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===Post war and French exile===
[[File:Saarbrucken Performance Chart.png|300px|thumb|Historical chart of Saarbrücken league performance]]
After the war, occupying Allied authorities dissolved most organizations within Germany, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of [[de-Nazification]]. The team was allowed to reform late in 1945, but under the new name ''1. FC Saarbrücken''. The club played its first three seasons of post-war football in the first division [[Oberliga Südwest|Oberliga Südwest-Nord]], winning the division championship in 1946.
The German state of [[Saarland]], where the city of Saarbrücken is located, was [[Saar (protectorate)|occupied by the French]] after the war. They 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 FIFA World Cup qualification|1954 FIFA World Cup]] [[Saarland national football team|teams for Saarland]] and the establishment of a short-lived football league for the state called the [[Ehrenliga Saarland|Ehrenliga]]. In 1948, ''1. FC Saarbrücken'' was one of a number of sides forced out of German football, but unlike other clubs, they did not play in the puppet league. Instead, the strong side became part of the French second division as ''FC Sarrebruck''. They won the division but were refused promotion or further participation, mainly due to the resistance of other clubs, among them [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]], which had been forced to play in German competition during World War II.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran2hist.html France – List of Final Tables Second Level] Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015</ref>
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