1938–39 Gauliga Bayern

Main article: 1938–39 Gauliga

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.

Gauliga Bayern

Season	1938–39
Champions	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
Relegated	VfB Coburg Schwaben Augsburg
German championship	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga with Bayern in green

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (C)	18	10	3	5	37	27	+10	23	Qualification to German championship
2	TSV 1860 München	18	8	6	4	33	21	+12	22
3	SSV Jahn Regensburg	18	8	4	6	43	24	+19	20
4	BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg	18	9	2	7	27	23	+4	20
5	1. FC Nürnberg	18	9	2	7	28	33	−5	20
6	SpVgg Fürth	18	8	3	7	23	26	−3	19
7	FC Bayern Munich	18	7	3	8	26	31	−5	17
8	BC Augsburg	18	4	6	8	28	35	−7	14
9	VfB Coburg (R)	18	6	2	10	27	39	−12	14	Relegation
10	Schwaben Augsburg (R)	18	4	3	11	32	45	−13	11

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 1939". 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 1939 » Spielplan" [German Cup 1939 – Fixtures]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

Sources

• kicker-Almanach 1990 [Yearbook of German football] (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 1990. ISBN 3-7679-0297-4.
• Die deutschen Gauligen 1933–45 [Tables of the Gauligas 1933–45] (in German). DSFS.
• 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband [100 Years of the Southern German Football Association] (in German). Munich: Southern German Football Association. 1997.

External links

• Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables