1942–43 Gauliga Bayern

The 1942–43 Gauliga Bayern was the tenth season of the league, one of the 29 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945. It was the first season of the league being sub-divided into a northern and southern division, the Gauliga Nordbayern and Gauliga Südbayern.

Gauliga Bayern
Season1942–43
Champions
Relegated
German championship
  • 1. FC Nürnberg
  • TSV 1860 München
The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga with Bayern in green

For TSV 1860 München it was the second of two Gauliga championships while, for 1. FC Nürnberg, it was the sixth out of seven the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.[1] Both clubs qualified for the 1943 German football championship, where Nürnberg was knocked out in the first preliminary round after losing 3–1 to VfR Mannheim while TSV 1860 lost 2–0 to First Vienna in the quarter-finals.[2][3]

The ninth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw 1. FC Nürnberg eliminated by First Vienna in the quarter-finals as the best Gauliga Bayern club.[4][5]

Table

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North

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The 1942–43 season saw five new clubs in the league, 1. FC Bamberg, Würzburger Kickers, VfR 07 Schweinfurt, Reichsbahn/Viktoria Aschaffenburg and Post SG Fürth.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg (C) 20 20 0 0 125 17 +108 40 Qualification to German championship
2 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 20 16 0 4 85 21 +64 32
3 SpVgg Fürth 20 14 1 5 81 33 +48 29
4 Reichsbahn SG Weiden 20 13 1 6 47 44 +3 27
5 VfL Nürnberg[a] 20 8 3 9 49 54 −5 19
6 1. FC Bamberg 20 8 1 11 50 54 −4 17
7 Würzburger Kickers 20 6 2 12 38 73 −35 14
8 VfR 07 Schweinfurt 20 5 2 13 28 53 −25 12
9 Reichsbahn/Viktoria Aschaffenburg (R) 20 5 2 13 38 76 −38 12 Relegation
10 FC Eintracht/Franken Nürnberg (R) 20 4 3 13 26 94 −68 11
11 Post SG Fürth (R) 20 3 1 16 25 73 −48 7
Source: claudionicoletti.eu
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg changed its name to VfL Nürnberg before the start of the season

South

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The 1942–43 season saw four new clubs in the league, LSV Straubing, TSG Augsburg, FC Bajuwaren München and VfB München.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 TSV 1860 München (C) 18 16 1 1 103 15 +88 33 Qualification to German championship
2 BC Augsburg 18 13 3 2 53 20 +33 29
3 FC Bayern Munich 18 10 2 6 52 23 +29 22
4 Schwaben Augsburg 18 6 5 7 30 33 −3 17
5 SSV Jahn Regensburg 18 8 1 9 30 48 −18 17
6 FC Wacker München 18 7 2 9 47 44 +3 16
7 LSV Straubing 18 7 1 10 32 65 −33 15
8 TSG Augsburg 18 6 1 11 35 65 −30 13
9 SC Bajuwaren München (R) 18 5 2 11 33 62 −29 12 Relegation
10 VfB München (R) 18 3 0 15 35 75 −40 6
Source: claudionicoletti.eu
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ kicker, page: 245
  2. ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ "German championship 1943". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ^ "ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER" [All German Cup winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. ^ "DFB-Pokal 1943 » Spielplan" [German Cup 1943 – Fixtures]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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