2010–11 SVB Hoofdklasse

The 2010–11 Surinamese Hoofdklasse is the 78th season of the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest football league competition of Suriname. The season began on November 17, 2010 and will conclude on September 14, 2011.^[1] Inter Moengotapoe are the defending champions.

Hoofdklasse

Season	2010–11
Champions	Inter Moengo (4th title)
Premiers	WBC (1st title)
Relegated	The Brothers
CFU Club Championship	Inter Moengotapoe
Matches played	132
Goals scored	462 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amaktie Maasie (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Leo Victor 7–0 Excelsior
Biggest away win	The Brothers 0–6 Robinhood
Highest scoring	Kamal 4–5 Inter Excelsior 6–3 Leo Victor
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Changes from 2009–10

• FCS Nacional and Jai Hanuman were relegated to the Eerste Klasse.
• Excelsior and Kamal Dewaker were promoted to the Hoofdklasse
• The league will play a balanced schedule with 18 games; each team playing every other team twice: home and away. At the conclusion of this, the league will be split into two groups. The teams placed 1st through 6th will play a 10-game double round robin schedule for the championship and Suriname's CFU Club Championship spots, while the teams placed 7th through 10th will play a 6-game double round robin schedule for a direct relegation spot and a promotion/relegation playoff spot.

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Boskamp	Ricardo Lanveld	Ulrich Reding	Diadora
The Brothers			Joma	Digicel
Excelsior			Umbro	Digicel
Inter Moengotapoe	Eduard Redjosentono	Jerome Strijder	Jako	Brunswijkorporate
Kamal Dewaker			Umbro
Leo Victor		Faizel Hoogdorp	Umbro	Coca-Cola
Robinhood	Arno Burleson	Richard Reynolds	Adidas	Staatoue
Transvaal	William Bundel		Joma	Enfinity
Voorwaarts		Ruiz Kromorejo	Legea	Guinness
WBC	Jimmy Hoepel	Johannes Asaimi	Adidas	Digicel

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Walking Bout Company	18	14	3	1	47	17	+30	45	Championship group
2	Inter Moengotapoe	18	14	1	3	50	26	+24	43
3	Transvaal	18	9	3	6	37	25	+12	30
4	Leo Victor	18	7	6	5	34	28	+6	27
5	Kamal Dewaker	18	6	5	7	26	27	−1	23
6	Excelsior	18	6	5	7	25	27	−2	23
7	Robinhood	18	5	3	10	32	44	−12	18	Relegation group
8	Boskamp	18	3	6	9	22	35	−13	15
9	Voorwaarts	18	4	2	12	18	38	−20	14
10	The Brothers	18	3	4	11	16	40	−24	13

Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	BOS	BRO	EXC	INT	KAM	LEO	ROB	TRA	VOO	WBC
Boskamp		1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–4	3–0	2–1
The Brothers	0–0		3–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–4	1–0	0–3
Excelsior	1–0	3–1		4–1	1–2	1–0	5–2	0–0	0–0	0–3
Inter Moengotapoe	3–1	7–1	3–1		2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	5–2	0–1
Kamal Dewaker	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–5		2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
Leo Victor	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–1		3–4	2–1	4–0	0–4
Robinhood	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–4		2–2	2–3	2–4
Transvaal	3–1	5–0	4–2	0–1	3–1	1–4	3–1		3–1	0–3
Voorwaarts	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–4	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–1		0–1
Walking Bout Company	3–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–3	2–1	6–1

Source: FIFA.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

	1st place
	Championship group
	Relegation group

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Walking Bout Company	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Inter Moengotapoe	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Transvaal	6	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Leo Victor	7	4	6	5	5	5	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Kamal Dewaker	8	6	9	8	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Excelsior	4	8	10	10	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Robinhood	9	9	8	7	6	6	7	9	10	10	9	7	8	7	7	7	7	7
Boskamp	5	8	4	6	9	9	10	10	9	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	10	8
Voorwaarts	2	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	7	8	9	8	8	9
The Brothers	10	10	9	9	7	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10

Source: FIFA.com

Second round

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	WBC	LEO	EXC	TRA	KAM
1	Inter Moengotapoe (C)	10	7	1	2	21	10	+11	22	Qualification for 2012 CFU Club Championship			1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1
2	Walking Bout Company	10	6	0	4	20	14	+6	18			4–3		1–0	3–2	1–2	5–0
3	Leo Victor	10	5	0	5	22	17	+5	15			0–2	3–2		7–0	3–1	2–1
4	Excelsior	10	5	0	5	17	27	−10	15			0–4	2–1	6–3		2–1	1–0
5	Transvaal	10	4	1	5	17	15	+2	13			1–3	1–2	1–0	5–0		1–2
6	Kamal Dewaker	10	2	0	8	8	22	−14	6			1–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	1–3

Source: Standings: FIFA.com and Results: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ROB	BOS	VOO	BRO
7	Robinhood	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	12[a]				0–2	2–0	4–2
8	Boskamp	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9			1–2		1–2	4–2
9	Voorwaarts (Q)	6	2	1	3	9	15	−6	7	Hoofdklasse relegation play-off		1–5	2–0		3–3
10	The Brothers (R)	6	1	1	4	12	20	−8	4	Relegation to 2011–12 Eerste Klasse		0–6	1–2	4–1

Source: Standings: FIFA.com and Results: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Robinhood were docked 3 points.

Related Competitions

CFU Club Championship

Main article: 2011 CFU Club Championship

The 2009–10 Hoofdklasse champion and finalist were admitted into the subcontinental tournament, the 2011 CFU Club Championship. The two clubs were Inter Moengotapoe and Walking Bout Company respectively.

Inter was paired up against Guyanese champions, Milerock in the first round of the tournament. WBC faced off against the St. Lucian champions, Northern United All Stars. In the first round, Inter lost 3–2 on aggregate to Milerock,^[2] while WBC defeated Northern United 6–1 on aggregate.^[3]

Upon defeat Northern United, WBC took on defending CFU champions, Puerto Rico Islanders, in the second elimination round of the tournament.^[4] The first leg opted to be in favor of WBC, as they took a 1–0 lead in the match. However, at the tail end of the match, the Islanders drew level with WBC. On May 14, WBC took on the Islanders in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and ended their Champions League hopes with a 7–0 defeat. Still, WBC advanced the furthest in modern-day CONCACAF history to date.^[5]

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

WBC and Leo Victor came close to qualifying for the Champions League, but fell short in the second round. WBC and Inter Moengo could have qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League by finishing in the top three of the 2011 CFU Club Championship, however they did not do so.