1938–39 Gauliga

July 2026 Gauliga 1938–39 18 regional winners German champions Schalke 044th German title 1937–38 1939–40 thumb|right|The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga from 1933 to 1938 The 1938–39 Gauliga was the sixth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. It was the last completed season before the Second World War. The league operated in eighteen regional divisions, of which the Gauliga Sudetenland was played in a knock-out format of regional champions, with the league containing 175 clubs all up, five less than the previous season. The league champions entered the 1939 German football championship, won by FC Schalke 04 who defeated Admira Wien 9–0 in the final. It was Schalke's fourth national championship, with the club winning six championships all up during the Gauliga era.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions Rsssf.com 15 January 2016 Four clubs remained unbeaten during the league season, those being FC Schalke 04, Hindenburg Allenstein, VfR Mannheim and SV Dessau 05. At the other end of the table one club finished the season without a win, SV Algermissen. Hamburger SV scored the most goals of any Gauliga club with 87 while ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt conceded the most with 87. SV Dessau 05 and Hamburger SV achieved the highest points total with 35 while SV Algermissen earned the least with two points to its name. The 1938–39 season saw the fifth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1939 edition was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating SV Waldhof Mannheim 2–0 on 28 April 1940.https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/statistik/bisherige-sieger/ ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER dfb.de German Football Association 15 January 2016 de All German Cup winners The 1938–39 season saw an expansion of the number of the Gauligas from 16 to 18. In March 1938 Nazi Germany annexed Austria in what is commonly referred to as the Anschluss, with the Gauliga Ostmark formed as a consequence.https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/crossborder.html Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944 Rsssf.com 15 January 2016 In September 1938, through the Munich Agreement, Nazi Germany acquired the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia which resulted in the formation of the Gauliga Sudetenland. This was followed by the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 but the Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren was only organised in 1943 in the region.https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/crossborder.html Where's My Country? Czech clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944 Rsssf.com 15 January 2016 In the part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany in March 1939, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the Czechoslovak First League continued its 1938–39 season separately from the Gauligas and the German championship.https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tsjslhist.html Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic - List of League Tables Rsssf.com 15 January 2016 Champions 180px|thumb|right|Map of Nazi Germany showing its expansion 1938 -1945 The 1938–39 Gauliga champions qualified for the group stage of the German championship. Dresdner SC, Hamburger SV, Admira Wien and FC Schalke 04 won their championship groups and advanced to the semi-finals with the latter two reaching the championship final which Schalke won.http://www.f-archiv.de/ Gauliga final tables f-archiv.de 15 January 2016 dehttp://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1938-39/ Germany 1938–39 claudionicoletti.eu 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134933/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1938-39/ 4 March 2016 dead https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German championship 1939 Rsssf.com 15 January 2016 FC Schalke 04 won their sixth consecutive Gauliga title, Fortuna Düsseldorf their fourth, SV Dessau 05 and Hamburger SV won their third consecutive one while Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz defended their 1937–38 Gauliga title.http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1937-38/ Germany 1937–38 claudionicoletti.eu 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116211920/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1937-38/ 16 January 2016 dead http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1936-37/ Germany 1936–37 claudionicoletti.eu 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134026/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1936-37/ 4 March 2016 dead http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1935-36/ Germany 1935–36 claudionicoletti.eu 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212318/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1935-36/ 4 March 2016 dead http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1934-35/ Germany 1934–35 claudionicoletti.eu 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133913/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1934-35/ 4 March 2016 dead http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1933-34/ Germany 1933–34 claudionicoletti.eu 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200422/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1933-34/ 4 March 2016 dead Club League No. of clubs VfR Mannheim Gauliga Baden 10 FC Schweinfurt 05 Gauliga Bayern(1938–39 season)10 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg 10 CSC 03 Kassel Gauliga Hessen 10 SV Dessau 05 Gauliga Mitte 10 SpVgg Sülz 07 Gauliga Mittelrhein 10Fortuna Düsseldorf Gauliga Niederrhein 10VfL Osnabrück Gauliga Niedersachsen 10 Hamburger SV Gauliga Nordmark 11 Admira Wien Gauliga Ostmark ‡(1938–39 season) 10 Hindenburg Allenstein Gauliga Ostpreußen 10 Viktoria Stolp Gauliga Pommern 10 Dresdner SC Gauliga Sachsen 10 Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz Gauliga Schlesien 10 Warnsdorfer FK Gauliga Sudetenland ‡4Wormatia Worms Gauliga Südwest 10FC Schalke 04 Gauliga Westfalen 10Stuttgarter Kickers Gauliga Württemberg 10 ‡ Denotes new Gauligas for the 1938–39 season. German championship 1939 German football championship References Sources kicker-Almanach 1990 de Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, 3-7679-0297-4 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband de 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997 Die deutschen Gauligen 1933–45 – Heft 1–3 de Tables of the Gauligas 1933–45, publisher: DSFS External links Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv de Historic German league tables 1938-39 1 Ger