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 |  Kenneth Jaliens |
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| Most caps | Clifton Sandvliet (68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Clifton Sandvliet (79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | André Kamperveen Stadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | SUR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] 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 2007 - 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] Notable players
- Emilio Limón recently selected for trial with Sunderland in England[3]
- Wensley Christoph
- Clifton Sandvliet
- Lorenzo Wiebers
- Orlando Grootfaam
- Dennis Purperhart
- Dennis Bainoe
- Giovanni Drenthe brother to Royston Drenthe
[edit] 2008 Matches
[edit] Current squad
The following players have been called up for the team in 2008 (caps/goals information represents World Cup 2010 qualification, and is current as of 16 October 2008 ):
[edit] List Of Coaches
Kenneth Jaliens
[edit] All-time record against other nations
As of October 28, 2008
| Team | W | D | L | Pld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guyana |
17 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
7 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
 Netherlands Antilles |
8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
 Martinique |
3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Aruba |
7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
 Cuba |
1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
 Curaçao |
2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
 French Guiana |
7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Guadeloupe |
4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
 Haiti |
3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
 Costa Rica |
0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
 El Salvador |
1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
 Grenada |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
 Guatemala |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Barbados |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Honduras |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Panama |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Jamaica |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Saint Lucia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Bermuda |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 China PR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cayman Islands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Montserrat |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Puerto Rico |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 Dominica |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 75 | 48 | 87 | 210 |
[edit] Honours
Clubs
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Suriname's little secret - FIFA.com
- ^ SVB signs with COPA - copafotball.com
- ^ U20 Caribbean footballers arrive at Sunderland AFC - digicelfootball.com
