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1956 Saarland national football team
Season	1956
Manager	Helmut Schön; Max Merkel
Home stadium	Ludwigsparkstadion; Stadion Kieselhumes
Matches played	3
Wins	0
Draws	2
Losses	1
Goals scored	3 (1 per match)
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
Highest scoring	Netherlands 3–2 Saarland; (6 June)
Longest unbeaten run	2 (1 May – 3 June)
Longest winless run	3 (1 May – 6 June)
Longest losing run	1 (6 June)
Highest attendance	20,000; Saarland 1–1 Switzerland; (1 May)
Lowest attendance	12,000; Saarland 0–0 Portugal; (3 June)
Average attendance	16,000
	← 1955

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

1 May International Friendly	Saar	1–1	Switzerland	Saarbrücken, Germany
	Siedl 57'	Report	Riva 33'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 20,000^[1] Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

3 June International Friendly	Saar	0–0	Portugal	Saarbrücken, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Stadion Kieselhumes Attendance: 12,000^[2] Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

6 June International Friendly	Netherlands	3–2	Saar	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 UTC+1	Koopal 6' Lenstra 22' Wilkes 63'	Report	Vollmar 40' Ringel 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,000^[3] Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

Pos.	Player^[4]	Apps	Goals
GK	Horst Borcherding	2	0
GK	Hans Neuerburg	1	0
DF	Albert Keck	2	0
DF	Gerd Lauck	3	0
DF	Peter Momber	0+1	0
DF	Waldemar Philippi	3	0
DF	Werner Prauss	1	0
DF	Theodor Puff	3	0
MF	Kurt Clemens	2	0
FW	Fritz Altmeyer	0+1	0
FW	Herbert Binkert	2	0
FW	Manfred Ebert	2	0
FW	Günter Herrmann	1	0
FW	Dieter Honecker	1	0
FW	Peter Krieger	2	0
FW	Karl-Heinz Kunkel	0+1	0
FW	Herbert Martin	2	0
FW	Karl Ringel	1+1	1
FW	Gerhard Siedl	2+1	1
FW	Heinz Vollmar	2	1
FW	Ernst Zägel	1	0