S.V. Excelsior

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Excelsior
SV Excelsior (Suriname).png
Full nameSporting Voetbal Excelsior
Nickname(s)The Kralingers of Suriname
Founded25 February 1910;113 years ago (1910-02-25)
Ground Meerzorg Stadion
Meerzorg
Capacity1,300
Chairman Flag of Suriname.svg
Manager Flag of Suriname.svg
League Eerste Klasse
2015–16 Hoofdklasse, 10th
(relegated)

SV Excelsior is an amateur football club from the Commewijne District town of Meerzorg, Suriname. The club was founded in the late 1920s and spent most of its tenure in the top flight of Surinamese football. Recently, the club had been in a dry spell, and spend time in the second tier of Surinamese football, only recently to be promoted back into the Hoofdklasse.

Honors

Champions: 1930–31
Runners-up: 2009–10
Winners: 2010

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
DF Flag of Suriname.svg  SUR Jetro Fer
FW Flag of Suriname.svg  SUR Wensley Christoph
FW Flag of Suriname.svg  SUR Giovanni Drenthe
FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Ailton Paiva


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