SV Robinhood · History

Sport Vereniging Robinhood, known as SV Robinhood, is a football club from Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, founded on 6 February 1945.

Two decades of dominance

Robinhood won their first Hoofdklasse title, the top flight of Surinamese football, in 1953 and added more in the following years. Their great era came between 1971 and 1990, when they won thirteen national championships. Later titles followed in 1993–94 and 1994–95, 2004–05, 2011–12 and 2017–18.

Five CONCACAF finals

That strength carried the club to five finals of the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup, all of them lost. In 1972 they fell 1–0 on aggregate to Olimpia of Honduras; in 1976, 8–3 to Águila of El Salvador; in 1977, 2–1 to Mexico’s América; and in 1982, 3–2 to Pumas. The fifth came in the 1983 edition, whose final was played in January and February 1984: after a 1–1 draw in Suriname, Atlante won 5–0 in Mexico to take their first continental title.

Caribbean trophies

International silverware arrived in the 21st century. In April 2019 Robinhood won the Caribbean Club Shield, beating Club Franciscain of Martinique 1–0 in the final at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao. On 13 August 2023 they won the competition again, 5–1 against another Martinique side, Golden Lion, in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The same year they entered the first CONCACAF Caribbean Cup. In the semi-finals they drew 1–1 on aggregate with Moca FC of the Dominican Republic and went through on penalties, with goalkeeper Jonathan Fonkel saving two kicks. In the final they faced Jamaica’s Cavalier and, in the second leg at the National Stadium in Kingston in December 2023, won 2–0 with goals from Franklin Singodikromo and Jamilhio Rigters for a 3–0 aggregate win. The title earned them a place in the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.