Saarland Football Association

Saarland Football Association

Founded	July 25, 1948
president	Franz Josef Schumann (since 2008)
address	Hermann-Neuberger-Sportschule 2 66123 Saarbrücken
Master gentlemen	SV Elversberg II (2019)
Cup winners men	1. FC Saarbrücken (2019)
Master women	SV Göttelborn (2019)
Cup winners women	SV Göttelborn (2019)
Parent association	Football Regional Association Southwest
Subordinate Associations	Nordsaar football circle Ostsaar football circle Südsaar football circle Westsaar football circle
region
Clubs (approx.)	370 *
Members (approx.)	97,250 *
Teams (approx.)	2.164 * * As of June 5, 2019
Homepage	www.saar-fv.de

The Saarland Football Association (SFV) is one of 21 regional associations of the German Football Association (DFB). Together with the Rhineland Football Association and the Southwest German Football Association (both in Rhineland-Palatinate ), the Saarland Football Association forms the Southwest Football Regional Association .

370 clubs from Saarland are affiliated to the football association, which together have 97,250 members. 2164 teams take part in the game. The seat of the SFV is on the grounds of the Hermann-Neuberger-Sportschule in the Saarland state capital Saarbrücken .

history

The Saarland Football Association was founded on July 25, 1948 in Sulzbach by Hermann Neuberger as the Saarland Football Association (SFB) of the formally independent Saarland . The SFB became the first independent specialist group in the State Sports Association for Saarland (LSVS). The first president was Willy Koch .

From the 1948/49 season , the Saarland football clubs no longer took part in the German championship game, due to the foreign policy situation , but played in French leagues . The 1. FC Saarbrücken played in 1948/49 after the short-term withdrawal of AS Angoulême , which did not get a team together for the professional league operation, out of competition as FC Sarrebruck in the second French division . The club finished the season first in the (unofficial) table, but had no promotion rights. That is why the official final table of this season shows only 19 participants (with Racing Lens and Girondins-AS du Port Bordeaux in the first two places). If the 37 games played by Saarbrücken had been rated, they would have been promoted to the first division . The 1. FC Saarbrücken then organized the International Saarland Cup, which it won in 1950.

The top division in club football was the Saarland Honorary League (three seasons from 1948 to 1951), but the first team of 1. FC Saarbrücken, the best team at the time, did not take part.

On July 17, 1949, the Federal Parliament of the SFB rejected an application supported by the Saarland government to join the SFB to the French Football Association with 609 votes against, 299 votes in favor and 55 abstentions.

Hermann Neuberger became the new President of the SFB on May 14, 1950. On June 22nd of the same year, the SFB became an independent member of the world football association FIFA , before the DFB , which was only resumed in autumn. Saarland was also a member of the European association UEFA when it was founded in 1954. Until 1956, the SFB was a member of both international associations and maintained its own Saarland national soccer team .

In 1951, the German Football Association and the Saarland Football Association obtained approval from FIFA for the return of 1. FC Saarbrücken and Borussia Neunkirchen to the German Southwest Football League . A year later, 1. FC Saarbrücken reached the final of the German championship .

Saarland took part in qualifying for the 1954 World Cup. There the national team met the Federal Republic of Germany and Norway in qualification group 1 and, thanks to an away win in Oslo, finished second ahead of Norway.

In its short history, the SFB had one participant in the European Cup : In the 1955/56 season , 1. FC Saarbrücken took part in the European Cup. There the Saarbrücken won the first leg of the first round at AC Milan 4: 3, but were eliminated after a 1: 4 home defeat in the second leg.

After the accession of the Saarland to the Federal Republic (January 1, 1957) had been initiated, the SFB left FIFA. On the association day on July 8, 1956, the name was changed to Saarländischer Fußballverband (SFV) , which submitted the application for resumption at the DFB. The DFB Bundestag finally decided on July 28th in Duisburg .

The Saarland Cup , the association cup of the SFV, has been held since 1975 . 1. FC Saarbrücken is the record winner with eleven title wins and was last successful in 2019.

Bureau

The presidium of the SFV consists of the president , his two deputies and the treasurer .

Presidents of the Saarland Football Association (1948–1956) and the Saarland Football Association (since 1956) have been:

Willy Koch - 1948 to 1950
Hermann Neuberger - 1950 to 1969
Kurt Ott - 1969 to 1971
Franz Josef Ollmann - 1971 to 1982
Kurt Gluding - 1982 to 1993
Albert Wagner - 1993 to 2002
Günter Müller - 2002 to 2008
Franz Josef Schumann - since 2008

structure

The association is divided into four groups :

Nordsaar district
Ostsaar district
Südsaar district
Westsaar district

League system in men's football

From the 2009/10 season, the Saarland League was introduced above the Association League, so that all other divisions were each moved one level down. There was also a reform of the district leagues A and B. From the 2012/2013 season, the league system was modified again, so that the following league hierarchy currently results:

step	league
State level
6th	Saarland League 18 clubs
	↑ ↓ max. 4 relegated, 2 champions rise; Second placed play relegation for third promotion place
7th	Association League Northeast 16 clubs		Association League Southwest 16 clubs
	↑ ↓ max. 2 relegated, champions rise; Second-placed play relegation for fourth promotion place		↑ ↓ max. 2 relegated, champions rise; Second-placed play relegation for fourth promotion place
8th	National League North 16 clubs	Regional League East 16 clubs	Regional League South 16 clubs	Regional League West 16 clubs
	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; Second-placed play relegation for fourth promotion place	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; Second-placed play relegation for fourth promotion place	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; Second-placed play relegation for fourth promotion place	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; Second-placed play relegation for fourth promotion place

District level
9	District league St. Wendel 16 clubs	District League Neunkirchen 16 clubs	District league Homburg 16 clubs	District League Merzig-Wadern 16 clubs	District League Saarlouis 16 clubs	District League Saarbrücken 16 clubs
	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; 2. plays relegation	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; 2. plays relegation	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; 2. plays relegation	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; 2. plays relegation	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; 2. plays relegation	↑ ↓ min. 1 relegated, champions rise; 2. plays relegation
District level
10	15 circular leagues A 14-16 clubs each
	↑ ↓ 1-3 promoted and relegated (only North and East Saar)
11	13 circular leagues B 16 or a few clubs each

Clubs above the association league (2019/20 season)

Men

step	designation	number	Teams
1.	Bundesliga	0	-
2.	2nd Bundesliga	0	-
3.	3rd league	0	-
4th	Regionalliga southwest	3	SV Elversberg , 1. FC Saarbrücken , FC 08 Homburg
5.	Oberliga Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar	4th	FV 07 Diefflen , FC Hertha Wiesbach , SV Röchling Völklingen , SV Elversberg II
6th	Saarland League with 18 teams

Women

step	designation	number	Teams
1.	Bundesliga	0	-
2.	2nd Bundesliga	1	1. FC Saarbrücken
3.	Regionalliga southwest	3	1. FC Riegelsberg , 1. FC Saarbrücken II , SV Göttelborn
4th	Association league Saar with 12 teams

Web links

Website of the Saarland Football Association

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b DFB membership statistics 2019 , accessed on August 8, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chronicle of the Saarland Football Association 1945 - 1956 . In: German Football Association ( Ed. ): 100 Years of the DFB - The History of the German Football Association . Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-328-00850-0 , pp. 88 to 91.
^ Presidium. Saarland Football Association, accessed on August 6, 2015 .
^ Neuberger Hermann. Saarland biographies, accessed on August 6, 2015 .
↑ Gluding Kurt. Saarland biographies, accessed on December 9, 2015 .
^ Reception for Honorary President Günter Müller. Saarland Football Association, October 29, 2013, accessed on August 6, 2015 .
^ Saarland Football Association. Saarland Football Association, accessed on August 6, 2015 .

[dfb-statistik-1] DFB membership statistics 2019 , accessed on August 8, 2019.

[100_Jahre_DFB-2] Chronicle of the Saarland Football Association 1945 - 1956 . In: German Football Association ( Ed. ): 100 Years of the DFB - The History of the German Football Association . Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-328-00850-0 , pp. 88 to 91.

[3] Presidium. Saarland Football Association, accessed on August 6, 2015 .

[4] Neuberger Hermann. Saarland biographies, accessed on August 6, 2015 .

[5] Gluding Kurt. Saarland biographies, accessed on December 9, 2015 .

[6] Reception for Honorary President Günter Müller. Saarland Football Association, October 29, 2013, accessed on August 6, 2015 .

[7] Saarland Football Association. Saarland Football Association, accessed on August 6, 2015 .