Borussia Neunkirchen

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

In April 2015 the club had to declare insolvency with a debt of €280,000.^[1]

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[2][3]

• 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.

Current squad

As of 1 June 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Sebastien Flauss — GK  GER Robert Lehmann — GK  GER Francesco Rino — DF  GER Andreas Backmann — DF  GER Tim Cullmann — DF   Alexandro Gallace — DF  GER Armend Haliti — DF  GER Espoire Lenda Mbote — DF  GER Florian Röder — DF  GER Andy Steis — MF  GER Albert Becker — MF  GER Mefail Kadrija — MF  GER Jens Kirchen

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Abdul Kizmaz — MF  GER Yannick Bach — MF  GER Marc Leibold — MF  GER Dennis Serr — MF  GER Giuseppe Simonetta — MF  GER Anthony Weston — MF  GER Felix Wölflinger — FW  GER Felix Dausend — FW  GER Andreas Haas — FW  GER Heraldo Jorrin — FW  GER Faruk Ljaic — FW  ITA Francesco Laino

References

External links

• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
• Borussia Neunkirchen at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)