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. 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 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 Saarland, 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 – 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.Ex-Bundesligist stellt Insolvenz-Antrag www.t-online.de, published: 2 April 2015, accessed: 4 June 2015

Honours The club's honours:

League Oberliga Südwest (I) Champions: 1962 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, 1971, 1972, 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:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 1951–52 Oberliga Südwest I 7th 1952–53 Oberliga Südwest 6th 1953–54 Oberliga Südwest 8th 1954–55 Oberliga Südwest 10th 1955–56 Oberliga Südwest 6th 1956–57 Oberliga Südwest 5th 1957–58 Oberliga Südwest 3rd 1958–59 Oberliga Südwest 2nd 1959–60 Oberliga Südwest 2nd 1960–61 Oberliga Südwest 2nd 1961–62 Oberliga Südwest 1st 1962–63 Oberliga Südwest 2nd ↓ 1963–64 Regionalliga Südwest II 1st ↑ 1964–65 Bundesliga I 10th 1965–66 Bundesliga 17th ↓ 1966–67 Regionalliga Südwest II 1st ↑ 1967–68 Bundesliga I 17th ↓ 1968–69 Regionalliga Südwest II 5th 1969–70 Regionalliga Südwest 4th 1970–71 Regionalliga Südwest 1st 1971–72 Regionalliga Südwest 1st 1972–73 Regionalliga Südwest 5th 1973–74 Regionalliga Südwest 1st 1974–75 2. Bundesliga Süd 18th ↓ 1975–76 Amateurliga Saarland III 1st 1976–77 Amateurliga Saarland 1st 1977–78 Amateurliga Saarland 1st ↑ 1978–79 2. Bundesliga Süd II 20th ↓ 1979–80 Oberliga Südwest III 1st ↑ 1980–81 2. Bundesliga Süd II 19th ↓ 1981–82 Oberliga Südwest III 11th 1982–83 Oberliga Südwest 9th 1983–84 Oberliga Südwest 12th 1984–85 Oberliga Südwest 11th 1985–86 Oberliga Südwest 7th 1986–87 Oberliga Südwest 10th 1987–88 Oberliga Südwest 14th 1988–89 Oberliga Südwest 8th 1989–90 Oberliga Südwest 3rd 1990–91 Oberliga Südwest 1st 1991–92 Oberliga Südwest 4th 1992–93 Oberliga Südwest 6th 1993–94 Oberliga Südwest 4th 1994–95 Regionalliga West/Südwest 8th 1995–96 Regionalliga West/Südwest 18th ↓ 1996–97 Oberliga Südwest IV 7th 1997–98 Oberliga Südwest 6th 1998–99 Oberliga Südwest 3rd 1999–2000 Oberliga Südwest 1st 2000–01 Oberliga Südwest 3rd 2001–02 Oberliga Südwest 1st ↑ 2002–03 Regionalliga Süd III 19th ↓ 2003–04 Oberliga Südwest IV 10th 2004–05 Oberliga Südwest 1st 2005–06 Oberliga Südwest 9th 2006–07 Oberliga Südwest 10th 2007–08 Oberliga Südwest 6th ↓ 2008–09 Oberliga Südwest V 4th 2009–10 Oberliga Südwest 12th 2010–11 Oberliga Südwest 7th 2011–12 Oberliga Südwest 7th 2012–13 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 5th 2013–14 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 15th 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 12th 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 4th 2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 17th ↓ 2017–18 Saarlandliga VI 3rd 2018–19 Saarlandliga 9th 2019–20 Saarlandliga 6th 2020–21 Saarlandliga 4th 2021–22 Saarlandliga 3rd 2022–23 Saarlandliga 4th 2023–24 Saarlandliga 4th 2024–25 Saarlandliga 4th 2025–26 Saarlandliga With the introduction of the Regionalligas 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 Saarland. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.

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Current squad

References

External links

Borussia Neunkirchen at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables