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Foundation
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. Nelom, who originally named the club, served as Robinhood's first chairman, although it is unknown what years he chaired the club. Founded in 1945 as a recreational team, Robinhood entered the Tweede Klasse, or the third tier of Surinamese football in 1946, which was the Surinamese Football Association's first organized barefoot league. Originally, in spite of early success in the third flight of Surinamese football, the club was denied entry into the second tier, or Eerste Klasse because the second division required players to wear boots. The subsequent season, Robinhood won the 1947 title over SV Urania, and won a dozen pairs of boots, allowing them to participate in the Eerste Klasse. The club's humble roots, earned them much popularity in the Paramaribo area, and quickly developed a large fanbase, as well as the theme Geen strijd, geen kroon, Dutch for "No Fight, No Crown". The club continued to ascend the flights of Surinamese football, eventually reaching the Hoofdklasse, the top Surinamese football league, in 1949. Following three consecutive runners-up in from 1950 through 1952, the…
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Legacy
Domestic
SVB Topklasse / Suriname Major League Champions: (27) 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958–59, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2022, 2022–23, 2024. Beker van Suriname Champions: (9) 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2024, 2025 Suriname President's Cup Champions: (9) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2016, 2018, 2024, 2024/25
Continental
CONCACAF Champions' Cup Runners-up: (5) 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup Champions: (1) 2023 Caribbean Club Championship Runners-up: (1) 2005 Caribbean Club Shield Champions: (2) 2019, 2023 Semi-finalists: (1) 2026
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Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional football club based in Paramaribo that competes in 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 25 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 five CONCACAF club championship finals in their history, Robinhood had never won a continental title until 2023, when they won both the 2023 Caribbean Shield and the 2023 Caribbean Cup.
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