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The Suriname Major League (SML) is the professional football league in Suriname. The competition was launched on 22 February 2024, by the Surinamese Football Association as a successor to the SVB Eerste Divisie , formerly known as the SVB Hoofdklasse.
The 2023 SVB Eerste Divisie was the 89th season of the SVB Eerste Divisie, the top division football competition in Suriname. The season had a delayed beginning, and began on 13 January 2023. It is scheduled to conclude on 30 July 2023. At the end of the season the new Suriname Major League was formed as the country's new top division.
In 2024 the SVB introduced a new professional competition (Suriname Major League) while the Eerste Divisie will serve as the nations top amateur competition. The competition was founded in 1924, when Suriname was still a Dutch colony.
The sport of football in the country of Suriname is run by the Surinamese Football Association. [1] The association administers the national football team, as well as the national football league. [2] [3] [4] Since the launch of professional football on February 22, 2024, [5] ten teams are competing in the professional Suriname Major League. [6]
Suriname Major League; Season: 2024: Dates: 23 February 2024 – 25 August 2024: Champions: Robinhood 1st SML title 27th Surinamese title: Relegated: Leo Victor: CFU Club Shield: Robinhood: Matches played: 85: Goals scored: 286 (3.36 per match) Biggest home win: Robinhood 7–1 Inter Wanica (15 June 2024) Transvaal 6–0 Inter Wanica (23 June ...
Olympia (of Paramaribo, founded in 1919) were the first official champions of Suriname in 1923 having won a total of 2 national titles. Ajax (of Paramaribo, founded in 1921) won 3 national titles before the club folded in the sixties. Fearless (of Moengo, founded in 1925) won the district championship on several occasions prior to dissolution.
The Suriname football champions are the winners of the highest league in Suriname football, which is currently the Hoofdklasse. SV Robinhood has 23 league championships, which is the record for most titles won.
The Suriname President's Cup is an association football super cup competition organized by the Surinamese Football Association.