SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken is a German
sports association
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based in
Saarbrücken, Saarland. The largest club in the state, it is best known for its athletics department, and also fields an
association football team
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History
The club was founded as ''Fussball Klub Saarbrücken'' on 8 May 1905 and within three months was re-christened ''Sport-Club Saar 05 Saarbrücken''. From 1919, the club played in the
Kreisliga Saar
The Kreisliga Saar (English: ''District league Saar'') was the highest association football league in the Territory of the Saar Basin, governed by a League of Nations mandate, and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine ...
, where it took out a championship in 1920, thereby advancing to the
Southern German championship
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where it got knocked out in the group stage. In October 1933 ''SC'' joined ''Spielverein 05 Saarbrücken'', which was itself the product of the 1919 union of ''1. FC Germania 1905'' and ''SpVgg 1906'', to become ''SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken''. The club made a single season appearance in the first division
Gauliga Südwest
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in 1934–35 and was immediately relegated after a last place finish. ''SV'' merged with ''Deutscher SC'' in 1939 to become ''Deutscher SV Saar 05''.
![SV Saar Performance Chart](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/SV_Saar_Performance_Chart.png)
After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football associations. In late 1945 the club was re-established as ''SV Saarbrücken'', becoming ''SV Saar Saarbrücken'' in 1949, and ''SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken'' in 1951. In post-war football the club played in the tier one
Oberliga Südwest in 1947–48 and from 1952 to 1963, when the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
was established. Sara's best result in this era was a fourth place in 1953–54, a place above local rival 1. FC Saarbrücken. The club did not qualify for the new Bundesliga but instead was grouped in the second division
Regionalliga Südwest
The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...
, where it played until 1971. Again a fourth place was the club's best performance at this level, achieved in 1964–65. With relegation from this league to the
Amateurliga Saarland in 1971 the club disappeared from the highest levels of the German league system for good. After some good results at this level the club gradually declined and was unable to qualify for the new tier three Oberliga Südwest in 1978 and played 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 ...
instead. Saar 05 played as a lower table side in this league, too until the late 1980s when fortunes improved for the club. A league championship took it up to the Oberliga for two seasons but it was relegated again in 1992.
After another nine Verbandsliga seasons the club won the league in 2001, thereby gaining promotion to the
Oberliga Südwest. Saar 05 lasted for only one more season in the Oberliga and, after that, went into decline, dropping from the tier four Oberliga to the tier ten Kreisliga B within eight seasons. In August 2007, the youth department formed a new club, the ''SV Saar 05 Jugendfußball'', due to internal strife in the club.
The 2007–08 season was an absolute low point in the club's long history. The coach, Roland Hippchen, used 18 non-registered players during the season and found himself barred from coaching by the ''Saar FA''. He continued to coach the club nevertheless and upon this, the club too was eventually barred from competing in the ''Kreisliga A Halberg''. With a new team under a new coach, Timon Seibert, the club entered the ''Kreisliga B Saarbrücken'' for 2008–09, hoping to improve its fortunes, under the guidance of the ''SV Saar 05 Jugendfußball'', the ''Kreisliga B'' being the lowest tier in Saarland football.
Saar 05 began climbing the ranks again quickly to the point where the club played in the states highest football league for two seasons, now the
Saarlandliga
The Saarlandliga (English: ''Saarland league'') is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in the German federal state of Saarland. It was a new league, introduced at the end of the 2008-09 season.
In the past, the term ''Saa ...
, winning a league championship in 2014 and earning promotion to the
Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. The club won a championship in the Oberliga in the following season, thereby earning promotion to the tier four
Regionalliga Südwest
The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...
, a league local rival
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...
played in as well. The club's six promotions in seven seasons were achieved under the leadership of the Seifert family, with Frank Seibert as the chairman of the club while his sons Timon and Eric worked as coaches and their brother David played for the team. SV Saar 05 came last in the Regionalliga in 2015–16 and was relegated back to the Oberliga again.
Honors
The club's honours:
League
*
Kreisliga Saar
The Kreisliga Saar (English: ''District league Saar'') was the highest association football league in the Territory of the Saar Basin, governed by a League of Nations mandate, and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine ...
(I)
** Champions: 1920
*
Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (V)
** Champions: 2015
*
Saarlandliga
The Saarlandliga (English: ''Saarland league'') is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in the German federal state of Saarland. It was a new league, introduced at the end of the 2008-09 season.
In the past, the term ''Saa ...
(VI)
** Champions: 2014
** Runners-up: 2013
*
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 ...
(VII)
** Champions: 1990, 2001, 2012
* Bezirksliga Saarbrücken (IX)
** Champions: 2010
* Kreisliga B Saarbrücken (X)
** Champions: 2009
Cup
*
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 ...
(Tiers III-VII)
* Winners: 1988, 1989
* Runners-up: 1977, 1978
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
* With the introduction of the
Regionalligas in 1994 and the
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...
in 2008 as the new third tier, below the
2. Bundesliga
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, all leagues below dropped one tier.
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† Saar 05 did not play the season and was therefore placed last and relegated.
Fussball.de – Landesliga Saarland-Südwest table 2004–05
accessed: 7 August 2008
Key
References
External links
Official club website
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Athletics clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Saarland
Sport in Saarbrücken
Association football clubs established in 1905
1905 establishments in Germany