Saarland national football team

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The Saarland national football team (Template:Langx) was the association football team representing the Saar Protectorate in international football from 1950 to 1956 during the French occupation following World War II. As France opposed the inclusion of the Saarland in the Federal Republic of Germany until 1956, they administered it separately from Germany as the Saar Protectorate.

As the local population did not want to join France, separate organisations were founded. A National Olympic Committee was founded in 1950, leading to an appearance of Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Also, considering themselves not an independent nation different from Germany, the football team was not designated as a "national team", and was more generally referred to as a "selection" (Template:Langx) or some similar term.<ref>Not all players were "natives" anyway as some had joined Saarland clubs from elsewhere, like Ringel, Immig or goalkeepers Borcherding and Jirasek; see List of Saarland international footballers</ref>

History

Due to post-war partition, Saarland was separate from both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The Saarländischer Fußballbund (SFB) was founded on 25 July 1948 in Sulzbach, with Willy Koch as first chairman. The clubs of the Saarland played in the local Ehrenliga for three seasons from 1948 to 1951, with the exception of the strong 1. FC Saarbrücken club, which played as guests in French Ligue 2 in 1948–49, where they were known as FC Sarrebruck. They easily finished top of the division that season. However, after French clubs voted unanimously against them joining the French Football Federation (resulting in the resignation of president Jules Rimet, who had suggested that Saarbrücken join), the club left the French league.

Not interested in rejoining the weak Ehrenliga, Saarbrücken established a short-lived invitational tournament in 1949, the Internationaler Saarlandpokal, which attracted a number of top teams, and is regarded as a forerunner to the European Cup.<ref>Saarland 1950–55 Template:Webarchive When Saturday Comes, May 2008</ref> In 1955, Saarbrücken became the sole club representing Saarland in the newborn European Champion Clubs' Cup, winning the first leg in San Siro against the Italian champions AC Milan (3–4), but they were heavily defeated (1–4) and eliminated in the second leg at home by the Lombard opponents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By that time, however, 1.FCS and other leading Saarland clubs had already rejoined the DFB league system, playing in the Oberliga Südwest on a mutual agreement.

On 17 July 1949, the members of the SFB declined a proposal to apply for membership in the French Football Federation by a vote of 609–299 (55 abstentions). Led by new president Hermann Neuberger since 14 May 1950, the SFB became part of FIFA on 12 June 1950, three months before the German Football Association DFB was reinstated, and two years before the East German association was accepted.

The Saarland team was made up largely of footballers from 1. FC Saarbrücken and was buttressed by players from SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken and Borussia Neunkirchen, with occasional representation from clubs including SV St. Ingbert 1945, FC 1912 Ensdorf, and ASC Dudweiler.

The team played only 19 games, 10 of these against "B" squads, but did participate in the 1954 World Cup qualifiers, finishing ahead of Norway in their group by defeating them in Oslo; it was Saarland's only win ever against a full senior team. Prior to the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, on 5 June, they hosted a game against defending World Champion Uruguay, losing 1–7. Other "A" team opponents in friendlies were Yugoslavia (1–5), the Netherlands (1–2, 2–3) and Switzerland (1–1). The only match played outside of Europe was against Uruguay in Montevideo.

Following a referendum in 1955 and the Saar Treaty, Saarland became part of the Federal Republic of Germany with effect on 1 January 1957. The SFB ended its separate FIFA membership and became part of the DFB as the SFV (de: Saarländischer Fußballverband). Coach Helmut Schön, who had managed the Saarland team since 1952, went on to coach the successful Germany national team in the 1960s and 1970s. Hermann Neuberger, a native of the Saarland, proposed the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1962, organized the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and served as president of the DFB from 1975 until his death in 1992.

FIFA World Cup record

  • 1950 – Did not enter, accepted as FIFA members only two weeks before the tournament
  • 1954 – Did not qualify
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
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1954 World Cup qualifying

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The only time that the Saarland entered the World Cup or European Championship qualifiers was for the 1954 World Cup. They were drawn in Group 1 alongside West Germany and Norway, in a triangular series. In the opening round in summer 1953, they won their only competitive away match, beating Norway 3–2 in Oslo after trailing 0–2, and with only 10 effective players, after an early substitute due to injury, and Theodor Puff staying on the field with a broken fibula. Thus they still topped the group after West Germany drew their game in Oslo. Saarland were emphatically beaten 3–0 by West Germany in Stuttgart and could only manage a 0–0 draw at home against Norway. Both German teams were placed joint first until West Germany beat Norway 5–1, putting an end to Norwegian hopes. The remaining inter-German match, to be played after a four-month winter hiatus, would decide which one of the German teams should advance to the tournament in Switzerland.

Saarland, which had already secured second in the group ahead of Norway, needed a win at home to finish first, yet lost 3–1. Unbeaten West Germany topped the final ranking, went to Switzerland and won the 1954 World Cup there. Sepp Herberger would have capped Kurt Clemens for West Germany, but he was ineligible like all others who had played international games for Saarland.

This was the Saarland's only separate entry in the World Cup; its players, coaches and staff would join West Germany to assist in the defence of the World Cup in 1958.

FIFA World Cup qualification
Date Venue Opponents Score Saarland scorers Year
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Template:Dts Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken Template:Fb 0–0 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
Template:Dts Template:Fb 1–3 Martin (pen.) 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Player records

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In total, 42 players appeared for the Saarland national team.<ref name="caps">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Waldemar Philippi holds the record for the most caps, appearing in 18 out of the team's 19 matches and only missing a friendly against Uruguay in 1954.<ref name="caps"/>

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Most caps

Rank Player Caps Goals
1 Waldemar Philippi 18 0
2 Herbert Martin 17 6
3 Gerhard Siedl 16 4
4 Erwin Strempel 14 0
5 Herbert Binkert 12 6
Theodor Puff 12 0
7 Nikolaus Biewer 11 0
8 Kurt Clemens 10 0
Albert Keck 10 0
Peter Momber 10 1

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All goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Average
1 Herbert Binkert 6 12 Template:Round
Herbert Martin 6 17 Template:Round
3 Erich Leibenguth 5 5 Template:Round
4 Gerhard Siedl 4 16 Template:Round
Heinz Vollmar 4 4 Template:Round
6 Fritz Altmeyer 3 6 Template:Round
7 Karl Berg 1 9 Template:Round
Werner Emser 1 3 Template:Round
Ewald Follmann 1 3 Template:Round
Peter Krieger 1 4 Template:Round
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Robert Niederkirchner 1 1 Template:Round
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Karl Ringel 1 2 Template:Round

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Clean sheets

Two goalkeepers managed to keep a clean sheet in Saarland's nineteen matches.

Player Caps Clean sheet Average
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Erwin Strempel 14 8 November 1953 Template:Fbb 0–0 Template:Round
Hans Neuerburg 1 3 June 1956 Template:Fbb 0–0 Template:Round

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Managers

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Results

19 matches played: 6 wins, 3 draws, 10 losses<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Record by opponent

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Anthem

Saarland, having just been separated from Germany, did not have a national anthem of its own, and so the first international football fixture (1950 vs. Switzerland) was the reason to establish the Saarlandlied as the anthem for such events.

See also

References

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