Suriname national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
De Natio A-Selektie Suriboys | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Surinaamse Voetbal Bond | ||
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | Dean Gorré | ||
| Most caps | Marlon Felter (45) | ||
| Top scorer | Clifton Sandvliet (9) | ||
| Home stadium | André Kamperveen Stadion | ||
| FIFA code | SUR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current |
189  2 (7 January 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 | |||
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Netherlands 9–2 Surinam (Surinam; July 30, 1958) Aruba 8–1 Surinam (Surinam; June 6, 1946)  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.
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 | |
- ↑ 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 | ||||||
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| 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
Pan American Games
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