Suriname national football team
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| Nickname(s) | A-Selektie | ||
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| Association | Surinaamse Voetbal Bond | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach |  Wensley Bundel |
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| Most caps | Clifton Sandvliet (68) | ||
| Top scorer | Clifton Sandvliet (79) | ||
| Home stadium | André Kamperveen Stadion | ||
| FIFA code | SUR | ||
| FIFA ranking | 111 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 84 (August 2008) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 168 (April 2001) | ||
| Elo ranking | 135 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Curaçao 1 - 3 Dutch Guiana (Curaçao; July 23, 1934) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Suriname 8 - 1 Aruba  (Paramaribo, Suriname; March 27, 2004) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Mexico 8 - 1 Suriname (Monterrey, Mexico; October 15, 1977) |
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The Suriname national football team is the national team of Suriname and is controlled by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond.
Although the former Dutch colony (named Dutch Guiana, until 1975) is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Guyana and French Guiana. Suriname won the CFU Championship (Digicel Caribbean Cup predecessor) in 1978, were runners-up in 1979 and reached fourth place in 1994 and 1996. Until the independence of Suriname in 1975, it competed as the Dutch Guiana national football team. Unlike in the Netherlands Antilles, another former Dutch colony, it is ruled that players who move abroad to play in the Netherlands are not eligible to play for Suriname.[1] Many Suriname-born players and Dutch-born players of Surinamese descent, like Royston Drenthe, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Andwélé Slory, Aron Winter, Romeo Castelen, and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink turned out to play for Oranje.
In 2008 Suriname got off to their best start and will now enter the group stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying despite using only local players. With their two-leg victory over neighbours Guyana, Suriname will face Haiti, Costa Rica, and El Salvador in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) semi-finale round. Suriname has also qualified to the second round of the Caribbean Nations Cup 2008. The Surinaamse Voetbal Bond has signed an equipment sponsorship with the Dutch company COPA to last for four years.[2]
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[edit] History
Suriname has participated in the qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup since 1938, but has never qualified for the finals. The Surinamese team, consisting of internationals Surinamese and Dutch players of Surinamese origin, placed second in the most recent PARBO Beer Cup behind [[French Guyana national football team |French Guiana].
At present (June 2009), the Surinamese football team is ranked 123rd in the world according to the officially recognised FIFA World Rankings, between United Arab Emirates and Haiti. The highest position achieved by the team is the 84th place (achieved in August 2008). 2 Edson Braafheid withdrew from the squad because of international obligations in the Netherlands.
[edit] Depletion of national team
Over time, Suriname has produced a lot of excellent footballers, who would choose to play for Netherlands, the former motherland, instead of Suriname. Some of the more famous include Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Aron Winter, Romeo Castelen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Royston Drenthe. Also Surinamese who were born in the Netherlands such as Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Patrick Kluivert could play for Suriname, but they chose not to do so.
Although these players have chosen to play for the Oranje, some of them may turn out to play for Suriname during the international football tournament PARBO Beer Cup. This tournament is not organised by a recognised football confederation, and is therefore not officially recognised by the continental federations of FIFA. For example, Edgar Davids, Jeremain Lens and Milano Koenders have participated in this tournament in past years, even though they are not officially members of the national team.
[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 - Did not enter
- 1934 - Did not enter
- 1938 - Withdrew
- 1950 to 1958 - Did not enter
- 1962 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] CONCACAF Championship record
- 1963 to 1969 - Did not enter
- 1971 - Withdrew
- 1973 - Did not qualify
- 1977 - 6th place
- 1981 - Did not qualify
- 1985 - Round 1
- 1989 - Did not enter
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Withdrew
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 2000 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2003 - Withdrew
- 2005 to 2009 - Did not qualify
[edit] CFU Championship/Shell Caribbean Cup/Digicel Cup record
- 1977 - winners
- 1979 - runners up
- 1981 - Withdrew
- 1983 - Did not enter
- 1985 - Did not qualify
- 1989 - Did not enter
- 1991 - first round
- 1992 - final round group stage
- 1993 - Withdrew
- 1994 - fourth place
- 1995 - first round
- 1996 - fourth place
- 1997 - Did not enter
- 1998 - first round
- 1999 - first round
- 2001 - second round
- 2005 - first round
- 2007 - second round
[edit] Pan American Games record
[edit] 2008 Matches
[edit] Current squad
The Surinamese team in 2009 plays under the leadership of coach Wensley Bundle. The Suriname technical staff consists of Bundle, Aron Winter, Winston Bogarde, Dean Gorre and Arnold Burleson. For the 2009 PARBO Beer Cup, 24 players were selected. The final squad was as follows:
| Po. | Name | Club | Nation | Caps 1 | Goals |
| G | Rodney Ubbergen | Telstar | |
1 | 0 |
| G | André Zebeda | SV Robinhood | |
0 | 0 |
| D | Marlon Felter | Walking Boyz Company | |
1 | 0 |
| D | Rinaldo Lupson | Walking Boyz Company | |
1 | 0 |
| D | Gregory Pokie | Walking Boyz Company | |
0 | 0 |
| D | Naldo Kwasie | SV Transvaal | |
0 | 0 |
| D | Steve Olfers | Aalborg BK |  |
0 | 0 |
| D | Milano Koenders | N.E.C. | |
1 | 0 |
| D | Kelvin Maynard | FC Volendam | |
0 | 0 |
| D | Hesdy Suart | Helmond Sport | |
1 | 0 |
| D | Edson Braafheid 2 | FC Twente | |
0 | 0 |
| D | Sigourney Bandjar | SBV Excelsior | |
1 | 0 |
| M | Germain van Dijck | SV Robinhood | |
1 | 0 |
| M | Emilio Limón | SV Robinhood | |
1 | 0 |
| M | Ives Vlijter | Inter Moengotapoe | |
1 | 0 |
| M | Romano Sordam | SV Transvaal | |
0 | 0 |
| M | Edgar Davids | Clubloos | |
3 | 0 |
| M | Anduele Pryor | SBV Vitesse | |
0 | 0 |
| A | Giovanni Drenthe | SV Voorwaarts | |
2 | 1 |
| A | Gregory Rigters | SV Voorwaarts | |
0 | 0 |
| A | Claudio Pinas | Inter Moengoetapoe | |
1 | 0 |
| A | Touvarno Pinas | Telstar | |
0 | 0 |
| A | Leroy George | FC Utrecht | |
1 | 0 |
| A | Jeremain Lens | AZ Alkmaar | |
3 | 2 |
1The statistics on the number of matches are not complete due to a lack of resources.
2Edson Braafheid withdrew from the squad because of international obligations in the Netherlands.
[edit] List of Coaches
- Wensley Bundel (2008-)
- Kenneth Jaliens (2006)
Edgardo Baldi (2004)- Paul Bhagwandas (1992)
- Fritis Puperhart
- Ollie Camps (1976)
[edit] All-time record against other nations
As of October 28, 2008
| Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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 Guyana |
29 | 18 | 6 | 5 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
24 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
 Netherlands Antilles |
19 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
 Martinique |
14 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Aruba |
13 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
 Cuba |
12 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
 Curaçao |
11 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
 French Guiana |
13 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Guadeloupe |
8 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Haiti |
9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
 Costa Rica |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
 El Salvador |
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
 Grenada |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
 Guatemala |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
 Barbados |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Honduras |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
 Panama |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Jamaica |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Saint Lucia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bermuda |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 China PR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 United States |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Cayman Islands |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Montserrat |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Puerto Rico |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Dominica |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 212 | 77 | 48 | 88 |
[edit] Honours
Clubs
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Suriname's little secret - FIFA.com
- ^ SVB signs with COPA - the beat brazil 59-0copafotball.com
