1938–39 Gauliga Bayern Explained

See main article: 1938–39 Gauliga.

Competition:	Gauliga Bayern
Season:	1938–39
Winners:	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
Continentalcup1:	German championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
Prevseason:	1937–38
Nextseason:	1939–40

The 1938–39 Gauliga Bayern was the sixth season of the league, one of the 18 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 Schweinfurt 05 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 1939 German football championship, where it finished second in its group, on equal points with group winner Dresdner SC, and ahead of Warnsdorfer FK.^{[2] [3]}

The fifth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, was won by Gauliga Bayern club 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating Waldhof Mannheim 2–0 in the final.^{[4] [5]}

Table

The 1938–39 season saw two new clubs in the league, BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg and ASV Nürnberg.

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 1939 . 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 1939 » Spielplan . weltfussball.de . Weltfussball.de . 31 January 2016. de. German Cup 1939 – Fixtures.