S.V. Botopasi

Botopasi
Full name	Sport Vereniging Botopasie
Ground	N.G.V.B. Stadion ; Paramaribo
Capacity	3,000
League	Topklasse
2017–18	8th
	Home colours
	Home colours

Last updated February 19, 2019

Sport Vereniging Botopasi is a Surinamese football club based in Botopasi, Sipaliwini. They currently play in the SVB Hoofdklasse, the top division of Surinamese football and are the only Sipaliwinese club to play in the top tier.^[1]

Suriname, officially known as the Republic of Suriname, is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south. At just under 165,000 square kilometers, it is the smallest sovereign state in South America. Suriname has a population of approximately 558,368, most of whom live on the country's north coast, in and around the capital and largest city, Paramaribo.

Botopasi, also spelled Boto-Pasi, is a Saamaka village in Suriname.

Sipaliwini is the largest district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini does not have a regional capital as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo. The main villages in the district are Apetina, Apoera, Bakhuys, Bitagron, Pokigron, Kajana, Kamp 52, Pelelu Tepu, Cottica, Anapaike, Benzdorp, Kwamalasamutu, Nieuw Jacobkondre, Aurora, Botopasi, Goddo, Djumu and Pontoetoe.

Stadium

Botopasi currently have no football stadium in the village. The training grounds of the club is a football field which is also used as a landing strip for small airplanes. The team currently play their official matches in the N.G.V.B. Stadion in the Capital Paramaribo.^[2]

N.G.V.B. Stadion is an association football stadium in Paramaribo, Suriname. It is home to SVB Eerste Klasse club PVV, the football club of the Surinamese police force. The stadium also serves as a primary stadium for the SVB Eerste Klasse, and the occasional Hoofdklasse fixture. The stadium is owned and operated by the N.G.V.B. a member association of the SVB.

Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people, almost half of Suriname's population. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002.

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References

↑ "S.V. Botopasie Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
↑ "Botopasi". Botopasi – Paramaribo. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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[1] "S.V. Botopasie Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[2] "Botopasi". Botopasi – Paramaribo. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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