Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club ''SC Borussia Neunkirchen'' was founded out of the 1907 merger of ''FC 1905 Borussia'' and ''SC Neunkirchen''.

History

From 1912 through to 1963 the club had an uninterrupted record of first division play including the '' Kreisliga Saar'', '' Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar'' and selection to the '' Gauliga'', formed in 1933 through the reorganization of German football under the

Third Reich Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

. ''Borussia'' remained at this level, in the '' Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen'', throughout the league's history, with good results but not winning a league championship. Like other organizations in the country, including sports and football associations, ''Borussia'' was dissolved by the Allied occupation authorities after World War II, but was quickly reformed under its current name. The club played in the French-occupied

Saarland Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest 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 the smallest in ...

and the French made various efforts to see the state become independent of Germany or join France. In sport this was manifested as separate 1952 Olympic and 1954 World Cup teams for

, the establishment of a short-lived football league for the state, and the German club '' 1. FC Saarbrücken'' playing in the French second division. ''Neunkirchen'' played in the Saarland Ehrenliga from 1949 to 1951, winning the title in the first year and finishing as runner-up the next. They were able to re-join the DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or German Football Association) after the 1950–51 season in the Oberliga Südwest. Despite their record of continuous play at the top flight, ''Neunkirchen'' was not one of the sixteen sides selected for play in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

– Germany's new professional football league – at its formation. Along with '' FK Pirmasens'' and '' Wormatia Worms'', they were bypassed in favour of ''1. FC Saarbrücken'', even though they all had better records than the chosen side. More than a few protests were lodged as ''1. FC'' appeared to have gained entry based simply on their affiliation with a member of the league selection committee. Their entry was delayed by only a year as they were able to play their way into the upper league through the promotion rounds after winning the Regionalliga Südwest. Their stay in the Bundesliga was short-lived. After a mid-table result in 1965, they would be relegated the following season after a 17th-place finish. They won the Regionalliga Südwest again after being sent down and returned to the Bundesliga to another 17th-place finish and relegation. ''Neunkirchen'' spent another seven years playing tier II football before slipping to the Amateurliga Saarland (III). Through the mid-1970s and into the early 1980s the club bounced up and down between these levels of play, before settling in for a decade and a half at tier III. The team slipped again in 1996 to the Oberliga Südwest (IV). They won their division in 2005 but declined the opportunity to apply for a license and promotion to the third division because of financial problems that have plagued the club since 2003. From 2012 to 2013 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, with ''Borussia'' continuing in this league. In April 2015 the club had to declare insolvency with a debt of €280,000.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

* Oberliga Südwest (I) ** Champions:

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** Runners-up: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 * Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar (I) ** Champions: 1924 * Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar (''Saar division'') (I) ** Champions: 1929 * Kreisliga Saar (I) ** Champions: 1921, 1922, 1923 * Regionalliga Südwest (II) ** Champions: 1964,

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, 1974 * Oberliga Südwest (III-IV) ** Champions: 1980, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2005 * Amateurliga Saarland (III) ** Champions: 1976, 1977, 1978 * Ehrenliga Saarland (II) ** Champions: 1949 ** Runners-up: 1950

Cup

* Southern German Cup ** Winners: 1921 * Saarland Cup (Tiers III-VII) ** Winners: 1978, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2003 ** Runners-up: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2010

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues * With the introduction of the

Regionalliga A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. The term is often associated with the Germa ...

s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. The Saarlandliga was introduced in 2009 and replaced the Verbandsliga Saarland at the sixth tier of football in the

. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.

Current squad

References

External links

*
Borussia Neunkirchen at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Neunkirchen, Borussia Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Saarland Borussia Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Germany Bundesliga clubs 2. Bundesliga clubs