Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

 association football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo

Paramaribo

Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...

 at Andre Kamperveen Stadion

André Kamperveen Stadion

Andre Kamperveen Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Paramaribo, Suriname. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 6,000....

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The team is one of Surinam's most successful, having won their first league championship in 1937, and having won a total of 18. They have also won two CONCACAF Champions' Cups, winning their first in 1973, and a second in 1981.
Both times the coach was Humbert Boerleider. To date, they are the only Surinamese club to win the Champions' Cup (now Champions League).

Achievements

• Surinamese League
  Surinamese League
  The Hoofdklasse is a championship for clubs run by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond. The Hoofdklasse is at the top of the system of Surinamese football championships. The league currently comprises ten teams and operates a system of promotion and relegation...
  
  : 19

1925, 1937, 1938, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2

1973, 1981

• Beker van Suriname: 3

1996, 2002, 2008

• Suriname President's Cup
  Suriname President's Cup
  The Suriname President's Cup is a Super Cup type competition of the SVB, Suriname, where the winners of the league and the cup plays against each other-History:...
  
  : 2

1997, 2008

Performance In International Competitions

Squad 2009-10

Notable Players

Harvey Delano Esajas (2002-2003) Dennis Baino (1996-1998) Harold Blokland (2000-2003) Rinaldo Lupson (2000-2006) Johan Leisberger Hagadeau Theo Klein Wesley Bundel Edwin “Winie” Schal (1972)

External links

• http://www.laprensagrafica.com/deportes/futbol-nacional/229547-marte-las-pago-en-paramaribo.html (spanish) (Talks about S.V. Transvaal won the 1981 Concacaf Cup)
• http://www.concacaf.com/page/ThisWeekInDetail/0,,12813~2319337,00.html (briefly talks about Transvaal tying with cruz azul in 1971 concacaf cup)