Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club,which currently play in the Eerste Divisie,the top flight of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at AndréKamperveen Stadion to a capacity of 7,100.
Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the SVB Eerste Divisie,the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945,Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football,having won a record 25 league titles,and a record of five Beker van Surinames and President's Cups apiece. The club was the first Surinamese club to make the final of a North American tournament,reaching the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final. Though making five CONCACAF club championship finals in their history,Robinhood has never won a continental title.
Sport Vereniging Leo Victor,known as SV Leo Victor,is a Surinamese football club which currently plays in the Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion.
The sport of association football in the island of Bonaire is run by the Bonaire Football Federation. The association administers the men's national team,the women's national team,as well as the Bonaire League.
Rudi AndréKamperveen was a Surinamese football player,sports administrator,politician and businessman.
Stefano Rijssel is a Surinamese footballer who currently plays for Nieuw Utrecht In the Netherlands and the Suriname national football team.
Dimitrie Apai is a Surinamese footballer who plays for Transvaal,and the Suriname national football team.
RochéEmanuelson is a Surinamese footballer who plays as a defender for Boma Star in the Hoofdklasse,and for the Suriname national team. He has also played for SV Transvaal,SV Robinhood,Royal '95 and SV Leo Victor in the past.
Edwien Reinier Schal,known as Wiene Schal is a retired Surinamese footballer who started his career as a forward for SV Transvaal in the Hoofdklasse,and for the Suriname national team. A striker for the majority of his career,he was utilized more as defender towards the end of his career. He is considered one of the greatest footballers in the countries history,having captained SV Transvaal to two CONCACAF Champions Cups and five national titles,in what is considered the golden age of the club's history.
Ronald Wilfried Kolf 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.
Humbert Ronald Boerleider,known as Boelie,was a Surinamese football manager and player who played as a midfielder in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse for S.V. Transvaal. He also played one season in the SVB Derde Klasse for V.V. Ajax before returning to Transvaal. He was an assistant coach for Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands,and managed S.V. Transvaal and the Suriname national team for the nations 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.
Armand Sahadewsing was a former Surinamese football player and manager who has played for S.V. Transvaal in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse,and for AFC DWS in the Dutch Eredivisie. He also played for the Suriname national team and later managed the team for the country's 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.
Siegfried Haltman,known as Siki,was a Surinamese football player who played for S.V. Robinhood,América Futebol Clube (PE),Baltimore Bays,AZ'67 and for the Suriname national team during the span of his career. In 1964 he won the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award,becoming the first recipient of the award since its inception.
Roy Vanenburg is a Surinamese football manager and former player,who was last manager of Hoofdklasse club S.V. Transvaal. He spent most of his professional playing career with S.V. Transvaal,winning six Hoofdklasse titles,and two CONCACAF Champions Cups,finishing as the league top scorer in both 1968 and in 1971. He had previously played for H.V.V. and S.V. Robinhood before joining Transvaal in 1967.
Wensley Rinaldo Bundel is a former Surinamese football manager and player who last managed S.V. Transvaal in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse.
Leo Schipper was a Surinamese football manager and player who played for NAKS,SV Transvaal,SV Robinhood and the Suriname national team. After his playing career he took on a coaching role with SV Robinhood,becoming manager of the club before passing the torch to Ronald Kolf.
Jules Theodorus Lagadeau was a Surinamese football player and manager who played for S.V. Transvaal in the Hoofdklasse and for the Suriname national team.
Sport Vereniging Prakash is a Surinamese football club based in Nieuw Nickerie. The club presently competes in the 1e Klasse of the Nickerie Voetbal Bond and the Lidbondentoernooi. They have previously played in the Hoofdklasse and the Eerste Klasse,having made one appearance in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup,where they lost in the Second round to SV Transvaal.
Dewanchandrebhose Sharman is a Surinamese doctor and politician. He is a member of the National Assembly for the Progressive Reform Party (VHP). In 2015,he was first elected to the National Assembly by preferential votes. In 2020,Sharman was elected Vice Chairman of the National Assembly in an uncontested election.
Krishnakoemarie "Krishna" Mathoera is a Surinamese senior policewoman who became a politician in 2015. She was a member of the National Assembly in Suriname for the Progressive Reform Party (VHP). On 16 July 2020,Mathoera was appointed as Minister of Defense.
