1939–40 Gauliga Bayern
Football league season
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The 1939â40 Gauliga Bayern was the seventh 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.
| Season | 1939â40 |
|---|---|
| Champions | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Relegated | none |
| German championship | 1. FC Nürnberg |
â 1938â39 1940â41 â | |
For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the fifth of seven Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.[1] The club qualified for the 1940 German football championship, where it was knocked out after finishing second in its group, behind group winner SV Waldhof Mannheim, and ahead of Stuttgarter Kickers and Kickers Offenbach.[2][3]
The sixth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw holders 1. FC Nürnberg defeated 2â1 after extra time in the final by Dresdner SC.[4][5]
Table
The 1939â40 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfR 07 Schweinfurt and FSV Nürnberg.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 13 | +43 | 29 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | BC Augsburg | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 28 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 25 | |
| 4 | BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 25 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Fürth | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 19 | |
| 6 | SSV Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 44 | â4 | 17 | |
| 7 | TSV 1860 München | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 36 | â2 | 16 | |
| 8 | FC Bayern Munich | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | â11 | 10 | |
| 9 | VfR 07 Schweinfurt | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 59 | â36 | 9 | |
| 10 | FSV Nürnberg | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 93 | â80 | 2 |