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| Full name | Sport Vereniging Transvaal | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Transie Groen-Witte formatie (green-white formation) | |||
| Founded | 15 January 1921 | |||
| Ground | André Kamperveen Stadion Paramaribo, Suriname | |||
| Capacity | 7,100 | |||
| Owner | Rudisa Holding NV | |||
| Chairman | Ashween Achaibersing | |||
| Manager | Raymond Mannen | |||
| League | Suriname Major League | |||
| 2024 | Suriname Major League, 2nd of 10 | |||
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Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which plays in the top of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at André Kamperveen Stadion to a capacity of 7,100.
The team is one of Suriname's most successful, having won their first league championship in 1925, and having won a total of 19, good for second most in Suriname after Robinhood. Transvaal have also won the Beker van Suriname (Surinamese Cup) three times and the Suriname President's Cup twice (1997 and 2008). The biggest international successes were in 1973 and 1981, both resulting in CONCACAF Champions Cup victories. To date, they are the only Surinamese club to win the Champions' Cup (now Champions League).
SV Tranvaal were appointed by the IFFHS, as one of the top ten football clubs in CONCACAF of the 20th century standing in fifth position.
Since the launch of professional football on February 22, 2024,[1] S.V. Transvaal is competing in the professional Suriname Major League.[2]
- ^ Dagblad Suriname, SML Programma Week 4 & Standenlijst van de SVB, 11 March 2024 (in Dutch)
- ^ De Ware Tijd, Profvoetbal een gok, 26 February 2024 (in Dutch)