1937–38 Gauliga Bayern Explained

See main article: 1937–38 Gauliga.

Competition:	Gauliga Bayern
Season:	1937–38
Winners:	1. FC Nürnberg
Continentalcup1:	German championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	1. FC Nürnberg
Prevseason:	1936–37
Nextseason:	1938–39

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.

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.

References

Sources

• Book: . kicker-Almanach 1990 . . 1990 . de . Yearbook of German football . 3-7679-0297-4.
• Book: . Die deutschen Gauligen 1933–45 . . de . Tables of the Gauligas 1933–45 .
• Book: . 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband . . Southern German Football Association. 1997 . de . 100 Years of the Southern German Football Association.

External links

• Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables

Notes and References

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