The 2024 season is the first season of the

Suriname Major League The Suriname Major League (SML) is the professional football league in Suriname. The competition was launched on February 22, 2024, by the Surinamese Football Association as a successor to the SVB Eerste Divisie, formerly known as the SVB Hoofdk ...

, introducing professional football in Suriname. The season began on 23 February 2024. It is scheduled to conclude on 25 August. The league's first goal was scored by

Jamilhio Rigters Jamilhio Rigters (born 11 November 1999) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as a left-wing for SVB Eerste Divisie club Robinhood and the Suriname national team. International career Rigters made his senior international debut o ...

of S.V. Robinhood, in the opening match on 23 February 2024 against

S.V. Transvaal Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in the SVB Eerste Divisie, Eerste Divisie, the top flight of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at André Kamperveen Stadion to ...

. S.V. Robinhood won their first title of the

, going unbeaten.

Teams

Bintang Lahir withdrew from the league and Santos were relegated to the 2023–24

SVB Tweede Divisie The SVB Tweede Divisie is second-highest division overall in the Surinamese football league system after the Topklasse, where the top club is promoted to each season. The weakest club is relegated to the Lidbondentoernooi. The league was previo ...

. No team from the

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was promoted and the league was reduced from 14 teams to 10 teams.

Stadiums and locations

Regular season

League table

Results

Championship round

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Top scorers

References

{{2023–24 in North and Central America, and Caribbean football (CONCACAF) Suriname Major League seasons

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...