2016–17 SVB Topklasse

The 2016–17 Telesur Topklasse is the 84th season of top tier Suriname football league and 1st season of the Topklasse, the highest football league competition of Suriname. The season began in November 2016, and ended in June 2017.^[1] Telesur became official broadcaster and sponsor of the Topklasse before the start of this season.

Topklasse

Season	2016–17
Champions	Inter Moengotapoe 9th title
Relegated	Jong Rambaan
CFU Club Championship	Inter Moengotapoe Leo Victor
Top goalscorer	21 goals Ivanildo Rozenblad (Robinhood)
Biggest home win	10 goals WBC 6-4 Jong Rambaan
Biggest away win	8 goals Robinhood 2-6 WBC
Highest scoring	10 goals WBC 6-4 Jong Rambaan
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Changes from 2015–16

League expanded to 12 teams and changed names from Hoofdklasse to Topklasse.
Excelsior and Takdier Boys relegated to Eerste Klasse now known as the Hoofdklasse. Jong Rambaan, PVV, SNL and Voorwaarts were promoted from the Eerste Klasse.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Lelydorp

Meerzorg

Moengo

Paramaribo

Botopasi

Location of the teams

Team	Location	Stadium
Botopasi	Botopasi	Mgr. Aloysius Zichem Sportcentrum (Paramaribo)
Inter Moengotapoe	Moengo	Ronnie Brunswijkstadion
Jong Rambaan	Lelydorp	LSB Stadion
Leo Victor	Paramaribo	Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion
Nishan 42	Meerzorg	Meerzorg Stadion
Notch	Moengo	Moengo Stadion
PVV	Paramaribo	Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion
Robinhood	Paramaribo	Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion
SNL	Paramaribo	Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion
Transvaal	Paramaribo	Andre Kamperveen Stadion
Voorwaarts	Paramaribo	Voorwaartsveld
WBC	Paramaribo	Andre Kamperveen Stadion

League table and results

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		LEO	INT	WBC	ROB	NIS	TRV	BOT	VOW	PVV	JRA	NOT	SNL
1	Leo Victor	22	15	4	3	49	20	+29	49	CFU Club Championship		—	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	4–0	2–0	5–0
2	Inter Moengotapoe	22	15	4	3	47	19	+28	49			2–1	—	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
3	WBC	22	14	5	3	58	31	+27	47			0–1	4–1	—	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–3	4–1	2–2	6–4	4–1	3–1
4	Robinhood	22	12	7	3	59	29	+30	43			2–2	1–0	2–6	—	1–1	0–0	5–1	4–1	7–1	1–1	8–0	2–1
5	Nishan 42	22	7	9	6	34	33	+1	30			2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	—	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1
6	Transvaal	22	8	5	9	28	30	−2	29			0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–3	—	2–1	0–1	1–0	6–2	2–1	2–1
7	Botopasi	22	8	3	11	39	40	−1	27			2–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	3–3	1–1	—	2–4	1–0	5–0	-4-2	0–1
8	Voorwaarts	22	8	3	11	26	37	−11	27			1–5	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1
9	PVV	22	5	5	12	31	50	−19	20			3–0	1–3	3–3	1–4	3–2	1–2	2–4	2–2	—	2–1	2–1	1–1
10	Jong Rambaan[a] (R)	22	5	4	13	32	58	−26	19	Tweede Divisie		1–3	0–5	6–4	2–5	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	—	2–1	3–1
11	Notch	22	5	3	14	22	47	−25	18			0–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	4–4	—	2–0
12	SNL	22	3	2	17	17	48	−31	11			0–3	1–4	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 June 2017.
Source: Soccerway SME Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Jong Rambaan were refused a license for the 2017/18 season.

Championship decider

Leo Victor	1 – 2	Inter Moengotapoe
	Report

June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11)

23:00

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivanildo Rozenblad	Robinhood	21
2	Wensley Christoph	Notch	7
3	Jimmy Patrick	P.V.V.	6
4	Gilberto Cronie	Leo Victor	5
4	Ruben Garcia Abreu	Nishan	5
4	Cereso Haboo	Robinhood	5
7	Galgyto Talea	Notch	4
7	Ivanildo Misidjan	Leo Victor	4
9	Gregory Rigters	WBC	3
9	Donovan Loswijk	SNL	3
9	Shorano Mawi	Voorwaarts	3

source: FIFA

Related competitions

• 2016-17 SVB Eerste Klasse
• 2016-17 SVB Tweede Klasse
• 2016-17 SVB Beker van Suriname
• 2016-17 SVB President's Cup