SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken

Football club infobox
clubname = SV Saar Saarbrücken


fullname = Sportverein Saar 05 e.V. Saarbrücken
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founded = 1905
ground = Kieselhumes
capacity = 13,000
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manager =
league = Kreisliga B Saarbrücken (X)
season = 2007-08
position = Kreisliga A Halberg (VIII), 16th (relegated)
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SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken is a German sports association based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The largest club in the state, it is best known for its athletics department, and also fields a football team.

History

The club was founded as "Fussball Klub Saarbrücken" on May 8, 1905 and within three months was re-christened "Sport-Club Saar 05 Saarbrücken". 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 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".

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 1995 and 2001 the club won the Verbandsliga Saarland, there by gaining promotion to the Oberliga Südwest. After this, the club went into decline.

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 clubs 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 it's fortunes, under the guidance of the "SV Saar 05 Jugendfußball". [ [http://www.gemtek-server.de/Content/sites/saar05/medien/SZ080208Saar05fBneu.pdf Fußballverband beendet die Skandal-Ära] (in German) Saarbrücker Zeitung - article on the Saar 05 scandal, accessed: 6 August 2008] The "Kreisliga B" is the lowest tier in Saarland football.

Recent seasons

External links

* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/saar05.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.saar05.de/ Official club website]

References