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Surinamese football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
S.V. Walking Boyz Company also SV WBC or WBC, is a Surinamese association football club based in Paramaribo. They have won the Surinamese Hoofdklasse title three times.[1] The club play at the Essed Stadion with a capacity of 3,500 spectators, which is also the National Stadium and is shared with several clubs.
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Full name | Sport Vereniging Walking Boyz Company | ||
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Nickname(s) | WBC, WBC Paramaribo, Walking Boyz Company | ||
Founded | 16 January 1997 | ||
Dissolved | 2019 | ||
Ground | Franklin Essed Stadion Paramaribo | ||
Capacity | 3,500 | ||
President | Glenn Ramautar | ||
League | Topklasse | ||
2017–18 | 5th | ||
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Walking Boyz Company were founded on 16 January 1997 in Paramaribo. Seven years later the team won its first national championship, winning the first Championship-Super Cup double in Suriname in 2004. WBC went on to win two more national titles in 2006 and 2009, winning the Super Cup (Suriname President's Cup) as well on both occasions.
Due to their results, the club were able to participate in the CFU Club Championship, the International Caribbean club competition which leads to qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League. Their best result was a second round finish of the tournament on two occasions. Losing to Joe Public from Trinidad and Tobago in 2010, and to the Puerto Rico Islanders in the 2011 edition.
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as of 30 March 2011[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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