The 1938–39 Czechoslovak First League, officially the ''Statni Liga'', was the 15th season of the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

, the first tier of league football in

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. The championship was won by

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, the club's sixth Czechoslovak national championship.

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was the league's top scorer with 29 goals. During the season Czechoslovakia experienced considerable political change which resulted in the eventual disestablishment of the country, and thereby the Czechoslovak First League, by the hands of

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. In September 1938, through the

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, Nazi Germany acquired the

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from Czechoslovakia. This was followed by the

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in March 1939. As a consequence the

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was established for ethnic German clubs while Czech and Slovak clubs competed in their own, separate competitions. The sole Slovak club in the league, ŠK Bratislava, was removed from the league and joined a new Slovak league, the ''Slovenská liga'', in the newly independent

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. Czech clubs in what was now the German-annexed

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continued their own league which was variously referred to as the Bohemia/Moravia championship, Národní liga (English: ''National league'') or Česko-moravská liga (English: ''Bohemian-Moravian league'').

Bohemia and Moravia

The Czechoslovak First League continued its season after annexation by Germany, now with Czech clubs only. For the 1938–39 season

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and

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had been newly promoted to the league.

Table

Results

Slovakia

The Slovenská liga was a new competition, formed after the disestablishment of Czechoslovakia.

Table

References

External links

Czechoslovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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