The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

On 19 November 2019, Suriname qualified for the 2021 Gold Cup with a 2–1 CONCACAF Nations League win over Nicaragua.^[1] It was their debut in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and their first appearance in a CONCACAF tournament since 1985.

At the tournament, Suriname played against Costa Rica, Jamaica and Guadeloupe in Group C.^[2]

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not qualify
1965
1967
1971	Withdrew
1973	Did not qualify
1977	Group stage	6th	5	0	0	5	6	17
1981	Did not qualify
1985	Group stage	9th	4	0	1	3	2	9
1989	Did not qualify
CONCACAF Gold Cup
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Withdrew
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not enter
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	5
2023	Did not qualify
Total	Group stage	6th	12	1	1	10	11	31

Match overview

Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue
1977	Final round	Guatemala	2–3	Monterrey
		Canada	1–2	Mexico City
		Mexico	1–8	Monterrey
		El Salvador	2–3	Monterrey
		Haiti	0–1	Mexico City
1985	Group stage	El Salvador	0–3	San Salvador
		El Salvador	0–3	San Salvador
		Honduras	1–1	Tegucigalpa
		Honduras	1–2	Tegucigalpa
2021	Group stage	Jamaica	0–2	Orlando
		Costa Rica	1–2	Orlando
		Guadeloupe	2–1	Houston

Record by opponent

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	W	D	L	Pld	GF	GA
Canada	0	0	1	1	1	2
Costa Rica	0	0	1	1	1	2
El Salvador	0	0	3	3	2	9
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	2	1
Guatemala	0	0	1	1	2	3
Haiti	0	0	1	1	0	1
Honduras	0	1	1	2	2	3
Jamaica	0	0	1	1	0	2
Mexico	0	0	1	1	1	8