Real Sranang ( English: ''Royal Suriname'') is a Dutch

amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...

football (soccer) club from Amsterdam, founded on 1 June 1960, that plays its home games at the ''Sportpark Middenmeer''.

History

Founded on 1 June 1960, by

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 ...

se immigrants in the Dutch Capital Amsterdam, Sranang means

in the Sranan Tongo language, and the club is known to be mostly composed of players from the Surinamese community of Amsterdam. The club started the 2013–14 season fielding a Saturday team in the

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands and the sixth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 44 divisions, 20 played on Saturday and 24 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The champion ...

, and a Sunday team playing in the Vijfde Klasse of the KNVB district West-I. The Sunday first team withdrew from the competition after only seven matches played.

References

External links

Real Sranang
Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Real Sranang Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1960 Football clubs in Amsterdam 1960 establishments in the Netherlands Diaspora sports clubs Surinamese diaspora