Saarland national football team

Saarland
1950–1956
Association	Saarländischer Fussball-Verband (SFV)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Helmut Schön
Most caps	Waldemar Philippi (18)
Top scorer	Herbert Binkert ; Herbert Martin (6)
Home stadium	Ludwigspark Stadion
FIFA code	SAA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Saar 5–3 Switzerland B ; (Saarbrücken, Saar; 22 November 1950)
Last international
	Netherlands 3–2 Saar ; (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 6 June 1956)
Biggest win
	Switzerland B 2–5 Saar ; (Bern, Switzerland; 15 September 1951)
Biggest defeat
	Saar 1–7 Uruguay ; (Saarbrücken, Saar; 5 June 1954)

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 World War II. As France opposed the inclusion of the Saarland in the Federal Republic of Germany until 1956, they administered it separately from Germany as the Saar Protectorate.

As the local population did not want to join France, separate organisations were founded. A National Olympic Committee was founded in 1950, leading to an appearance of Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Also, considering themselves not an independent nation different from Germany, the football team was not designated as a "national team", and was more generally referred to as a "selection" (German: Auswahl) or some similar term.^[1]

^ Not all players were "natives" anyway as some had joined Saarland clubs from elsewhere, like Ringel, Immig or goalkeepers Borcherding and Jirasek; see List of Saarland international footballers

[1] Not all players were "natives" anyway as some had joined Saarland clubs from elsewhere, like Ringel, Immig or goalkeepers Borcherding and Jirasek; see List of Saarland international footballers

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