The
Saarland national football team
The Saarland national football team (german: Saarländische Fußballnationalmannschaft) was the association football team representing the Saar Protectorate in international football from 1950 to 1956 during the French occupation following Wor ...
represented the
Saar Protectorate
The Saar Protectorate (german: Saarprotektorat ; french: Protectorat de la Sarre) officially Saarland (french: Sarre) was a French protectorate separated from Germany; which was later opposed by the Soviet Union, one side occupying Germany lik ...
in international
football, 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 had already played for Germany in 1939, while
Karl Ringel,
Gerhard Siedl and
Heinz Vollmar did so in later years.
Key
Players
See also
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Saarland national football B team
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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 ...
*
List of East Germany international footballers
Below is a list of the 273 players who played for the East Germany national team from its foundation in 1952, until 1990 when it was merged with the West Germany team after German reunification.
List of players
See also
*List of Germany ...
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