1940–41 Gauliga Explained

Competition:Gauliga
Season:1940–41
Winners:20 regional winners
Continentalcup1:German champions
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Rapid Wien
1st German title
Prevseason:1939–40
Nextseason:1941–42

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] [4]

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.[5] [6]

Champions

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.[7] [8] [9]

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.[8] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Club League No. of clubs
VfL Neckarau10
TSV 1860 MünchenGauliga Bayern(1940–41 season)13
12
Preußen DanzigGauliga Danzig-Westpreußen‡ 6
FC Mühlhausen 93Gauliga Elsa߇ 16
Borussia Fulda11
SV Jena8
VfL 99 Köln10
10
Hannover 9612
Hamburger SV12
SK Rapid WienGauliga Ostmark(1940–41 season) 10
VfB Königsberg8
LSV Stettin14
Dresdner SC12
Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz11
NSTG Prag10
16
12
12
  1. 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.[7]

German championship

See main article: article and 1941 German football championship.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: (West) Germany -List of champions . Rsssf.com . 17 January 2016.
  2. Web site: ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER . dfb.de . . 15 January 2016. de. All German Cup winners.
  3. Web site: Where's My Country? French clubs in the German football structure 1940-1944 . Rsssf.com . 17 January 2016.
  4. Web site: Where's My Country? Polish clubs in the German football structure 1940-1944 . Rsssf.com . 17 January 2016.
  5. Web site: Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic - List of League Tables . Rsssf.com . 18 January 2016.
  6. Web site: Where's My Country? Czech clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944 . Rsssf.com . 15 January 2016.
  7. Web site: Gauliga final tables. f-archiv.de . 17 January 2016. de.
  8. Web site: 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 .
  9. Web site: German championship 1941 . Rsssf.com . 17 January 2016.
  10. Web site: 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 .
  11. Web site: 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 .
  12. Web site: 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 .
  13. Web site: 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 .
  14. Web site: 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 .
  15. Web site: 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 .
  16. Web site: 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 .
  17. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245

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