SV St. Ingbert 1945

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clubname = SV St. Ingbert


fullname = Sportverein Sankt Ingbert 1945 e.V.
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founded = 1945
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league = Bezirksliga Saarland-Ost (VIII)
season = 2007-08
position = Kreisliga A Höcherberg (VIII), 1st (promoted)
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SV St. Ingbert is a German football club from the city of St. Ingbert, Saarland.

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History

The club was established following World War II in 1945 in what was the French-administered Saar protectorate. Although still considered part of Germany, the state of Saarland was subject attempts to make it part of France or create a separate country there until it was re-united with Germany following a 1955 plebiscite. This was manifested in football through the establishment of a league structure separate from Germany's DFB (Deutsche Fussball Bund), the appearance of the region's top sides in French competition, and the formation of a national side that took part in qualification play for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

A first division football circuit known as the Ehrenliga made up of German clubs was established in the Saarland in 1948 and was active through to the end of the 1950-51 season when the state's regional football competition was re-integrated with Germany's as the Amateurliga Saarland. During this period "St. Ingbert" rose out of the Bewährungsklasse Saar, Gruppe Ost to play in the final Ehrenliga season before continuing on in the now third tier Amateurliga. Club footballer Heinz Vollmar was capped four times in 1955 and 1956 as part of Saarland's short-lived national side.

In 1956, following their Amateurliga championship the previous season, "St. Ingbert" moved up to the 2.Oberliga Südwest. They claimed a title there in 1957 and were again promoted, this time to the top-flight Oberliga Südwest. Their stay in the first division was brief as they were immediately relegated. The club played second tier football until slipping to the Amateurliga Saarland (III) in 1964 where they would compete for most of the next decade and a half. They fielded strong sides throughout the 60s, but their performance fell off in the 70s as they became a lower table club and spent two seasons in the fourth tier. The only bright spot was a 1974 Amateurliga title claimed in 1974 in the same year they were re-promoted to that league. They were relegated again in 1979, to the Verbandsliga Saarland (IV), and by 1983 had fallen all the way to the Bezirksliga Saarland (VI). Over the next two decades "St. Ingbert" was an elevator club moving frequently up and down between the lower divisions.

Until 2008, the club plays in the Kreisliga Ostsaar, Staffel Höcherberg where they earned a second place result in 2006-07, before winning the league the year after and moving up to the Bezirksliga.

Honours

* Bewährungsklasse Saarland champions: 1950
* Amateurliga Saarland champions: 1955, 1974
* 2nd Oberliga Südwest champions: 1957
* Bezirksliga Saarland champions: 1983, 1998
* Landesliga Saarland champions: 1984, 1999

Notable players

* Striker Heinz Vollmar was capped for the short-lived Saarland national side and scored four goals in his four appearances. He later represented West Germany, earning another dozen caps and scoring three goals.

External links

* [http://www.sv-st-ingbert.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)