneth Borgia, Frank Borgia, Oliviera, Ronny Borgia, Valdink, Gerrit Waal, Willmans and

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(player/coach). On 24 January 1986, Leo Victor reached their deepest point, by losing 2–0 to Santos FC they were relegated to the

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, becoming the first

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club to relegate and play at the Flora Stadion. The following season saw the club winning the Eerste Klasse title and promoting back to the top flight, winning the youth league championship in the same year.

Current squad

Achievements

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: 5 ::1961, 1963–64, 1978, 1982–83, 1992–93 *

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: ::2003, 2014 *

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: ::2003, 2014

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

: 5 appearances ::

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– Second Round (Caribbean) – Lost to Jong Colombia (

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) 3–2 on agg (stage 3 of 7) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to

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(Netherlands Antilles) 5–4 on agg (stage 1 of 4) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to ASL Sport Guyanais (

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) 3–2 on agg (stage 1 of ?) ::

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to ASL Sport Guyanais (French Guiana) 3–1 on agg (stage 1 of 5) ::

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

– Second Round (Caribbean) – Lost to Jong Colombia (Netherlands Antilles) 5–4 on pens (1–1 on agg) (stage 3 of 7) *

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Quarter-finals – Lost to

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) 7–1 (stage 2 of 4)

List of coaches

* Rufus Belgrave *

(1978–96) *

Ronald Kolf Ronald Wilfried Kolf (born June 5, 1939) is a former Surinamese football manager and player who last served as the technical director of the Suriname national team and a board member of Surinamese football club S.V. Leo Victor. As a player, he ...

(2003–08) * Etienne Remak (2009–2019) * Rogillio Kolf (2019–)

References

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