Suriname national football team

Suriname
Association Surinaamse Voetbal Bond (SVB)
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach Roberto Gödeken
Most caps Marlon Felter (44)
Top scorer Clifton Sandvliet (9)
Home stadium André Kamperveen Stadion
FIFA code SUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 151 Decrease 4 (24 November 2016)
Highest 84 (August 2008)
Lowest 191 (December 2015)
Elo ranking
Current 166 (July 2016)
Highest 70 (18 July 1971)
Lowest 171 (June 2015)
First international
Netherlands Surinam 1–2 British Guiana 
(Surinam; January 28, 1921)[1]
Biggest win
Netherlands Surinam 9–0 French Guiana 
(Surinam; March 2, 1947)
Biggest defeat
Netherlands Aruba 8–1 Surinam Netherlands
(Surinam; June 6, 1946)
Netherlands Netherlands 9–2 Surinam Netherlands
(Surinam; July 30, 1958)
Mexico Mexico 8–1 Suriname 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 was one of the founding members of CONCACAF in 1961. Suriname won the CFU Championship (Digicel Caribbean Cup predecessor) in 1978, were runners-up in 1979 and achieved a third place finish in 1985. Suriname does not welcome dual citizenship and Surinamese-Dutch players who have picked up a Netherlands passport – which, crucially, offers legal work status in almost any European league – are barred from selection to the national team.[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, Kenneth Vermeer, Georginio Wijnaldum 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.

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.

In 2008 Suriname advanced to the group stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying despite using only local players. With their two-leg victory over neighbours Guyana, Suriname moved on to face Haiti, Costa Rica, and El Salvador in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) semi-final round.

Inspired by the success of teams with dual nationals, especially Algeria, SVB president John Krishnadath submitted a proposal to the national assembly to allow dual citizenship for athletes with the then-goal of reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.[4] In order to support this project, a team with professional players of Surinamese origin was assembled and played 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 was 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.[5]

As of May 2015, Dean Gorré was the national team coach who oversaw both the official and unofficial teams. The professional team consisted of players willing to commit to Suriname if the dual-citizenship bill was approved, and played two international matches. In 2016, Roberto Gödeken became the interim coach once again. In qualification for the 2017 Caribbean Cup, Suriname secured a spot in the second round for the first time since 2012. They then qualified for the third round by being the fourth-best runner up of the second round, where they will be facing neighboring rivals Guyana and Jamaica, the latter of which they have not faced in 20 years. After a 1-0 defeat to Jamaica the chance to finally make a debut in the Gold Cup was shattered, but luckily with only a 1-0 loss Suriname can still make their debut by winning the Caribbean 5th place play-off and the CFU-UNCAF play-off.

Competitive record

CFU Caribbean Cup

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup
Year Round GP W D[decimal 1] L GS GA
Trinidad and Tobago 1978Champions330080
Suriname 1979Runners-up310254
Puerto Rico 1981Did not qualify------
French Guiana 1983Did not enter------
Barbados 1985Fourth place302124
Martinique 1988Did not qualify------
Barbados 1989Did not enter------
Trinidad and Tobago 1990Did not qualify------
Jamaica 1991Did not qualify------
Trinidad and Tobago 1992Group Stage301226
Jamaica 1993Withdrew------
Trinidad and Tobago 1994Fourth place511258
Cayman Islands Jamaica 1995Did not qualify------
Trinidad and Tobago 1996Fourth place511259
Antigua and Barbuda Saint Kitts and Nevis 1997Did not enter------
19981999Did not qualify------
Trinidad and Tobago 2001Group Stage 301249
20052014Did not qualify------
United States Virgin Islands 2017To be determined
Total1 Title2566113140
  1. Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shootout.

CCCF Championship

CCCF Championship
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1941 to 1957Did not qualify
Cuba 19604th place411245
1961Did not qualify
Total4th place411245

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
19631967Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 1971Withdrew
Haiti 1973Did not qualify
Mexico 19776th place5005617
Honduras 1981Did not qualify
Mexico 1985Group Stage401329
19891991Did not qualify
United StatesMexico 1993Withdrew
United States 1996Did not qualify
United States 1998Did not enter
20002002Did not qualify
United States 2002Did not enter
United StatesMexico 2003Withdrew
20052015Did not qualify
Total6th Place9018826

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
19301934Did not enter
France 1938Withdrew
19501958Did not enter
19621986Did not qualify
Italy 1990Did not enter
19942018Did not qualify
Qatar 2022To be determined
Total0/20-------

Pan American Games

Pan American Games
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1951 to 1987Did not enter
Cuba 1991Group Stage311143
1995 to 2011Did not enter
TotalGroup Stage311143

Team records

Wins

Largest win 
Largest win at the CONCACAF Championship finals 
none
Largest win at the CCCF Championship finals 
Largest win at the CFU Championship finals 
Largest win at the Caribbean Cup finals 
Largest win at the Pan American Games 
Largest win at the ABCS Tournament 

Draws

Highest scoring draw 
Highest scoring draw at the CONCACAF Championship finals 
Highest scoring draw at the CCCF Championship finals 
Highest scoring draw at the CFU Championship finals 
Highest scoring draw at the Caribbean Cup finals 
Highest scoring draw at the Pan American Games 
Highest scoring draw at the ABCS Tournament 
  • n/a1

1. Tournament follows a knock-out format, and matches cannot end on a draw.

Defeats

Largest defeat
Including unofficial games: 8–1 vs Feyenoord on 13 June 1946[6]
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 
Largest defeat at the CFU Championship finals 
Largest defeat at the Caribbean Cup finals 
Largest defeat at the Pan American Games 
Largest defeat at the ABCS Tournament 

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.

2016

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up by coach Roberto Gödeken for the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification against Jamaica to take place in November 2016. Caps and goals (official matches only) as of 9 October 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Claidel Kohinor (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 4 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
22 1GK Obrendo Huiswoud (1990-12-06) 6 December 1990 19 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
15 2DF Miquel Darson (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 6 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
4 2DF Gilberto Eind (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 5 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
2 2DF Saverio Adenie (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 4 0 Suriname SV Robinhood
5 2DF Guno Kwasi (1985-11-13) 13 November 1985 13 0 Suriname WBC
3 2DF Joël Baja (1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 15 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
6 2DF Albert Nibte (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 2 0 Suriname SV Leo Victor
7 3MF Mitchell Kisoor (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 7 2 Suriname SV Robinhood
10 3MF Roxey Fer (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 7 1 Suriname SV Robinhood
8 3MF Gregory Pokie (1987-07-29) 29 July 1987 16 0 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
14 3MF Serginio Eduard (1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 4 0 Suriname SV Notch
12 3MF Serencio Juliaans (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 1 0 Suriname SV Transvaal
19 3MF Silvion Sedney 0 0
11 4FW Dimitrie Apai (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 7 0 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection
16 4FW Ivanildo Rozenblad (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 1 1 Suriname SV Robinhood
18 4FW Galgyto Talea (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 9 1 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
9 4FW Stefano Rijssel (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 25 8 Suriname Inter Moengotapoe
13 4FW Jelany Djemesi (1988-07-21) 21 July 1988 1 0 Suriname SV Robinhood

Recent Call-ups

The following players have been recently called up by the national squad since February 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Delano Stella (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 0 0 Suriname SV Transvaal
2DF Ivanildo Misidjan (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 0 0
2DF Rocky Kaise (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 3 0 Suriname SV Botopasi
2DF Chagamire Boldewijn (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 0 0 Suriname SV Voorwaarts
2DF Giovanni Alleyne (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990 15 0 Suriname WBC
3MF Bruce Diporedjo (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 3 0 Suriname Nishan 42
3MF Milton Pinas (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 6 1 Suriname SV Notch
3MF Jual Pengel (1993-08-24) 24 August 1993 1 0 Suriname SV Voorwaarts
3MF Stefano Baneti (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 17 1 Suriname WBC
4FW Jerny Faerber (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 2 1 Suriname SV Transvaal
4FW Enzo Senkye (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 1 0 Suriname SV Robinhood

Professional team results

List of Coaches

All-time record against other nations

As of June,11 2016

Team Pld W D L
 Guyana 33 20 6 7
 Trinidad and Tobago 25 7 6 12
 Dominican Republic 2 0 1 1
 Netherlands Antilles 19 8 6 5
 Martinique 16 3 6 7
 Aruba 13 7 4 2
 Cuba 13 1 2 10
 Curaçao 11 2 1 8
 French Guiana 13 7 3 3
 Guadeloupe 10 5 0 5
 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 5 0 3 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 3 0 1 2
 Saint Lucia 2 1 0 1
 Nicaragua 2 0 0 2
 Bermuda 1 0 0 1
 Brazil 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 3 3 0 0
 Colombia 1 0 1 0
 Puerto Rico 1 0 1 0
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 2 1 1
 Dominica 1 1 0 0
Total 236 84 51 98

Honours

This is a list of honours for the senior Surinamese national team

Other Tournaments

See also

References

  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/guyana-intres.html
  2. Boehm, Charles (29 January 2014). "Stefano Rijssel, Seattle Sounders and the strange case of Surinamese soccer". Soccerwire. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. "Het debuut van Humphrey Mijnals". Olympisch Stadion.
  4. "Suriprofs geïnformeerd over WK 2018-project".
  5. "FIFA bereidt om Suriprofs te verzekeren".
  6. Stutgard, Ricky (1990). De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893–1988) (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Alberga. p. 210.
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