Saarland national soccer team

Saarland

Association	Saarland Football Association (SFB)
confederacy	UEFA
Head coach	Helmut Schön (last)
Record scorer	Herbert Binkert , Herbert Martin (6)
Record player	Waldemar Philippi (18)
Home stadium	Saarbrücken
FIFA code	SAA
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
19 games 6 wins 3 draws 10 losses
statistics
First international match Saarland 5: 3 Switzerland B ( Saarbrücken , Saarland ; November 22, 1950)
Last game Netherlands 3-2 Saarland ( Amsterdam , Netherlands ; June 6, 1956)
Biggest win Switzerland B 2: 5 Saarland ( Bern , Switzerland ; September 15, 1951)
Biggest defeat Saarland 1: 7 Uruguay ( Saarbrücken , Saarland ; June 5, 1954)
(As of July 27, 2012)

The Saarland football team was the team of the Saarland Football Association (SFB) from 1950 to 1956, as the then autonomous Saarland was an independent member of the world football association FIFA at that time . The Saarland NOK , which achieved participation in the 1952 Summer Olympics , was comparable .

history

The team played 19 international matches. Among other things, Saarland met the German national team in qualifying for the 1954 World Cup . The first game was lost in Stuttgart 3-0, in the second leg they lost 3-1 at Ludwigsparkstadion in Saarbrücken , but in the group they were able to hold their own thanks to an away win in Oslo as second ahead of Norway.

Saarland won six of the international matches, three ended in a draw and ten were lost. The preparatory game of the reigning world champions Uruguay shortly before the World Cup on June 5, 1954, which the defending champions won 7-1 in Saarbrücken, could be the highlight . Soon afterwards, Saarlanders were eligible to play for the team of the new world champions, as the association, which was renamed the Saarland Football Association (SFV) on July 8, 1956 , joined the DFB in 1957 .

World championships

competition	Result
1950 in Brazil	FIFA admission too late
1954 in Switzerland	Qualification (2nd place)
1958 in Sweden	DFB sub-association

The only tournament in which Saarland took part was qualifying for the 1954 World Cup . There the team achieved second place after Germany in a group of three, ahead of Norway , which was not enough to participate.

• See also: Qualification World Cup 1954

The qualification began with a bang: In Oslo , Saarland were 2-0 down after a good quarter of an hour and practically only played ten (the only permitted substitution was made by then coach Helmut Schön after five minutes due to an injury, and in the 10th Theo Puff broke his fibula in a minute, but stayed on the grass). Above all, French professional Kurt Clemens tirelessly cranked up the game of his team, in the end he and his colleagues had turned the game and won 3-2.

Trainer

• Auguste Jordan (1950–1952)
• Helmut Schön (1952–1956)

player

A total of 42 players were used in the team's 19 games. A complete list of all players can be found under List of Saarland National Football Players .

Record player

Games	player	Period	Gates
18th	Waldemar Philippi	1950-1956	0
17th	Herbert Martin	1950-1956	6th
16	Gerhard Siedl	1951-1956	4th
14th	Erwin Strempel	1950-1955	0
12	Theodor "Theo" pouf	1951-1956	0
12	Herbert Binkert	1952-1956	6th
11	Nikolaus Biewer	1950-1954	0
10	Kurt Clemens	1950-1956	0
10	Albert Keck	1953-1956	0
10	Peter Momber	1950-1956	1

International matches

→ Main article : List of the international matches of the Saarland national soccer team

Results from a Saarland perspective.

November 22, 1950	Switzerland B	5: 3	Saarbrücken	Test game
May 27, 1951	Austria B	3: 2	Saarbrücken	Test game
September 15, 1951	Switzerland B	5: 2	Bern	Test game
October 14, 1951	Austria B	1: 4	Vienna	Test game
April 20, 1952	France B	0: 1	Saarbrücken	Test game
5th October 1952	France B	3: 1	Strasbourg	Test game
June 24, 1953	Norway	3: 2	Oslo	World Cup qualification
October 11, 1953	Germany	0: 3	Stuttgart	World Cup qualification
November 8, 1953	Norway	0-0	Saarbrücken	World Cup qualification
March 28, 1954	Germany	1: 3	Saarbrücken	World Cup qualification
5th June 1954	Uruguay	1: 7	Saarbrücken	Test game
September 26, 1954	Yugoslavia	1: 5	Saarbrücken	Test game
17th October 1954	France B	1: 4	Lyon	Test game
May 1, 1955	Portugal B	1: 6	Lisbon	Test game
October 9, 1955	France B	7: 5	Saarbrücken	Test game
November 16, 1955	Netherlands	1: 2	Saarbrücken	Test game
May 1, 1956	Switzerland	1: 1	Saarbrücken	Test game
June 3, 1956	Portugal B	0-0	Saarbrücken	Test game
June 6, 1956	Netherlands	2: 3	Amsterdam	Test game

Web links

• RSSSF archive of the results (English)
• Illustrated history of the national soccer team (1950–1956) of the independent Saarland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerhard Reuther: Herberger's fear of David . In: Werner Skrentny (ed.): Teufelsangst vorm Erbsenberg. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946–1963. Klartext, Essen 1996 ISBN 3-88474-394-5 , pp. 42-44.
2. ↑ Siedl also played 6 games for the German national soccer team , in which he scored 3 goals.