Back in the 1950s Saarland battled for a place at the 1954 World Cup, but few today remember the nation ever existed.

Germany is divided into 16 federal states. Saarland is in the western part of the country, very close to France, Luxembourg and Belgium.

Yet the Saarland didn't make it to the World Cup, because there was another team in this group -- none other than West Germany. Who knows what would have happened if Siedl had scored in the first ...