Surinam 1938

S.V.B. Eerste Klasse

No competition held.

At the start of the season, announced in February 1938, only four clubs were admitted to
the top level: Arsenal (formed by most of the first team of Cicerone in July 1937 when
they withdrew from that club), M.V.V., Transvaal and Voorwaarts.  As Voorwaarts withdrew,
that only left three clubs in the Eerste Klasse, who played a few small tournaments among
each other, all listed below, and various friendly matches, but no official league.

It is true that there are references in 1939 Surinam papers to Transvaal as champions,
but these all refer to the 1937 league, explicitly so in issues of "De West" from 15 and
17 February 1939 and "Suriname" from 16 February 1939 – these would not have referred
to Transvaal as "Kampioen S.V.B. 1937" if the club would also have won a title in 1938!

As can be seen from the results listed below, Transvaal arguably were the weakest of the
three Eerste Klasse clubs in 1938.

Pre-Season Tournament for 11 Silver Medals | Prachtbeker Tournament | 
M.V.V. Jubilee Tournament | S.V.B. Jubilee Tournament | B.G.F.A. Matches

Pre-Season Tournament for 11 Silver Medals

[Jan 11]
M.V.V.            -  Transvaal        [result not reported, possibly drawn]
[Jan 14]
Arsenal          3-1 M.V.V.           
[Jan 16]
Arsenal          4-1 Transvaal        
[Jan 21]
Transvaal        1-4 M.V.V.           
[Jan 23]
M.V.V.           2-0 Arsenal          
[Jan 28]
Transvaal        abd Arsenal          [abandoned at 0-0 with 8' left]
[Jan 30]
Transvaal        0-1 Arsenal          [remaining 8'; thanks to this win Arsenal won the tournament]

Table (missing one result):

 1.Arsenal            4  3  0  1   8- 4   6  Winners
 2.M.V.V.             3  2  0  1   7- 4   4
 3.Transvaal          3  0  0  3   2- 9   0

Prachtbeker Tournament

[Feb 18]
M.V.V.           1-3 Arsenal          
[Mar 1]
Arsenal          2-1 Transvaal        
[Apr 1]
M.V.V.           3-3 Transvaal        

Final Table:

 1.Arsenal            2  2  0  0   5- 2   4  Winners
 2.Transvaal          2  0  1  1   4- 5   1
 3.M.V.V.             2  0  1  1   4- 6   1

M.V.V. Jubilee Tournament

NB: on the occasion of the 12.5 year jubilee of M.V.V.

Semifinal [Jun 26, winners to play Arsenal in final]
M.V.V.           4-1 Transvaal        

Final [Jun 28]
M.V.V.           5-0 Arsenal          
NB: because of their win, M.V.V. won the gold medals

Silver Medal Match [Jul 3, between losers Jun 26 and losers Jun 28]
Transvaal        bt  Arsenal          
NB: Transvaal won the silver medals, Arsenal the bronze medals

S.V.B. Jubilee Tournament

NB: Moengo were a representative side from the Moengo Sport Comité in eastern Surinam.

[Sep 4]
M.V.V.           2-1 Transvaal        
Moengo           2-3 Arsenal          
[Sep 6]
Transvaal        2-1 Arsenal          
Moengo           0-1 M.V.V.           
[Sep 7]
M.V.V.           0-0 Arsenal          
Transvaal        0-2 Moengo           

NB: additionally, a match between the Moengo reserves and U.D.I. (Tweede Klasse)
    was played:
[Sep 7]
U.D.I.           1-2 Moengo B         

Final Table:

 1.M.V.V.             3  2  1  0   3- 1   5  Winners
 2.Arsenal            3  1  1  1   4- 4   3
 3.Moengo             3  1  0  2   4- 4   2
 4.Transvaal          3  1  0  2   3- 5   2

NB: after the above tournament, Moengo also played an S.V.B. selection.

[Sep 9]
S.V.B.           1-2 Moengo           
  [NB: this match was not for the Lewis Cup, contested seven weeks later in Moengo]

B.G.F.A. Matches

The B.G.F.A. team staying in Paramaribo to compete for the Amo Amateur Cup as guests
of the N.G.V.B. requested the S.V.B. to arrange some additional matches for them at
the Cultuurtuin ground; this request was willingly granted and the visitors played
five more matches, two against an S.V.B. selection, one against a Moengo side and
one against each of the two strongest Eerste Klasse clubs.

[Sep 11]
Moengo           2-1 B.G.F.A.         [HT: 0-0]
  [Landkoer (2); N.N. (inside left)]
[Sep 13]
S.V.B.           1-1 B.G.F.A.         [HT: 0-0]
[Sep 15]
Arsenal          3-0 B.G.F.A.         [HT: 0-0]
  [Samson, Naloop, Bromet]
[Sep 16]
S.V.B.           2-1 B.G.F.A.         [HT: 1-0]
[Sep 17]
M.V.V.           2-0 B.G.F.A.         [HT: 1-0]
  [Cairo (2)]
1937.
1939.
list of champions.
list of (super) cup finals.
list of foundation dates.
About this document

Sources: various Surinam newspapers available through Delpher
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 17 Jan 2023