S.V. Robinhood
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Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 25 league titles, and a record of five Beker van Surinames and President's Cups apiece. The club was the first Surinamese club to make the final of a North American tournament, reaching the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final. Though making five CONCACAF club championship finals in their history, Robinhood had never won a continental title until 2023, when they won both the 2023 Caribbean Shield and the 2023 Caribbean Cup.
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Full name | Sport Vereniging Robinhood | ||
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Founded | 6 February 1945; 79 years ago (1945-02-06) | ||
Ground | Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion Paramaribo | ||
Capacity | 3,500 | ||
Chairman | Emilho Hoek | ||
Manager | Roberto Godeken | ||
League | Suriname Major League | ||
2023 | Eerste Divisie, 1st of 14 (champions) | ||
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A majority of the club's success was during the 1970s and 1980s at the helm of longtime manager, Ronald Kolf, who led the club to the 30 of 31 honors received. Following Kolf's departure in 2003, many cite a regression in Robinhood's form, as the club has failed to win any major trophy since 2005, when the club earned the double with the Hoofdklasse and Beker van Suriname titles.[1]
SV Robinhood was appointed by the IFFHS, as one of the Twenty clubs in the 20th century. getting third place in the tenth.
In 2014, Robinhood was relegated to the Eerste Klasse (second division). The 2014–15 campaign was the first time the club had played outside of the first division since 1948. After one season in the Eerste Klasse, Robinhood won the relegation play-offs and was promoted back to the Hoofdklasse.[2]
Since the launch of professional football on February 22, 2024,[3] S.V. Robinhood is competing in the professional Suriname Major League.[4]