1956 Saarland national football team

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| season = 1956

| shield =

| manager = Helmut Schön
Max Merkel

| assistant manager =

| captain =

| home stadium = Ludwigsparkstadion
Stadion Kieselhumes

| matches = 3

| wins = 0

| draws = 2

| losses = 1

| total goals = 3

| goals against = 4

| top goalscorer = Karl Ringel
Gerhard Siedl
Heinz Vollmar
(1 each)

| most caps = 4 players (3 each)

| players = 21

| goalscorers = 3

| debutants = 8

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring = {{nowrap|Netherlands 3–2 Saarland}}
(6 June)

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten = 2 (1 May – 3 June)

| longest winless = 3 (1 May – 6 June)

| longest losses = 1 (6 June)

| highest attendance = 20,000
Saarland 1–1 Switzerland
(1 May)

| lowest attendance = 12,000
Saarland 0–0 Portugal
(3 June)

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This article summarises the Saarland national football team in 1956; the last year of the Saarland national team following the 1955 Saar Statute referendum. Saarland played three friendly matches in 1956, drawing two and losing one.

Matches

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| format = 1

| round = International Friendly

| date = 1 May

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SAA}}

| score = 1–1

| report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14677

| team2 = {{fb|SUI}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Ludwigsparkstadion

| location = Saarbrücken, Germany

| attendance = 20,000{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14677|title=Saar vs Switzerland international football match report|website=eu-football.info}}

| referee = Leo Horn (Netherlands)

| result = D

}}

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| format = 1

| round = International Friendly

| date = 3 June

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SAA}}

| score = 0–0

| report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24734

| team2 = {{fb|POR}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stadion Kieselhumes

| location = Saarbrücken, Germany

| attendance = 12,000{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24734|title=Saar vs Portugal* international football match report|website=eu-football.info}}

| referee = Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

| result = D

}}

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| format = 1

| round = International Friendly

| date = 6 June

| time = 19:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}

| score = 3–2

| report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14693

| team2 = {{fb|SAA}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Olympic Stadium

| location = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| attendance = 60,000{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14693|title=Netherlands vs Saar international football match report|website=eu-football.info}}

| referee = István Zsolt (Hungary)

| result = L

}}

Player statistics

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{{abbr|Pos.|Position}}

! Player{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/273/1956/Saarland.html|title=Saarland (1956)|website=national-football-teams.com}}

! {{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

! Goals

{{sort|1|GK}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Horst|Borcherding}}

| 2

0
{{sort|1|GK}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Hans|Neuerburg}}

| 1

0
{{sort|2|DF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Albert|Keck}}

| 2

0
{{sort|2|DF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Gerd|Lauck}}

| 3

0
{{sort|2|DF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Peter|Momber}}

| 0+1

0
{{sort|2|DF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Waldemar|Philippi}}

| 3

0
{{sort|2|DF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Werner|Prauss}}

| 1

0
{{sort|2|DF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Theodor|Puff}}

| 3

0
{{sort|3|MF}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Kurt|Clemens}}

| 2

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Fritz|Altmeyer}}

| 0+1

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Herbert|Binkert}}

| 2

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Manfred|Ebert}}

| 2

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Günter|Herrmann}}

| 1

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Dieter|Honecker}}

| 1

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Peter|Krieger}}

| 2

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Karl-Heinz|Kunkel}}

| 0+1

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Herbert|Martin}}

| 2

0
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Karl|Ringel}}

| 1+1

1
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Gerhard|Siedl}}

| 2+1

1
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Heinz|Vollmar}}

| 2

1
{{sort|4|FW}}

| align="left" | {{sortname|Ernst|Zägel}}

| 1

0

References

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