SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken
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| SV Saar Saarbrücken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sportverein Saar 05 e.V. Saarbrücken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Kieselhumes (Capacity 13,000) |
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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.
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 dissoluation 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.
