1. FC Saarbrücken II is the

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of German association football club 1. FC Saarbrücken, based in

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

. Historically, until 2005, the team played as 1. FC Saarbrücken Amateure during the times the senior team played in professional football. The team reached the first round of the

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, the German Cup, just once, in 2002–03. The team has played as high as the

Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the ''Oberliga Südwest'', is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland states of Germany, organized by the Southwestern Regional Football Association. It is the fifth ...

, courtesy to league titles in the

Verbandsliga Saarland The Verbandsliga Saarland is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the German federated state of Saarland. Until the introduction of the Saarlandliga in 2009 it was the sixth tier, until the introduction of the 3. Liga ...

, than the highest football league in the state.

History

The team first made an appearance in the

Ehrenliga Saarland The Amateurliga Saarland was the highest football league in the state of Saarland and the third tier of the German football league system from 1951, when the clubs from the Saar returned to Germany, till the formation of the Oberliga Südwest an ...

from 1948 to 1951 in place of the senior team which played, for a season, in the French

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and, after that, in a friendlies competition. After a lengthy absence from the top division of the state it made a reappearance in 1986, now in the tier four

and won the league two seasons later in 1988. Nine seasons in the Oberliga Südwest, now the

followed. The team was relegated from the Oberliga in 1997, 2001 and 2007 to return each time a short while later.Oberliga Südwest tables and results
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 January 2015 In 2002 it won the

Saarland Cup The Saarland Cup (German: ''Saarlandpokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. It is limited to clubs from Saarland, however, teams from t ...

for the first and only time thereby qualifying for the first round of the 2002–03

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where it lost to

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. 1. FC Saarbrücken II last played at Oberliga level since the last promotion in 2010, achieving a fourth-place finish as its best-ever result in 2013. At the end of the 2014–15 season the team was withdrawn by the club from competitive football, but was recreated in 2018, restarting in the tenth-division Kreisliga A.

Honours

The team's honours: *

** Champions: 1951 *

** Champions: (3) 1988, 1998, 2010 ** Runners-up: (2) 1987, 2002 *

** Winners: 2002 ** Runners-up: 2005

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the team:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues * With the introduction of the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Key

References

External links

Official website

1. FC Saarbrücken II at Weltfussball.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saarbrucken II, 1. Fc II German reserve football teams Football clubs in Saarland Saarland reserve football teams