Norman Cook's Biography

Excelsior

Full name

Sporting Voetbal Excelsior

Nickname(s)

The Kralingers of Suriname

Founded

25 February 1910; 114 years ago

Ground

Meerzorg Stadion
Meerzorg

Capacity

1,300

Chairman

Manager

League

Eerste Klasse

2015–16

Hoofdklasse, 10th
(relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

SV Excelsior is an amateur football club from the Commewijne District town of Meerzorg, Suriname. The club was founded in the late 1920s and spent most of its tenure in the top flight of Surinamese football. Recently, the club had been in a dry spell, and spend time in the second tier of Surinamese football, only recently to be promoted back into the Hoofdklasse.

Honors

SVB Hoofdklasse

Champions: 1930–31

SVB Eerste Klasse

Runners-up: 2009–10

Beker van Suriname: 1

Winners: 2010

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUR	Jetro Fer
—	FW	SUR	Wensley Christoph
—	FW	SUR	Giovanni Drenthe
—	FW	BRA	Ailton Paiva

Football in Suriname

Surinaamse Voetbal Bond

National teams

Men	National team Olympic team (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie Derde Divisie

Domestic cups

Men	Beker van Suriname President's Cup

Awards

Lists

SVB Eerste Divisie
2020–21 clubs	Bintang Lair Broki Inter Moengotapoe Flora Inter Wanica Leo Victor Notch PVV Robinhood Santos Slee Juniors SNL Transvaal Voorwaarts
Stadiums	Andre Kamperveen Stadion Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion LSB Stadion Meerzorg Stadion Moengo Stadion Mgr. Aloysius Zichem Sportcentrum Ronnie Brunswijkstadion Voorwaartsveld
Former clubs	ACoconut Ajax Amar Deep Arsenal Bomastar Boskamp Botopasi Cicerone Coronie Boys Cosmos Excelsior Fearless Fortuna 1975 Happy Boys Jai Hanuman Jai-Hind Jong Rambaan Kamal Dewaker MYOB Nacional Deva Boys NAKS Olympia Papatam Prakash Randjiet Boys Real Saramacca Royal '95 Super Red Eagles Takdier Boys The Brothers Tuna Walking Boyz Company West United Young Rhythm
Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers
Associated competitions	Tweede Divisie Derde Divisie CFU Club Championship CONCACAF Champions League
Seasons	1923–24 1925 1926 ~~1927~~ 1928 1929 1930–31 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936–37 1937 ~~1938~~ 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 ~~1943~~ ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ 1946 1947–50 1950–51 1952 1953 1954–55 1955 1955–56 1956 1957–58 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963–64 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 ~~1972~~ 1973–74 1974 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984 1985–86 1986 1987–88 1988 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1997 1998–99 1999–2000 ~~2000–01~~ 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2022 2022–23

SVB Tweede Divisie clubs

2015–16 teams

Former teams

SVB Eerste Divisie champions

1923 Olympia (1/2)
1923–24 Olympia (2/2)
1924–25 Transvaal (1/19)
1925–26 not held
1926–27 Ajax (1/3)
1927–28 not held
1928–29 Ajax (2/3)
1929 Ajax (3/3)
1930–31 Excelsior
1931–32 Cicerone (1/4)
1932–33 Cicerone (2/4)
1933–34 Cicerone (3/4)
1934–35 Cicerone (4/4)
1935–36 Voorwaarts (1/6)
1936–37 Transvaal (2/19)
1937–38 Transvaal (3/19)
1938–39 Arsenal (1/2)
1939–40 Arsenal (2/2)

1940–41 Voorwaarts (2/6)
1942–47 not held
1948 MVV (1/3)
1949 MVV (2/3)
1950 Transvaal (4/19)
1951 Transvaal (5/19)
1952 Voorwaarts (3/6)
1953 Robinhood (1/23)
1954 Robinhood (2/23)
1955 Robinhood (3/23)
1956 Robinhood (4/23)
1957–58 Voorwaarts (4/6)
1958 not held
1958–59 Robinhood (5/23)
1960 not held
1961 Leo Victor (1/5)
1962 Transvaal (6/19)
1963 Leo Victor (2/5)

1964 Robinhood (6/23)
1965 Transvaal (7/19)
1966 Transvaal (8/19)
1967 Transvaal (9/19)
1968 Transvaal (10/19)
1969 Transvaal (11/19)
1970 Transvaal (12/19)
1971 Robinhood (7/23)
1972 not held
1973 Transvaal (13/19)
1974 Transvaal (14/19)
1975 Robinhood (8/23)
1976 Robinhood (9/23)
1977 Voorwaarts (5/6)
1978 Leo Victor (3/5)
1979 Robinhood (10/23)
1980 Robinhood (11/23)
1981 Robinhood (12/23)

1982 Leo Victor (4/5)
1983 Robinhood (13/23)
1984 Robinhood (14/23)
1985 Robinhood (15/23)
1986 Robinhood (16/23)
1987 Robinhood (17/23)
1988 Robinhood (18/23)
1989 Robinhood (19/23)
1990–91 Transvaal (15/19)
1991–92 Transvaal (16/19)
1992–93 Leo Victor (5/5)
1993–94 Robinhood (20/23)
1994–95 Robinhood (21/23)
1995–96 Transvaal (17/19)
1997 Transvaal (18/19)
1998–99 SNL (3/3)
1999–2000 Transvaal (19/19)
2000–01 not held

2001–02 Voorwaarts (6/6)
2002–03 FCS Nacional
2003–04 WBC (1/3)
2004–05 Robinhood (22/23)
2005–06 WBC (2/3)
2006–07 Inter Moengotapoe (1/9)
2007–08 Inter Moengotapoe (2/9)
2008–09 WBC (3/3)
2009–10 Inter Moengotapoe (3/9)
2010–11 Inter Moengotapoe (4/9)
2011–12 Robinhood (23/23)
2012–13 Inter Moengotapoe (5/9)
2013–14 Inter Moengotapoe (6/9)
2014–15 Inter Moengotapoe (7/9)
2015–16 Inter Moengotapoe (8/9)
2016–17 Inter Moengotapoe (9/9)

Surinamese Cup winners

1992 PVV
1993 Not Played
1994 Not Played
1995 Not Played
1996 Transvaal (1/3)
1997 Robinhood (1/6)
1998 Not Played
1999 Robinhood (2/6)
2000 Not Played
2001 Robinhood (3/6)

2002 Transvaal (2/3)
2003 Leo Victor (1/2)
2004 Super Red Eagles
2005 FCS Nacional
2006 Robinhood (4/6)
2007 Robinhood (5/6)
2008 Transvaal (3/3)
2009 WBC (1/2)
2010 Excelsior
2011 Notch

2012 Inter Moengotapoe (1/2)
2013 WBC (2/2)
2014 Leo Victor (2/2)
2015 Nishan 42
2016 Robinhood (6/6)
2017 Inter Moengotapoe (2/2)

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV_Excelsior