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.
| Season | 1940–41 |
|---|---|
| Champions | TSV 1860 München |
| Relegated | |
| German championship | TSV 1860 München |
← 1939–40 1941–42 → | |
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. They were placed behind the 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
editThe 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 |
References
edit- ^ kicker, page: 245
- ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "German championship 1941". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER" [All German Cup winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "DFB-Pokal 1941 » Spielplan" [German Cup 1941 – Fixtures]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
Sources
edit- 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
edit- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables