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| Full name | Borussia, Verein für Bewegungspiele e.V., Neunkirchen | |||
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| Founded | 1905; 120 years ago (1905) | |||
| Ground | Ellenfeldstadion | |||
| Capacity | 23,000 | |||
| Chairman | Alexander Kunz | |||
| Manager | Thorsten Lahm | |||
| League | Saarlandliga (VI) | |||
| 2023–24 | Saarlandliga, 4th of 18 | |||
| Website | www | |||
Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is aGerman association football club based inNeunkirchen, Saarland. The clubSC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger ofFC 1905 Borussia andSC Neunkirchen.
From 1912 through to 1963 the club had an uninterrupted record of first division play including theKreisliga Saar,Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar and selection to theGauliga, formed in 1933 through the reorganization of German football under theThird Reich.Borussia remained at this level, in theGauliga 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-occupiedSaarland 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 and1954 World Cup teams forSaarland, the establishment of a short-lived football league for the state, and the German club1. 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 theDFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or German Football Association) after the 1950–51 season in theOberliga Südwest.
Despite their record of continuous play at the top flight,Neunkirchen was not one of the sixteen sides selected for play in theBundesliga – Germany's new professional football league – at its formation. Along withFK Pirmasens andWormatia Worms, they were bypassed in favour of1. FC Saarbrücken, even though they all had better records than the chosen side. More than a few protests were lodged as1. 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 theRegionalliga 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 theAmateurliga 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 theOberliga 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, withBorussia continuing in this league.
In April 2015 the club had to declare insolvency with a debt of €280,000.[1]
The club's honours:
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The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]
| 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 |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
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