1937–38 Gauliga Bayern

The 1937–38 Gauliga Bayern was the fifth season of the league, one of the 16 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945.

Main article: 1937–38 Gauliga
Gauliga Bayern
Season1937–38
Champions1. FC Nürnberg
Relegated
German championship1. FC Nürnberg
The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga with Bayern in green

For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the fourth of seven Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944 and the third consecutive one.[1] The club qualified for the 1938 German football championship, where it finished second in its group behind eventual champions Hannover 96, and ahead of Alemannia Aachen and FC Hanau 93.[2][3]

The fourth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw 1. FC Nürnberg reach the semi-finals where it lost to eventual winners SK Rapid Wien, the best performance of a Gauliga Bayern club that season.[4][5]

Table

The 1937–38 season saw two clubs promoted to the league, SSV Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg (C) 18 11 5 2 35 16 +19 27 Qualification to German championship
2 TSV 1860 München 18 9 5 4 42 27 +15 23
3 SSV Jahn Regensburg 18 9 4 5 34 24 +10 22
4 SpVgg Fürth 18 9 4 5 38 33 +5 22
5 FC Bayern Munich 18 8 3 7 37 29 +8 19
6 BC Augsburg 18 6 5 7 26 27 −1 17
7 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 18 7 3 8 29 40 −11 17
8 Schwaben Augsburg 18 4 4 10 31 44 −13 12
9 FC Wacker München (R) 18 4 3 11 25 32 −7 11 Relegation
10 VfB Ingolstadt-Ringsee (R) 18 4 2 12 15 40 −25 10
Source: claudionicoletti.eu
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References
  1. kicker, page: 245
  2. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. "German championship 1938". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. "ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER" [All German Cup winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. "DFB-Pokal 1938 » Spielplan" [German Cup 1938 – Fixtures]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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