Saar 05 Saarbrücken
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| Full name | Sportverein Saar 05 Saarbrücken e.V. |
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| Founded | 1905 |
| Ground | Kieselhumes |
| Capacity | 13,000 |
| Chairman | Frank Seibert |
| Manager | Timon Seibert |
| League | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (V) |
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest (IV), 18th (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
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 an association football team.
The club was founded as Fussball Klub Saarbrücken on 8 May 1905 and within three months was re-christened Sport-Club Saar 05 Saarbrücken. From 1919, the club played in the Kreisliga Saar, where it took out a championship in 1920, thereby advancing to the Southern German championship where it got knocked out in the group stage. 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 dissolution 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 post-war football the club played in the tier one Oberliga Südwest in 1947–48 and from 1952 to 1963, when the Bundesliga was established. Sara's best result in this era was a fourth place in 1953–54, a place above local rival 1. FC Saarbrücken. The club did not qualify for the new Bundesliga but instead was grouped in the second division Regionalliga Südwest, where it played until 1971. Again a fourth place was the club's best performance at this level, achieved in 1964–65. With relegation from this league to the Amateurliga Saarland in 1971 the club disappeared from the highest levels of the German league system for good. After some good results at this level the club gradually declined and was unable to qualify for the new tier three Oberliga Südwest in 1978 and played in the Verbandsliga Saarland instead. Saar 05 played as a lower table side in this league, too until the late 1980s when fortunes improved for the club. A league championship took it up to the Oberliga for two seasons but it was relegated again in 1992.
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