André Kamperveen Stadion
| National Stadion | |
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| Former names | National Stadion Suriname Stadion |
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| Location | Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Coordinates | 5°50′14.6″N 55°09′38.9″W / 5.837389°N 55.160806°W |
| Owner | City and District of Paramaribo |
| Operator | Surinaamse Voetbal Bond |
| Capacity | 7,100 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 29 August 1953 |
| Construction cost | ƒ 310.000,00 |
| Architect | Nagel |
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Suriname national football team (1953–) Suriname Athletics (1953–) Suriname Cycling (1953–) Transvaal (1953–) Robinhood (1953–2014) Walking Boyz Company (1997–2014, 2016–) |
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André Kamperveen Stadium formerly the National Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Paramaribo, Suriname. Since its opening in 1953, the stadium has been the official home stadium of both football teams S.V. Transvaal and S.V. Robinhood and the official national stadium of the Suriname national football team. With an official capacity of 7,100, it is the largest stadium in Suriname.
Regarded as one of the most famous and iconic football stadiums in the Guianas, the stadium is also home to the Suriname Athletics Federation (SAB) as well as the Suriname Cycling Union (SWU). In 1997 Walking Boyz Company joined Transvaal and Robinhood as the third football team to make the stadium their home. In 2014 both Robinhood and Walking Boyz Company relocated to the Frank Essed Stadion, with Robinhood ending a 51-year tenure at the Stadium.
The stadium is named after André Kamperveen, one of the country's most famous athletes, sports directors, journalist, philanthropist and the first president of the Caribbean Football Union.
André Kamperveen Stadion is located in Rainville, Paramaribo on the Stadionlaan, right off the Letitia Vriesdelaan, next door to the office building of the Surinamese Football Association, and across the street from the playing fields 'Owru Cul' which served as the predecessor of the current stadium on the Cultuurtuinlaan from 1923 to 1953.
The André Kamperveen Stadium, formerly the National Stadium and later the Suriname stadium, is the largest sports facility in Suriname. It opened on August 29, 1953 with a grand ceremonial opening, but prior to this event, there was the construction of another sports field on the Cultuurtuinlaan with a long history behind it, namely the 'Owru Cul'.
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