Sport Vereniging Leo Victor, known as SV Leo Victor, is a

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club which currently plays in the Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the

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History

Founded on 9 January 1934 as a Roman Catholic sports club, S.V. Leo Victor were founded by the working community of the Leo Victor cigar factory in Paramaribo,

. In 1964, Leo Victor became the first association football club of Suriname to qualify for an International CONCACAF club tournament, qualifying for the

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. Leo Victor made four appearances in the tournament. The first series was against

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from Trinidad and Tobago, with Leo Victor winning 5–4 on aggregate score, and the second series against Aigle Noir AC from

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, which Leo Victor won 3–2 on aggregate score, before the tournament was canceled for reasons unknown. The 1963 team was made up of the following players Henk Schotsborg, Ewald van Bosse, Edmund Wong Swie Sang, André Fernandes, Arnold Sanches, Etiré Strok (captain), Rudi de Randamie, Edmund Griffith, Rudolf Marcet, Emile Esajas, Cyrill Mossel and the substitutes were Henry Enig for Strok and Rudie Schutte for De Randamie. SV Leo Victor have won the national championship five times, in 1961, 1963–64, 1978, 1982–83 and the 1992–93 season. The 1978 selection consisted of the following players: Ro Bottse (captain), goalkeeper Saliek, Ramon Burgzorg, Kenneth Borgia, Frank Borgia, Oliviera, Ronny Borgia, Valdink, Gerrit Waal, Willmans and

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(player/coach). On 24 January 1986, Leo Victor reached their deepest point, by losing 2–0 to Santos FC they were relegated to the

SVB Eerste Klasse 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 ...

, becoming the first

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club to relegate and play at the Flora Stadion. The following season saw the club winning the Eerste Klasse title and promoting back to the top flight, winning the youth league championship in the same year.

Current squad

Achievements

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: 5 ::1961, 1963–64, 1978, 1982–83, 1992–93 * Beker van Suriname: ::2003, 2014 *

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: ::2003, 2014

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

: 5 appearances ::

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– Second Round (Caribbean) – Lost to Jong Colombia (

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) 3–2 on agg (stage 3 of 7) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to

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(Netherlands Antilles) 5–4 on agg (stage 1 of 4) ::

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to

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( French Guiana) 3–2 on agg (stage 1 of ?) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost to ASL Sport Guyanais (French Guiana) 3–1 on agg (stage 1 of 5) ::

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– Second Round (Caribbean) – Lost to Jong Colombia (Netherlands Antilles) 5–4 on pens (1–1 on agg) (stage 3 of 7) *

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Quarter-finals – Lost to Puerto Rico Islanders ( Puerto Rico) 7–1 (stage 2 of 4)

List of coaches

* Rufus Belgrave *

(1978–96) * Ronald Kolf (2003–08) * Etienne Remak (2009–2019) * Rogillio Kolf (2019–)

References

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