Suriname national football team

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Suriname
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) De Natio
A-Selektie
Suriboys
Association Surinaamse Voetbal Bond
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach Kees Zwamborn
Most caps Clifton Sandvliet (30)
Top scorer Clifton Sandvliet (9)
Home stadium André Kamperveen Stadion
FIFA code SUR
FIFA ranking 126
Highest FIFA ranking 84 (August 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking 168 (April 2001)
Elo ranking 144
Highest Elo ranking 70 (18 July 1971)
Lowest Elo ranking 162 (6 September 2006)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Netherlands Curaçao 1 - 3 Suriname Netherlands
(Curaçao; July 23, 1934)
Biggest win
Suriname Suriname 8 - 1 Aruba Aruba
(Paramaribo, Suriname; March 27, 2004)
Biggest defeat
Mexico Mexico 8 - 1 Suriname Suriname
(Monterrey, Mexico; October 15, 1977)

The Suriname national football team is the national team of Suriname and is controlled by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond.

Although the former Dutch colony 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. 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, Ryan Babel, Aron Winter, Romeo Castelen, and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink turned out to play for Oranje.

In 2008 Suriname entered the group stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying despite using only local players. With their two-leg victory over neighbours Guyana, Suriname faced 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 Guiana.

[edit] Depletion of national team

Over time, Suriname has produced a lot of footballers who chose to play for Netherlands, the former colonial rulers, including Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Aron Winter, Romeo Castelen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Royston Drenthe. Players of Surinamese heritage such as Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Patrick Kluivert, who were born in the Netherlands, could have played for Suriname, but chose not to do so.

However, Edgar Davids, Jeremain Lens and Milano Koenders have represented Suriname in the PARBO Beer Cup, a tournament that is not organised by a recognised football confederation.

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] CONCACAF Championship record

[edit] Gold Cup record

[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] Recent matches

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Surinamese scorers Attendance
2009-10-28 Suriname André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo Guyana Guyana 0-1 Friendly
2009-11-01 Suriname André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 1-0 Friendly

[edit] Current squad

  n°   Position Player DoB Caps Goals Club
GK Ronny Aloema 8 1 Suriname SV Transvaal
GK André Zebeda 4 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
GK Harold Blokland 6 0 Suriname SV Leo Victor
DF Derrick Garden 8 0 Suriname SV Leo Victor
DF Marlon Felter 9 0 Suriname Walking Bout Company
DF Ferdinand Jap A Joe 8 0 Suriname Walking Bout Company
DF Rinaldo Lupson 3 0 Suriname Walking Bout Company
DF Furgill Ong A Fat 1 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
DF Foline Abauna 1 0 Suriname SV Leo Victor
DF Hesron Jeroe 8 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
MF Lorenzo Wiebers February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02) 3 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
MF Germain van Dijk 8 1 Suriname Walking Bout Company
MF Emilio Limón December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04) (age 23) 7 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
MF Ives Vlijter 1 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
MF Romano Sordam 2 0 Suriname SV Transvaal
MF Gary Sordjo 2 0 Suriname Walking Bout Company
MF Vangelino Sastromedjo 9 0 Suriname Walking Bout Company
MF Jerome Strijder 3 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
MF Sergio Aroepa 3 0 Suriname SV Transvaal
FW Wensley Christoph 9 5 Suriname Excelsior Meerzorg
FW Clifton Sandvliet 30 9 Suriname Walking Bout Company
FW Giovanni Drenthe 1990 3 2 Suriname SV Voorwaarts
FW Gregory Rigters 0 0 Suriname SV Voorwaarts
FW Claudio Pinas 1 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
FW Touvarno Pinas 0 0 Netherlands Telstar
FW Kenzo Huur 2 1 Suriname SV Transvaal
FW Melvin Valies 5 0 Suriname Takdier Boys
FW Raydell Schuurman 5 0 Suriname SV Transvaal

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[edit] List of Coaches

[edit] All-time record against other nations

As of October 28, 2008


Team Pld W D L
 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] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Suriname's little secret - FIFA.com
  2. ^ SVB signs with COPA - the beat brazil 59-0copafotball.com
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