Suriname national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Natio A-Selektie Suriboys |
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| Association | Surinaamse Voetbal Bond (SVB) |
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) |
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) |
| Head coach | Roberto Gödeken |
| Most caps | Marlon Felter (44) |
| Top scorer | Stefano Rijssel (10) |
| Home stadium | André Kamperveen Stadion |
| FIFA code | SUR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 128  22 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 84 (August 2008) |
| Lowest | 191 (December 2015) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 153 8 (4 January 2017)
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| Highest | 70 (18 July 1971) |
| Lowest | 171 (June 2015) |
| First international | |
 Surinam 1–2 British Guiana  (Surinam; January 28, 1921) |
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| Biggest win | |
Surinam 9–0 French Guiana  (Surinam; March 2, 1947) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Aruba 8–1 Surinam (Surinam; June 6, 1946) Netherlands 9–2 Surinam (Surinam; July 30, 1958)  Mexico 8–1 Suriname  (Mexico; October 15, 1977) |
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| CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup |
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| Appearances | 2 (first in 1977) |
| Best result | Sixth place, 1977 |
The Suriname national football team (Dutch, "Surinaams voetbalelftal"; Sranantongo, "Sranankondre fubal pluga") is the national team of Suriname and is controlled by the Surinamese Football Association.
Although the former Dutch colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Guyana and French Guiana. Suriname was one of the founding members of CONCACAF in 1961. Suriname won the CFU Championship (Digicel Caribbean Cup predecessor) in 1978, were runners-up in 1979 and achieved a third place finish in 1985. Suriname does not welcome dual citizenship and Surinamese-Dutch players who have picked up a Netherlands passport – which, crucially, offers legal work status in almost any European league – are barred from selection to the national team. Many Suriname-born players and Dutch-born players of Surinamese descent, like Gerald Vanenburg, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Andwélé Slory, Ryan Babel, Patrick Kluivert, Aron Winter, Romeo Castelen, Royston Drenthe, Kenneth Vermeer, Virgil van Dijk, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Jeffrey Bruma, Jeremain Lens, Marciano Bruma, Kyle Ebecilio and many more turned out to play for Oranje. In 1999, Humphrey Mijnals, who played for both Suriname and the Netherlands, was elected Surinamese footballer of the century. Another famous player is André Kamperveen, who captained Suriname in the 1940s and was the first Surinamese to play professionally in the Netherlands.
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