1.FC Saarbrücken
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1. FC Saarbrücken is a Germany football (soccer) List of football clubs in Germany based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. 1.FC Saarbrücken began its existence as the football department of
Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903. That department split off in 1907 to form the independent football club
FV Malstatt-Burbach and on April 1, 1909 was re-named
FV Saarbrücken.
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History
1.FC Saarbrücken became part of the tier-one Kreisliga Saar in 1919, where it played with moderate success, a second place in the leagues last season, 1922-23 being its best result. From 1923, 1.FC Saarbrücken played in the
Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar - Saar division, winning the title there in 1927-28 but missed out on qualification to the new
Gauliga in 1933.
Play under the Third Reich
The team made its way to first division play in 1935 in the Gauliga Südwest, one of sixteen regional divisions established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. A league shuffle saw them in the Gauliga Südwest-Saarpfalz in 1940 and they won the division the next year. In 1943 they again won their division – now called the Gauliga Westmark – and advanced through the playoff rounds to the national final where they were defeated 0:3 by
Dresdner SC. The next year they only made it as far as the quarterfinals where they were put out by
1. FC Nuremberg. During the last years of World War II in 1943-1945 1.FC Saarbrücken had played as a combined wartime side (Kriegsspielgemeinschaft Saarbrücken) with
SC Altenkessel.
Post war and French exile
After the war, occupying Allied authorities dissolved all forms of organizations within Germany, including sports and football clubs. The team was allowed to reform late in 1945, but only under the new name
1. FC Saarbrücken. 1.FC Saarbrücken played its first three seasons of postwar football in the first division Oberliga Südwest-Nord, winning the division championship in 1946.
The German state of Saarland, where the city of Saarbrücken is located, was occupied by the French after the war. They made various efforts to see the state become independent of Germany or join France. In sport this was manifested as separate 1952 Olympic and Football World Cup 1954 (qualification) teams for Saarland and the establishment of a short-lived football league for the state called the Ehrenliga. In 1948,
1. FC Saarbrücken was one of a number of sides forced out of German football, but unlike other clubs they did not play in the puppet league: instead the strong side became part of the French second division as
FC Sarrebruck. They won the division handily, six points clear of
Girondins Bordeaux, but were refused promotion into the French first division to avoid the potential embarrassment of having a German side romp through the league.
Saarbrücken withdrew from the league and began play in a series of friendlies over the next two years. They organized a tournament in 1949-1950 called Internationaler Saarland Pokal (International Saarland Cup) that had them play fifteen home matches against teams from Austria, Chile, Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. The top three sides then joined hosts
Saarbrücken in a playoff round, which the home team eventually won in a 4:0 victory over
Stade Rennais UC of France. The next year fellow Saarlanders
Borussia Neunkirchen co-hosted the tournament which this time included more German sides. The tournament was abandoned for 1952 as agreement was reached to allow teams from the Saarland re-admission to the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or German Football Association).
This episode in the history of German football would play itself out with the odd appearance of a separate side from Saarland in the 1954 World Cup preliminary rounds. Without a proper home in either of the German or French leagues, Saarland had established a separate football association with membership in FIFA.
1. FC Saarbrücken sent ten players to that national side and the Saarlanders acquitted themselves well, finishing second in their group ahead of Norway and behind group winner West Germany.
Saarbrücken would also make an appearance in the 1956 European Cup as Saarland's representative and go out against
AC Milan in the first round, after winning its away leg.
The Return to German Football and Entry to the Bundesliga
Saarbrücken returned to the Oberliga Südwest (1945-63) in 1952 and continued their winning ways by capturing the division and advancing to the national final for the second time, dropping a 1:2 decision to
VfB Stuttgart. They continued to field strong sides but over the next decade could only manage one more Oberliga title, in 1961.
In 1963, Germany finally saw the creation of a top flight national league with the formation of the Bundesliga (football). Sixteen teams were selected to play in the new league based on their performance, financial health and a geographical distribution intended to fairly represent all parts of the country. The first eight selections were straight forward and included divisional champions and the national finalists.
Saarbrückens selection to the new league was arguably the most controversial as 1.FC Saarbrücken's recent record was not as good as their divisional rivals Neunkirchen, FK Pirmasens and Wormatia Worms. The belief is that their advantage lay in the fact that 1.FC Saarbrücken had a long association with Hermann Neuberger, an extremely influential figure in German football – and a member of the selection committee.
At the end of the inaugural Bundesliga season in 1963-1964 Saarbrücken found themselves dead last, seven points short of safety. 1.FC Saarbrücken was relegated to the second tier Regionalliga Südwest (1963-74) where they finished strongly in each of the next three seasons, but were unable to advance through the Bundesliga promotion rounds. They were finally able to make their way back to the top flight after a first place finish in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81) in the 1976 season. After two seasons there 1.FC Saarbrücken returned to second division and by 1981 had slipped to the Amateur Oberliga Südwest (III). There were two more turns in the Bundesliga, in 1986 and 1993, both ending in relegation. A financial crisis in 1995 led to 1.FC Saarbrücken being denied a license and had them sent down to the Regionalliga West/Südwest (III). Saarbrücken has since become an "elevator crew" with frequent moves between tier II through V football. During this time 1.FC Saarbrücken remained a strong local side with a half dozen Saarland-Pokal wins to its credit.
Current
1. FC Saarbrücken finished 16th in 2005-06 and was relegated to the Regionalliga Süd (III). Another poor showing in 2006-07 saw 1.FC Saarbrücken in 15th and relegated again, this time to the fourth division Oberliga Südwest, where they narrowly missed out on Regionalliga promotion in 2007-08. However, they finished champions of Oberliga Südwest in 2008-2009 season and promoted to the Regionalliga West.
Honours
First class
- German championship runners-up: 1943
- Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar (I) champions: 1926
- Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar (Saar division) (I) champions: 1928
- Gauliga Westmark (I) champions: 1943, 1944 (as
KSG Saarbrücken)
- Ehrenliga Saarland (I) champions: 1951
- Oberliga Südwest (1945-63) (I) champions: 1961
Others
- Regionalliga Südwest (1963-74) (II) champions: 1965
- 2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81) (II) champions: 1976
- 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (southern group) (II) champions: 1992
- Oberliga Südwest (III-V) champions: 1983, 2009
- Regionalliga West/Südwest (III) champions: 2000
Cup
- Saarland Cup winners: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
Youth
- German Under 19 championship (football) runners-up: 1969
- German Under 17 championship (football) runners-up: 1996
Recent seasons
Notable Players
;
- Chadli Amri
;
- Peter Buljan
;
- Volkan Özgün
- Gernot Plassnegger
- Hannes Reinmayr
- Philipp Weissenberger
- Thomas Winklhofer
;
- Gunter Thiebaut
;
- Almir Delic
- Nazif Hajdarović
- Sanel Nuhic
- Vahid Spago
;
- José Luis Ortiz
;
- Marcio Giovanini
;
- Erol Sabanov
;
- Pierre Hallé
- Marcel Mahouvé
;
- Julian de Gúzman
- Tam Nsaliwa
- Victor Oppong
;
- Jean-Claude Mpassy
;
- Mladen Bartolovic
- Stipe Brnas
- Igor Budisa
- Ante Čović (Croatian footballer)
- Danijel Kovacevic
- Matej Sucurovic
- Rafael Susic
;
- Henrich Bencik
;
- Hany Ramzy
;
- Philippe Chrismousse
- Yannick Dekoun
- Guillaume Deschamps
- Alexis Genet
- Charles Haffner
- Clément Halet
- Julien Humbert
- Jonathan Jager
- Christian Nzinga
- Pascal Stelletta
- Björn Tarillon
;
- Thomas Stratos
;
- Tamás Koltai
;
- Alessandro Caruso
- Raffaele Daniel Erba
- Claudio Marasa
;
- Nobutaka Suzuki
;
- Manfred Bender
- Marc Birkenbach
- Matthias Breitkreutz
- Harald Ebertz
- Peter Eich
- Mike Frantz
- Marco Gebhardt
- Holger Greilich
- Philipp Haastrup
- Matthias Hagner
- Norbert Hofmann
- Manuel Hornig
- Karsten Hutwelker
- Stephan Kling
- Rainer Krieg
- Christian Kritzer
- Torsten Lieberknecht
- Sven Lintjens
- Julien Lücke
- Bernd Maier
- Martin Molz
- Thorsten Nehrbauer
- Michael Oelkuch
- Stephan Otte
- Sebastian Pelzer
- Torsten Reuter
- Rüdiger Rehm
- Hilko Ristau
- Alexander Rosen
- Tobias Rott
- Oliver Schäfer
- Sven Scheuer
- Tim Schwartz
- Fabian Seel
- Marco Stark
- Stephan Straub
- Christian Stuff
- Christian Weber
- Philipp Wollscheid
- Marc Ziegler
;
- Taifour Diane
;
- Mansour Assoumani
;
- Faysal El Idrissi
- Mustapha Hadji
;
- Raymond Beerens
- Henri Heeren
;
- Echendu Adiele
- Jonathan Akpoborie
- Sambo Choji
- Stephen Musa
- Anthony Tieku
;
- Kosta Rodrigues
;
- Leo Florin Grozavu
;
- Ivan Dudic
;
- Aimen Demai
;
- Aydin Ay
- Gökhan Impis
- Arif Karaoglan
- Yilmaz Örtülü
- Mahir Saglik
;
- Anatoli Muschinka
Women's football
In 1997 the women's football team of VfR 09 Saarbrücken left VfR to join 1. FC Saarbrücken. The team has recently achieved promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga (women). Their greatest success was an appearance in the Frauen DFB Pokal 2007–08 where they lost 1–5 to 1. FFC Frankfurt.
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