S.V. Transvaal
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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; 94 years ago |
| Ground |
André Kamperveen Stadion Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Capacity | 7,100 |
| Owner | Rudisa Holding NV |
| Chairman | Isfahany Nagessersingh |
| Manager | Raymond Mannen |
| League | Topklasse |
| 2015–16 | 2nd |
Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in the Hoofdklasse, the top flight 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).
Tranvaal was appointed by the IFFHS, as one of the top ten football clubs in CONCACAF of the 20th century standing in fifth position. The club kit manufacturer was Topper (sports).
Founded on 15 January 1921 by Hendrik School students, a middle school in Paramaribo, Suriname, S.V. Transvaal is unusually named after the former province of South Africa, Transvaal Province. It was founded in the same year as two other clubs from Paramaribo, namely Olympia and Ajax. The first three years prior to the foundation of organized football in Suriname, Transvaal played on the Gouvernementsplein in Paramaribo amongst various other clubs, competing in leagues of different associations. 1923 marked the official start of organized football in Suriname, with Transvaal starting in the Tweede Klasse (present day Eerste Klasse), the second flight of football in Suriname. 1923 also marked the inauguration of the Cultuurtuinlaan, the new football facility, built by Dr. E. Snellen, the director of agriculture in Suriname. Transvaal participated in the inaugural ceremony, where they beat Juliana in a 2–0 win. Transvaal remained tenants of the Cultuurtuinlaan for the next 30 years until completion of the National Stadium.
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