1943–44 Gauliga Bayern

The 1943–44 Gauliga Bayern was the eleventh season of the league, one of the 31 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 second and last season of the league being sub-divided into a northern and southern division, the Gauliga Nordbayern and Gauliga Südbayern, with further sub-dividing taking place in the uncompleted 1944–45 season.

Main article: 1943–44 Gauliga
Gauliga Bayern
Season1943–44
Champions
Relegatednone
German championship
  • 1. FC Nürnberg
  • FC Bayern Munich
The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga with Bayern in green

For FC Bayern Munich it was the only Gauliga championship while, for 1. FC Nürnberg, it was the seventh and last the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.[1] Unlike TSV 1860 in the previous season FC Bayern did not receive an invitation by the Lord Mayor of Munich, Karl Fiehler, to celebrate their title at the town hall, the club having been unpopular with the Nazis because of its past Jewish connections.[2] Both Gauliga champions qualified for the 1944 German football championship, where Bayern Munich was knocked out in the first preliminary round after losing 2–1 to VfR Mannheim while Nürnberg lost 3–1 to eventual winners Dresdner SC in the semi finals.[3][4]

Table

The 1943–44 saw a number of Kriegsspielgemeinschaft teams compete in the league, shortened as KSG. The KSG's were unified teams formed from two or more clubs but not mergers of these clubs.

North

The 1943–44 season saw two new clubs in the league, WTSV Schweinfurt and KSG Post/Reichsbahn Nürnberg/Fürth.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg (C) 18 13 2 3 85 23 +62 28 Qualification to German championship
2 1. FC Bamberg 18 11 3 4 62 45 +17 25
3 VfL Nürnberg 18 9 4 5 35 31 +4 22
4 VfR 07 Schweinfurt 18 8 4 6 39 35 +4 20
5 KSG 1. FC 05/LSV Schweinfurt[lower-alpha 1] 18 10 0 8 41 40 +1 20
6 SpVgg Fürth 18 9 1 8 53 31 +22 19
7 WTSV Schweinfurt 18 9 0 9 54 46 +8 18
8 KSG Post/Reichsbahn Nürnberg/Fürth 18 5 4 9 37 51 −14 14
9 Reichsbahn SG Weiden 18 3 2 13 24 64 −40 8
10 KSG FV 04/Kickers Würzburg[lower-alpha 2] 18 1 4 13 22 86 −64 6
Source: claudionicoletti.eu
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. KSG 1. FC 05/LSV Schweinfurt was the combined team of 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and LSV Schweinfurt
  2. KSG FV 04/ Kickers Würzburg was the combined team of FV 04 Würzburg and Würzburger Kickers

South

The 1943–44 season saw two new clubs in the league, KSG MTV/VfB Ingolstadt and TSV Pfersee.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Bayern Munich (C) 18 15 1 2 56 15 +41 31 Qualification to German championship
2 KSG BC/Post Augsburg[lower-alpha 1] 18 13 1 4 56 17 +39 27
3 TSV 1860 München 18 11 3 4 54 33 +21 25
4 LSV Straubing 18 9 4 5 26 27 −1 22
5 SSV Jahn Regensburg 18 7 2 9 34 30 +4 16
6 FC Wacker München 18 7 2 9 30 33 −3 16
7 KSG MTV/VfB Ingolstadt[lower-alpha 2] 18 6 3 9 38 57 −19 15
8 Schwaben Augsburg 18 6 2 10 22 35 −13 14
9 TSV Pfersee 18 3 2 13 20 52 −32 8
10 TSG Augsburg 18 3 0 15 24 61 −37 6
Source: claudionicoletti.eu
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. KSG BC/Post Augsburg was the combined team of BC Augsburg and Post-SG Augsburg
  2. KSG MTV/VfB Ingolstadt was the combined team of MTV Ingolstadt and VfB Ingolstadt

References
  1. kicker, page: 245
  2. "Schwere Zeiten für den "Judenklub"" [Difficult times for the Jewish club]. bpb.de (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. "German championship 1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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