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

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se football club which currently 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 Maple Club F.C. 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 Frits Purperhart (player/coach). On 24 January 1986, Leo Victor reached their deepest point, by losing 2–0 to Santos FC they were relegated to the

SVB Eerste Klasse The SVB Tweede Divisie is second-highest division overall in the Surinamese football league system after the Topklasse, where the top club is promoted to each season. The weakest club is relegated to the Lidbondentoernooi. The league was previ ...

, 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 *

Beker van Suriname The SVB Cup (Dutch: Beker van Suriname) is a competition organized by the Surinamese Football Association (Dutch: ''Surinaamse Voetbal Bond (SVB)'') since 1992. It was based on the size of the KNVB Cup. The tournament consists of all teams from ...

: ::2003, 2014 * Suriname President's Cup: ::2003, 2014

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

: 5 appearances ::

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

– Second Round (Caribbean) – Lost to Jong Colombia ( Netherlands Antilles) 3–2 on agg (stage 3 of 7) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to SV Dakota (Netherlands Antilles) 5–4 on agg (stage 1 of 4) :: 1988 – First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to

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(

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) 3–2 on agg (stage 1 of ?) ::

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

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– 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

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* Frits Purperhart (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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