S.V. Robinhood
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| Full name | Sport Vereniging Robinhood |
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| Founded | 6 February 1945 |
| Ground |
Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion Paramaribo |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Chairman |
 Ramon Abrahams |
| Manager |
Johan Vorstwijk |
| League | Topklasse |
| 2015–16 | 7th |
Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and a record of five Beker van Surinames and President's Cups apiece. The club was the first Surinamese club to make the final of a North American tournament, reaching the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final. Though making four CONCACAF club championships in their history, Robinhood has never won a continental title.
A majority of the club's success was during the 1970s and 1980s at the helm of longtime manager, Ronald Kolf, who led the club to the 30 of 31 honors received. Following Kolf's departure in 2003, many cite a regression in Robinhood's form, as the club has failed to win any major trophy since 2005, when the club earned the double with the Hoofdklasse and Beker van Suriname titles.
SV Robinhood was appointed by the IFFHS, as one of the Twenty clubs in the 20th century. getting third place in the tenth.
In 2014, Robinhood was relegated to the Eerste Klasse (second division). The 2014–15 campaign will be the first time the club has played outside of the first division since 1948. After one season in the Eerste Klasse, Robinhood won the relegation play-offs and was promoted back to the Hoofdklasse.
SV Robinhood was founded by Anton Blijd on 6 February 1945. The original purpose of the club was to offer poorer boys and men living in central Paramaribo a chance to participate in a community activity. The distinct origins of the name "Robinhood" are not entirely known, but it has been reported that a man named J. Nelom proposed that the club be given the name. Mr. Nelom, who originally named the club, served as Robinhood's first chairman, although it is unknown what years he chaired the club.
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