Sport Vereniging Santos is an association football club from

Nieuw Nickerie Nieuw Nickerie. Retrieved 17 November 2009. is the third largest city in Suriname with a population estimated at . It is the capital city of the Nickerie district, and the terminus of the East-West Link. Nieuw Nickerie lies on the mouth of the N ...

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 ...

. The club currently compete in the

SVB Eerste Divisie The SVB Eerste Divisie is the highest football championship for clubs run by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond. The Topklasse is at the top of the system of Surinamese football championships. The league currently comprises twelve teams and operates a s ...

, the highest tier of football in Suriname.

History

Founded on 9 September 1964, S.V. Santos are the most successful football club from the Nickerie District in

. They play in the

Nickerie Voetbal Stadion Asraf Peerkhan Stadion, formerly the Nickerie Voetbal Stadion, is a association football, football stadium in Nieuw Nickerie, Nickerie District, Nickerie, Suriname. The stadium has a capacity of 3,400 visitors. It is the home stadium of (NVB), th ...

to a capacity of 3,400 people, the fourth largest stadium in the country. Having spent spells in both the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

and Eerste Klasse, the club currently compete in the lower divisions, having won the Lidbondentoernooi in 2015. The club were also able to win the Interdistrictentoernooi in both 1979 and 1991. In 2012 the club lost both its best players Xavier Perk and Gavinne Joseph to

S.V. Leo Victor Sport Vereniging Leo Victor, known as SV Leo Victor, is a Surinamese football (soccer), football club which currently plays in the SVB Eerste Divisie, Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion. ...

while competing in the Eerste Klasse, relegating back to the lower divisions the following season. In 2015 they promoted back to the Eerste Klasse.

Achievements

*Interdistrictentoernooi: 2 ::Winners: 1979, 1991 *Lidbondentoernooi: 1 ::Winners: 2015

References

{{SVB Eerste Klasse Santos Santos 1964 establishments in Suriname Association football clubs established in 1964