The
Saarland national football team represented the
Saar Protectorate in international
football
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, and played 19 matches between 1950 and 1956. In total, 42 players appeared for the national team.
With the exception of
Kurt Clemens, who briefly played for
Nancy, all players were members of clubs in Saarland. However, not all of players had personal or family roots in
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 ...
.
Franz Immig
Franz Immig (10 September 1918 – 26 December 1955) was a footballer who played international football for both Germany and Saarland. Born in Sondernheim, Immig played for Karlsruher FV, Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German ...
had already played for Germany in 1939, while
Karl Ringel
Karl Ringel (born 30 September 1932) is a German former footballer who played internationally for both Saarland and West Germany
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,
Gerhard Siedl
Gerhard Leopold Karl Siedl (22 March 1929 – 9 May 1998) was a German footballer who played international football for both the Saar and West German national teams. In 1953, he scored the winning goal in Oslo against Norway in the qualifiers fo ...
and
Heinz Vollmar
Heinz Vollmar (26 April 1936 – 12 October 1987) was a Saarland and German football player.
Vollmar belongs to those Germany international players (war-year examples include Ernest Wilimowski, Franz Binder, Max Merkel; latest examples include ...
did so in later years.
Key
Players
See also
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Saarland national football B team
The Saarland B national football team was a secondary men's national football team which represented the Saar Protectorate. It was used to try out and develop players for potential inclusion in the first team. Its matches are not considered full ...
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List of Germany international footballers
The Germany national football team played its first international match on 5 April 1908 during the era of the German Empire, losing 5–3 to Switzerland in Basel. The team has been one of the most successful national sides in world football. T ...
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List of East Germany international footballers
References
External links
Match listfrom DFB
All-time appearancesat WorldFootball.net
Saar national team capsat EU-Football.info
{{Football in Saarland
Lists of association football players by national team
Saarland international footballers
Association football player non-biographical articles