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.
| Season | 1942–43 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
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| Relegated | |
| German championship |
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← 1941–42 1943–44 → | |
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
editNorth
editThe 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 |
- ^ BSG WKG Neumeyer Nürnberg changed its name to VfL Nürnberg before the start of the season
South
editThe 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 |
References
edit- ^ kicker, page: 245
- ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "German championship 1943". 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 1943 » Spielplan" [German Cup 1943 – 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