1940–41 Gauliga Bayern

The 1940–41 Gauliga Bayern was the eighth season of the league, one of the 20 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: 1940–41 Gauliga
Gauliga Bayern
Season1940–41
ChampionsTSV 1860 München
Relegated
German championshipTSV 1860 München
The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga with Bayern in green

For TSV 1860 München it was the first of two Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.[1] The club qualified for the 1941 German football championship, where it was knocked out after finishing second in its group, behind group winner and eventual German champions SK Rapid Wien, and ahead of Stuttgarter Kickers and VfL Neckarau.[2][3]

The seventh edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw 1. FC Nürnberg as the best Gauliga Bayern club reach the third round, having reached the final in the previous two editions.[4][5]

Table

The 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league, Schwaben Augsburg, FC Wacker München and Würzburger Kickers. The league originally started with 13 clubs but TSV 1883 Nürnberg which had played as FSV Nürnberg in the previous season, withdrew during the season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 TSV 1860 München (C) 22 17 1 4 83 30 +53 35 Qualification to German championship
2 1. FC Nürnberg 22 14 3 5 52 24 +28 31
3 BC Augsburg 22 12 5 5 44 32 +12 29
4 SpVgg Fürth 22 11 5 6 63 45 +18 27
5 SSV Jahn Regensburg 22 11 3 8 45 36 +9 25
6 BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg 22 9 5 8 44 34 +10 23
7 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 22 8 5 9 38 32 +6 21
8 FC Bayern Munich 22 8 4 10 35 35 0 20
9 Schwaben Augsburg 22 7 5 10 45 51 −6 19
10 FC Wacker München 22 6 4 12 35 60 −25 16
11 VfR 07 Schweinfurt (R) 22 4 3 15 24 64 −40 11 Relegation
12 Würzburger Kickers (R) 22 2 3 17 22 87 −65 7
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 9 February 2016.
  3. "German championship 1941". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. "ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER" [All German Cup winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. "DFB-Pokal 1941 » Spielplan" [German Cup 1941 – Fixtures]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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