1940–41 Gauliga

July 2026 Gauliga 1940–41 20 regional winners German champions Rapid Wien1st German title 1939–40 1941–42 thumb|right|The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga from 1933 to 1938 The 1940–41 Gauliga was the eighth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. It was the second season of the league held during the Second World War. The league operated in twenty regional divisions, two more than in the previous season, with the league containing 225 clubs all up, nine more than the previous season. The majority of Gauligas returned to their pre-war single-division format, having been split into regional sub-divisions for the first war season. The league champions entered the 1941 German football championship, won by SK Rapid Wien who defeated FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final. It was Rapid's sole German national championship.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions Rsssf.com 17 January 2016 The 1940–41 season saw the seventh edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1941 edition was won by Dresdner SC, defeating FC Schalke 04 2–1 on 2 November 1941, leaving Schalke to have lost both the championship and cup final in 1941.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 number of Gauligas, twenty, increased by two compare to the previous season because of the introduction of the Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen, named after the city of Gdańsk (German: Danzig) and the former Prussian province of West Prussia and formed by clubs from the Free City of Danzig and Pomeranian Voivodeship, annexed from Poland, and Gauliga Elsaß, formed in the Alsace (German: Elsaß) region which was annexed by Nazi Germany from France.https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/crossborder.html Where's My Country? French clubs in the German football structure 1940-1944 Rsssf.com 17 January 2016https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/crossborder.html Where's My Country? Polish clubs in the German football structure 1940-1944 Rsssf.com 17 January 2016 In the part of Czechoslovakia incorporated into Germany in March 1939, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a separate Czech league continued to exist which was not part of the Gauliga system or the German championship.https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tsjslhist.html Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic - List of League Tables Rsssf.com 18 January 2016https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/crossborder.html Where's My Country? Czech clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944 Rsssf.com 15 January 2016 Champions 180px|thumb|right|Map of Nazi Germany showing its expansion 1938 -1945 The 1940–41 Gauliga champions qualified for the group stage of the German championship. VfL Köln 99, Dresdner SC, FC Schalke 04 and SK Rapid Wien won their championship groups and advanced to the semi-finals with the latter two reaching the championship final which Rapid won.http://www.f-archiv.de/ Gauliga final tables f-archiv.de 17 January 2016 dehttp://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1940-41/ Germany 1940–41 claudionicoletti.eu 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160113023423/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1940-41/ 13 January 2016 dead https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German championship 1941 Rsssf.com 17 January 2016 FC Schalke 04 won their eighth consecutive Gauliga title, Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz their fourth consecutive title, Stuttgarter Kickers and Dresdner SC their third while SK Rapid Wien, Kickers Offenbach and VfB Königsberg defended their 1939–40 Gauliga title.http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1939-40/ Germany 1939–40 claudionicoletti.eu 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015126/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1939-40/ 5 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-1938-39/ Germany 1938–39 claudionicoletti.eu 17 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 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245 Club League No. of clubs VfL Neckarau Gauliga Baden 10 TSV 1860 München Gauliga Bayern(1940–41 season)13 Tennis Borussia Berlin Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg 12 Preußen Danzig Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen‡ 6 FC Mühlhausen 93 Gauliga Elsa߇ 16 Borussia Fulda Gauliga Hessen 11 SV Jena Gauliga Mitte 8 VfL 99 Köln Gauliga Mittelrhein 10 TuS Helene Altenessen Gauliga Niederrhein 10 Hannover 96 Gauliga Niedersachsen 12 Hamburger SV Gauliga Nordmark 12 SK Rapid Wien Gauliga Ostmark(1940–41 season) 10 VfB Königsberg Gauliga Ostpreußen 8 LSV Stettin Gauliga Pommern 14 Dresdner SC Gauliga Sachsen 12 Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz# Gauliga Schlesien 11 NSTG Prag Gauliga Sudetenland 10Kickers Offenbach Gauliga Südwest 16FC Schalke 04 Gauliga Westfalen 12Stuttgarter Kickers Gauliga Württemberg 12 # Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz qualified for the finals as they were leading the table when participation in the German championship was determined. The competition was not completed but Germania Königshütte led the table at the time of cancellation for war reasons on 30 March 1941. ‡ Denotes new Gauligas for the 1940–41 season. German championship 1941 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 1940-41 1 Ger