SVB Eerste Divisie

The SVB Eerste Divisie is the second highest football championship for clubs run by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond. The league currently comprises twelve teams and operates a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons run from November to June, with each team playing 30 games in the regular season. The league was previously known as the Hoofdklasse but was rebranded as the Topklasse for the 2016–17 season, before being renamed the Eerste Divisie starting in the 2017–18 season. In 2024, the SVB introduced a new professional competition, the Suriname Major League, with the Eerste Divisie now serving as the nation's top amateur competition.

The competition was founded in 1924 when Suriname was still a Dutch colony.

History At the beginning of the 20th century, the NGVB (Guyaneesche Dutch Football Association) was founded. The rival Suriname Football Association was founded on 1 October 1920. There was animosity between the two unions, but with the opening of the stadium by M. de la Fuente a reconciliation was brought about between the unions. The first club formed by the SVB, which still occupies an important place within the Surinamese top flight, was Voorwaarts. On 15 January 1921, Transvaal was established. Before the SVB was founded, there was already another association with the same name. It was founded in 1914. With the creation of the current SVB came a newfound momentum in the development of Surinamese football.

In 2016 the Hoofdklasse was formed into Topklassse. To develop a professional league in Suriname and to get the Surinamese people to support the league and national selection, the SVB signed a deal with Telecommunications Company of Suriname Telesur on 30 September 2016. In this deal, Telesur's daughter company ATV received the rights to broadcast all Surinamese matches live. ATV will also establish a program that will provide viewers with soccer news to keep them up to date with the SVB and football in Suriname.

Members for 2023 ClubCityPositionin 2022First season in the Eerste DivisieTop division titles 1Last titleBrokiAbrabroki9th2018–19––FloraFloraPromoted2023––Inter MoengotapoeMoengo2nd1993–94102018–19Inter WanicaKwatta6th2014–15––Leo VictorParamaribo3rd1957–5851992–93NotchMoengo4th2011–12––PVVParamaribo7th2016–17––RobinhoodParamaribo1st1947–50252022SantosNieuw Nickerie10th2018–19––Slee JuniorsParamariboPromoted2023––SNLParamaribo11th192631998–99TransvaalParamaribo8th1924–25171999–2000VoorwaartsParamaribo5th1923–2462001–02

Champions S.V.B. Ed.SeasonChampionRunner-up 1923–24 OlympiaBlauw-Wit 1925 TransvaalExcelsior 1926 Ajax MVV 1927 no competition 1928 Ajax 1929 not finished 1930–31 Blauw-Wit-ExcelsiorAjax 1932 Cicerone Voorwaarts 1933 Cicerone Voorwaarts 1934 Cicerone Voorwaarts 1935 Cicerone Go Ahead 1936–37 Voorwaarts Cicerone 1937 TransvaalVoorwaarts 1938 no competition 1939–40 Arsenal 1940–41 Voorwaarts Transvaal 1941–42 not finished 1942–45 no competition 1946 MVV 1947–50 MVV Robinhood 1950–51 Transvaal Robinhood 1952 Voorwaarts Robinhood 1953 Robinhood MVV 1954–55 Robinhood Voorwaarts 1955 S.V.B. competition abandoned after merger with N.G.V.B. 1955–56 Robinhood Voorwaarts 1956 Robinhood 1957–58 Voorwaarts Robinhood 1958 no champion 1959 Robinhood Sonny Boys 1960 not finished 1961 Leo Victor Transvaal 1962 Transvaal Leo Victor 1963–64 Leo Victor Robinhood 1964 Robinhood Transvaal 1965 TransvaalRobinhood 1966 Transvaal Leo Victor 1967 Transvaal MVV 1968 Transvaal Robinhood 1969 Transvaal MVV 1970 Transvaal Robinhood

K.S.V.B. Ed.SeasonChampionRunner-up 1971 Robinhood Transvaal 1972 no competition 1973–74 TransvaalRobinhood 1974 TransvaalRobinhood 1975–76 RobinhoodVoorwaarts

S.V.B. Ed.SeasonChampion 1976–77 Robinhood 1977–78 Voorwaarts 1978 Leo Victor 1979–80 Robinhood 1980–81 Robinhood 1981–82 Robinhood 1982–83 Leo Victor 1983–84 Robinhood 1984 Robinhood 1985–86 Robinhood 1986 Robinhood 1987–88 Robinhood 1988 Robinhood 1989–90 Robinhood 1990–91 Transvaal 1991–92 Transvaal 1992–93 Leo Victor 1993–94 Robinhood 1994–95 Robinhood 1995–96 Transvaal 1997 Transvaal 1998–99 SNL 1999–00Transvaal 2000–01 no competition 2001–02 Voorwaarts 2002–03 Nacional 2003–04 Walking Boyz Company 2004–05 Robinhood 2005–06 Walking Boyz Company 2006–07 Inter Moengotapoe 2007–08 Boskamp 2008–09 Walking Boyz Company 2009–10 Inter Moengotapoe 2010–11 Inter Moengotapoe 2011–12 Robinhood 2012–13 Inter Moengotapoe 2013–14 Inter Moengotapoe 2014–15 Inter Moengotapoe 2015–16 Inter Moengotapoe 2016–17 Inter Moengotapoe 2017–18 Robinhood 2018–19 Inter Moengotapoe 2019–20 Not finished due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 No competition 2022 Robinhood 2023 Robinhood 2024 Robinhood

Source for list of champions: RSSSF

Titles by club ClubCityTitlesWinning years Robinhood Paramaribo27 1953, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1971, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984, 1985–86, 1986, 1987–88, 1988, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2022, 2023, 2024 Transvaal Paramaribo17 1925, 1937, 1950–51, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973–74, 1974, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997, 1999–2000 Inter Moengotapoe Moengo10 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 Voorwaarts Paramaribo6 1936–37, 1940–41, 1952, 1957–58, 1977–78, 2001–02 Leo Victor Paramaribo5 1961, 1963–64, 1978, 1982–83, 1992–93 Cicerone Paramaribo4 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935SNL (incl. MVV) Paramaribo3 1946, 1947–50, 1998–99 Walking Boyz Company Paramaribo 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09 Ajax Paramaribo2 1926, 1928 Olympia Paramaribo1 1923–24 Blauw-Wit-Excelsior Paramaribo 1930–31 Arsenal Paramaribo 1939–40 Nacional Paramaribo 2002–03

Stadiums

The following is a current list of stadiums in the SVB Topklasse;

Stadium Image Club(s) Location Capacity Ref. André Kamperveen Stadion RobinhoodTransvaalWBC Paramaribo 7,000 Eddy Blackman Stadion Image Kamal DewakerTakdier Boys Livorno 2,000 World Stadiums Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion Leo Victor Paramaribo 3,500 Stadion Ronnie Brunswijkstadion Image Inter Moengotapoe Moengo 3,000 Voorwaartsveld Voorwaarts Paramaribo 1,500 J. Eliazer Stadion Boskamp Groningen 1,000 Nacionello Stadion Nacional Deva Boys Houttuin 1,500

Top goalscorers

Season Goalscorer ClubGoals2001–02 Clifton SandvlietSNL272002–03 Gordon KinsainiSV Robinhood18 Amaktie MaasieSV Leo Victor2004–05 Cleven WanaboRoyal '95242005–06 Clifton SandvlietWBC272006–07 Alex Pereira SoaresJai Hanuman282007–08 Ifenildo VlijterSV Robinhood172008–09 Anthony AbrahamSV Leo Victor222009–10 Amaktie MaasieInter Moengotapoe122010–11 Amaktie MassieInter Moengotapoe192011–12 Ulrich RedingSV Boskamp20 Giovanni WaalSV Leo Victor2012–13 Galgyto TaleaSV Notch182013–14 Gregory RigtersWBC162014–15 Gregory RigtersWBC202015–16 Romeo KastielInter Moengotapoe182016–17 Ivanildo RozenbladSV Robinhood212017–18 Ivanildo RozenbladSV Robinhood222018–19 Renzo AkrosieSNL332022 Finidi MisiedjanNotch20 Garvey Kwelling PVV2023 Shaquille Cairo SV Robinhood29 Most time top scorers 4 times Delano Rigters (1984, 1987, 1988 and 1989) Most goals scored by a player in a single season 33 goals Renzo Akrosie (2018–19) Most goals scored by a player in a single game 6 goals Taffarel Doekoe (Leo Victor) 10–3 against Inter Wanica, (2023)

Multiple hat-tricks RankCountry Player Hat-tricks 1Finidi Misiedjan 42Shaquille Cairo33Taffarel Doekoe2Rievaldo DoorsonGarvey KwellingRa I PenasJetro Rees8Shelton Akooi1Romeo KastielOtniel KoulenMechino LibrettoGillian Maatrijk Savgensa MiseidjanRötger Neiden Quilliano StebenburgLalanie Tooy Most hat-tricks in a single season 19 hat-tricks (2022) Most hat-tricks by a player in a single season 4 hat-tricks Finidi Misiedjan (2022)

See also List of SVB Hoofdklasse top scorers Surinamese Footballer of the Year

References

External links Hoofdklasse at svb.sr