SV Auersmacher is a German football club from the Auersmacher quarter of

Kleinblittersdorf Kleinblittersdorf () is a village and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, opposite Grosbliederstroff in France, approx. 10 km south of Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; fre ...

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 ...

. It was established on 15 July 1919 as ''Fußballclub Auersmacher''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag __TOC__

History

Worker's clubs or clubs with religious affiliations were viewed as politically unpalatable by the

Nazi regime Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

and were banned. As a result, the memberships of ''Arbeiter-SV 1926 Auersmacher'' (banned in 1933) and ''DJK Concordia 1929 Auersmacher'' (banned in 1934) became part of ''FC'' on 6 January 1935. In 1937 ''Turnverein 1894 Auersmacher'' joined ''FC'' to create ''VfL Auersmacher'' which was active until the end of World War II. Following the war occupying Allied authorities banned most organizations in the country including sports and football clubs. The club was re-established on 6 April 1946 as ''SV Auersmacher''. Part of the membership left to form ''SV Sitterswald'' in 1948 and on 9 January 1954 the club split again as ''TV 1894 Auersmacher'' was reformed. The ''Auersmacher'' side first came to note in 1971 when they advanced to play in the third division

Amateurliga 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 ...

where they would compete until sent down in 1979. During their eight-year-long stint there the club's best result was a fourth-place finish in 1977. ''SV'' next appeared in the Oberliga Südwest (IV) from 1995–98 and were relegated after losing a playoff to ''

SG Betzdorf SG Betzdorf is a German association football club from the city of Betzdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team has its origins as a football department established within the gymnastics club ''Betzdorfer Turnverein'' on 6 September 1906. The footb ...

'' (0:3). Since then the club has played fifth and sixth tier football 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 ...

generally earning upper table finishes. The club returned to the Oberliga after winning the title in the Verbandsliga in 2009 but was relegated again in 2011. The club took part in the opening rounds of the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

(German Cup) tournament in 1976 and 1980.

Honours

* 2. Amateurliga Saar-West (IV) ** Champions: 1971 *

(V–VI) ** Champions: 1995, 2009 *

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 ...

** Winners: 1979

Stadium

Since 1974, ''SV'' has played its home matches in the Saar-Blies-Stadion which has a capacity of 3,500.

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Auersmacher Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Saarland Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Germany