Suriname national football team

Suriname

Nickname(s)	Natio A-Selektie Suriboys
Association	Surinaamse Voetbal Bond
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Roberto Gödeken(interim)
Most caps	Marlon Felter (45)
Top scorer	Clifton Sandvliet (9)
Home stadium	André Kamperveen Stadion
FIFA code	SUR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	188 (May 2016)
Highest	84 (August 2008)
Lowest	191 (December 2015)
Elo ranking
Current	171 (June 2015)
Highest	70 (18 July 1971)
Lowest	171 (June 2015)
First international
Surinam 1–2 British Guiana  (Surinam; January 28, 1921)[1]
Biggest win
Surinam 9–0 French Guiana  (Surinam; March 2, 1947)
Biggest defeat
Aruba 8–1 Surinam (Surinam; June 6, 1946) Netherlands 9–2 Surinam (Surinam; July 30, 1958) Mexico 8–1 Suriname (Mexico; October 15, 1977)
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1977)
Best result	Sixth place, 1977

The Suriname national football team (Dutch, "Surinaams voetbalelftal"; Sranantongo, "Sranankondre fubal pluga") is the national team of Suriname and is controlled by the Surinamese Football Association.

History

Although the former Dutch colony 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. 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.^[2] Many Suriname-born players and Dutch-born players of Surinamese descent, like Gerald Vanenburg, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Andwélé Slory, Ryan Babel, Patrick Kluivert, Aron Winter, Romeo Castelen, Royston Drenthe, and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink turned out to play for Oranje. In 1999, Humphrey Mijnals, who played for both Suriname and the Netherlands, was elected Surinamese footballer of the century.^[3] Another famous player is André Kamperveen, who captained Suriname in the 1940s and was the first Surinamese to play professionally in the Netherlands.

In 2008 Suriname entered the group stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying despite using only local players. With their two-leg victory over neighbours Guyana, Suriname faced 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 2008 Caribbean Championship.

Suriname has participated in the qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup since 1962, but has never qualified for the finals. Suriname's strongest showing in World Cup qualification was the campaign for the 1978 finals, when the national team reached the final group stage.

Suriname also came second in CONCACAF qualifying for the 1964 Olympics, behind qualifiers Mexico and third in qualifying for the 1980 Olympics, behind qualifiers Costa Rica and United States. The US then boycotted the Moscow Olympics, and were replaced by Cuba in the football tournament, after Suriname opted to boycott the games as well.

Inspired by the success of teams with dual nationals, especially Algeria, SVB president John Krishnadath has submitted a proposal to the national assembly to allow dual citizenship for athletes with the goal of reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.^[4] The bill is set to be voted in January.^[5] In order to support this project, a team with professional players of Surinamese origin has been assembled and will play an exhibition match on Boxing day 2014 at the Andre Kamperveen Stadion. The project is managed by Nordin Wooter and David Endt, who have set up a presentation and sent invitations to 100 players of Surinamese origin, receiving 85 positive answers. Dean Gorré has been named to coach this special selection. FIFA is supporting the project and has granted insurance for the players and clubs despite this not being an official match.^[6]

As of May, 2015, Dean Gorré is the national team coach and he currently oversees both, the official and unofficial (Professional) teams. The Unofficial Professional team consists of players willing to commit to Suriname if the dual-citizenship bill is approved and has played two international games so far. This team is not to be confused with the Suriprofs, a charity organization.In 2016 Roberto Gödeken became the interim coach once again.In the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification Suriname secured a spot in the second round something they didn't done since 2012.Many fans believe that this squad will take it further to the third and so on.Suriname opponents in the second round are St. Kitts and Nevis and St.Vincent and the Grenadines.

Competitive record

CFU Caribbean Cup

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D[decimal 1]	L	GS	GA
1978	Champions	3	3	0	0	8	0
1979	Runners-up	3	1	0	2	5	4
1981	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Fourth place	3	0	2	1	2	4
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	6
1993	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Fourth place	5	1	1	2	5	8
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Fourth place	5	1	1	2	5	9
1997	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	9
2005-2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	To be determined
Total	1 Title	25	6	6	11	31	40

1. Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shootout.

CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1941 to 1957	Did not qualify
1960	4th place	4	1	1	2	4	5
1961	Did not qualify
Total	4th place	4	1	1	2	4	5

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1963-1967	Did not qualify
1971	Withdrew
1973	Did not qualify
1977	6th place	5	0	0	5	6	17
1981	Did not qualify
1985	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	2	9
1989-1991	Did not qualify
1993	Withdrew
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Did not enter
2000-2002	Did not qualify
2002	Did not enter
2003	Withdrew
2005-2015	Did not qualify
Total	6th Place	9	0	1	8	8	26

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930-1934 Did not enter 1938 Withdrew 1950-1958 Did not enter 1962-1986 Did not qualify 1990 Did not enter 1994-2018 Did not qualify 2022 To be determined Total 0/20 - - - - - - - Pan American Games Pan American Games Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1951 to 1987 Did not enter 1991 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 4 3 1995 to 2011 Did not enter Total Group Stage 3 1 1 1 4 3 Team records Wins Largest win  9–0 vs  French Guiana on 2 March 1947 Largest win at the CONCACAF Championship finals  none Largest win at the CCCF Championship finals  2–0 vs Cuba on 18 February 1960, 1960 CCCF Championship Largest win at the CFU Championship finals  4–0 vs Antigua and Barbuda on 22 October 1978, 1978 CFU Championship Largest win at the Caribbean Cup finals  3–1 vs Jamaica on 28 May 1996, 1996 Caribbean Cup Largest win at the Pan American Games  3–1 vs Canada on 6 August 1991, 1991 Pan American Games Largest win at the ABCS Tournament  8–0 vs Bonaire on 13 July 2012, ABCS Tournament 2012 Draws Highest scoring draw  3–3 vs Aruba on 29 August 1953 3–3 vs  Netherlands Antilles on 2 March 1998 3–3 vs  Cuba on 12 November 2010 Highest scoring draw at the CONCACAF Championship finals  1–1 vs Honduras on 23 March 1985, 1985 CONCACAF Championship Highest scoring draw at the CCCF Championship finals  1–1 vs Honduras on 15 February 1960, 1960 CCCF Championship Highest scoring draw at the CFU Championship finals  2–2 vs Guadeloupe on 29 June 1985, 1985 CFU Championship Highest scoring draw at the Caribbean Cup finals  1–1 vs Antigua and Barbuda on 16 June 1992, 1992 Caribbean Cup 1–1 vs Saint Kitts and Nevis on 30 May 1996, 1996 Caribbean Cup 1–1 vs Haiti on 18 May 2001, 2001 Caribbean Cup Highest scoring draw at the Pan American Games  1–1 vs Honduras on 8 August 1991, 1991 Pan American Games Highest scoring draw at the ABCS Tournament  n/a^1 1. Tournament follows a knock-out format, and matches cannot end on a draw. Defeats Largest defeat 9–2 vs Netherlands on 30 July 1958 8–1 vs Aruba on 6 June 1946 8–1 vs Mexico on 15 October 1977 Including unofficial games: 8–1 vs Feyenoord on 13 June 1946[7] Largest defeat at the CONCACAF Championship finals  8–1 vs  Mexico on 15 October 1977, 1977 CONCACAF Championship Largest defeat at the CCCF Championship finals  3–1 vs Costa Rica on 17 February 1960, 1960 CCCF Championship Largest defeat at the CFU Championship finals  3–1 vs French Guiana on 21 June 1981, 1981 CFU Championship Largest defeat at the Caribbean Cup finals  4–0 vs Saint Kitts and Nevis on 20 May 2001, 2001 Caribbean Cup Largest defeat at the Pan American Games  1–0 vs United States on 4 August 1991, 1991 Pan American Games Largest defeat at the ABCS Tournament  1–0 vs Aruba on 15 July 2012, ABCS Tournament 2012 Recent results and forthcoming fixtures For all past match results of the national team, see the team's results page The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons. 2015 Suriname  v  Guyana 30 January 2015 Friendly Suriname  1–0  Guyana Paramaribo, Suriname Report Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion Nicaragua  v  Suriname 8 June 2015 2018 World Cup Q Nicaragua  1–0  Suriname Managua, Nicaragua Chavarria  44' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico) Suriname  v  Nicaragua 27 March 2015 2018 World Cup Q Suriname  1–3  Nicaragua Paramaribo, Suriname Fer  3' Report Leguías  25' Rosas  50' Chavarria  90' Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion Referee: Leon Clarke (Saint Lucia) 2016 Guyana  v  Suriname 21 February 2016 Friendly Guyana  2–0  Suriname Georgetown, Guyana Richardson  17', 72' Report Stadium: Providence Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Guadeloupe  v  Suriname 24 March 2016 2017 Caribbean Cup Q Guadeloupe  0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)  Suriname Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Report Stadium: Stade René Serge Nabajoth Referee: Adzer Ariznat (Haiti)     Penalties   Milon Beauvue Alphonse Laurence Babel   Rijssel Baja Talea Eind Kohinor Suriname  v  Guadeloupe 29 March 2016 2017 Caribbean Cup Q Suriname  3 – 2  Guadeloupe Paramaribo, Suriname Rijssel 30' 36' Kisoor 42' Report Beauvue 15' Nabab 32' Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Suriname 1 June 2016 2017 Caribbean Cup Q Saint Kitts and Nevis  –  Suriname Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Stadium: Warner Park Suriname  v  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 June 2016 2017 Caribbean Cup Q Suriname  –  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Paramaribo, Suriname Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion Players Current squad The following players have been called up by coach Roberto Gödeken for the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification matches to take place on March 2016. Caps and goals as of June 2005 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Claidel Kohinor 7 February 1992 1 0 SV Robinhood 22 GK Obrendo Huiswoud 6 December 1990 19 0 Inter Moengotapoe 15 DF Miquel Darson 27 May 1993 6 0 SV Notch 5 DF Guno Kwasie 13 November 1985 10 0 WBC 3 DF Joël Baja 3 August 1988 15 0 Inter Moengotapoe 4 DF Gilberto Eind 3 October 1984 6 0 Nishan'42 2 DF Saverio Adenie 11 May 1996 1 0 SV Robinhood 7 MF Mitchell Kisoor 6 November 1989 4 1 SV Robinhood 6 MF Albert Nibte 20 May 1993 3 0 SV Leo Victor 10 MF Roxey Fer 15 November 1994 4 1 SV Robinhood 18 MF Romeo Kastiel 4 April 1990 0 0 Inter Moengotapoe 8 MF Gregory Pokie 29 July 1987 12 0 Inter Moengotapoe 13 MF Chagmire Boldewijn 6 September 1995 1 0 SV Voorwaarts 11 FW Dimitrie Apai 19 July 1994 4 1 W Connection 16 FW Milton Pinas 13 September 1990 6 1 SV Notch 12 FW Galgyto Talea 4 February 1988 6 2 SV Notch 14 FW Sersinho Eduards 4 September 1994 2 0 Inter Moengotapoe 9 FW Stefano Rijssel 26 March 1992 25 8 Inter Moengotapoe Unofficial Professional team The following professional players were called-up for the exhibition match against Curaçao national football team in Almere on May 20, 2015. 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 23 GK Rodney Ubbergen 6 April 1986 2 0 FC Oss 30 GK Jonathan Waterberg 0 0 FC Dordrecht 1 GK Gino Coutinho 5 August 1982 1 0 AZ Alkmaar 5 DF Donovan Slijngard 28 August 1987 2 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 16 DF Danzell Gravenberch 13 February 1994 1 0 FC Dordrecht 2 DF Gianni Zuiverloon 30 December 1986 1 0 ADO Den Haag 3 DF Milano Koenders 31 July 1986 2 0 Unattached 4 DF Calvin Mac-Intosch 9 August 1989 1 0 SC Cambuur 12 MF Lorenzo Davids 4 September 1986 2 0 SCH 8 MF Mitchell Donald 10 December 1988 1 0 Red Star Belgrade 10 MF Roland Alberg 6 August 1990 1 0 ADO Den Haag 6 MF Dion Malone 13 February 1989 1 0 ADO Den Haag 15 MF Mitchell Burgzorg 25 July 1987 1 0 Almere City 9 FW Nigel Hasselbaink 21 November 1990 2 1 SBV Excelsior 17 FW Mitchell Schet 28 January 1988 1 0 ADO Den Haag 11 FW Sidney Schmeltz 8 June 1989 1 0 Petrojet 14 FW Genaro Snijders 29 July 1989 2 1 Notts County 7 FW Mikhail Rosheuvel 10 August 1990 1 0 SC Cambuur Recent call-ups The following players were in the Unofficial team in their friendly game vs. W Connection in Paramaribo on December 26, 2014. Players based in Suriname, except for Stefano Rijssel do not hold the country's citizenship 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2 DF Cendrino Misidjan 29 August 1988 0 0 FC Emmen 3 DF Serginho Greene 24 June 1982 1 0 Delhi Dynamos 15 DF Norichio Nieveld 24 April 1989 1 1 Go Ahead Eagles 10 MF Nicandro Breeveld 7 October 1986 1 0 Steaua Bucuresti 4 MF Ryan Koolwijk 8 August 1985 1 0 AS Trenčín 8 MF Boy Deul 30 August 1987 1 0 FC Emmen 17 MF Ackeini Meusa 0 0 SV Leo Victor 7 MF Furgill Lie A Kwie 1 0 SV Leo Victor 13 FW Ludcinio Marengo 14 September 1991 0 0 ADO Den Haag 16 FW Christopher Hall 0 0 SV Leo Victor 18 FW Davi da Silva 0 0 Nishan'42 14 FW Stefano Rijssel 26 March 1992 20 8 Inter Moengotapoe Professional team results Suriname  v W Connection 26 December 2014 Friendly Suriname  1–1 W Connection Paramaribo, Suriname 14:00 GMT Nieveld Britto Stadium: Andre Kamperveen Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Curaçao  v  Suriname 18 May 2015 Friendly Curaçao  3–2  Suriname Almere, Netherlands 18:00 GMT Merencia Rajcomar Wall Hasselbaink Snijders Stadium: Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion Attendance: 2,500 List of Coaches S. Mobach (1936) Morris Wijngaarde (1946) Wim de Bois (1948) André Kamperveen (1958-1962) Humbert Boerleider (1973) Ollie Camps (1976) Walther Braithwaite (1976–1977) Rob Groener (1978–1979) Armand Sahadewsing (1980–1982) Walther Braithwaite (1985–1986) Paul Bhagwandas (1989-1993) Frits Purperhart (1996-1997) Ronald Kolf (2000–2001) Edgardo Baldi (2003–2004) Andy Atmodimedjo (2004) interim Wensley Bundel (2005) interim Leo Koswal (2006) no official matches played Kenneth Jaliens (2006–2008) Wensley Bundel (2008–2010) Kees Zwamborn (2010) no official matches played Ricardo Winter (2010–2011) interim Kenneth Jaliens (2011–2012) interim Ricardo Winter (2012) interim Roberto Gödeken (2013–2015) interim Dean Gorré (2015) Roberto Gödeken (2016–) interim All-time record against other nations As of October 28, 2008 Team Pld W D L  Guyana 29 18 6 5  Trinidad and Tobago 24 7 6 11  Netherlands Antilles 19 8 6 5  Martinique 14 3 4 7  Aruba 13 7 4 2  Cuba 12 1 2 9  Curaçao 11 2 1 8  French Guiana 13 7 3 3  Guadeloupe 8 4 0 4  Haiti 9 3 4 2  Costa Rica 7 0 0 7  El Salvador 7 1 0 6  Grenada 5 2 2 1  Guatemala 5 0 2 3  Antigua and Barbuda 5 3 1 1  Barbados 4 0 2 2  Honduras 3 0 2 1  Panama 3 2 0 1  Jamaica 4 2 0 2  India 2 2 0 0  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 1 1  Saint Lucia 2 1 0 1  Bermuda 1 0 0 1  Canada 1 0 0 1  China PR 1 0 0 1  Denmark 1 1 0 0  United States 1 1 0 0  Netherlands 1 0 0 1  Cayman Islands 1 1 0 0  Mexico 1 0 0 1  Montserrat 2 2 0 0  Colombia 1 0 1 0  Puerto Rico 1 0 1 0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 1 1  Dominica 1 1 0 0 Total 212 77 48 88 Honours This is a list of honours for the senior Surinamese national team CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup: 6th place: 1977 CCCF Championship: 4th place: 1960 CFU Championship / Caribbean Cup: Winners: 1978 Runners-up: 1979 4th place: 1994, 1996 Other Tournaments ABCS Tournament Winners: 2010, 2013, 2015 Runners-up: 2012 Third place: 2011 Betty Brown Challenge Cup Winners: 1943 Parbo Bier Cup Runners-up: 2004 See also Surinam Airways Flight 764 References http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/guyana-intres.html Suriname's little secret - FIFA.com "Het debuut van Humphrey Mijnals". Olympisch Stadion. "Suriprofs geïnformeerd over WK 2018-project". "De kwestie van de dubbele nationaliteit voor profvoetballers uit de Nederlandse en andere Europese competities komt steeds nadrukkelijker ter sprake.". "FIFA bereidt om Suriprofs te verzekeren". Stutgard, Ricky (1990). De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988) (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Alberga. p. 210. External links (Dutch) Official website