The 1943–44

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was the eleventh season of the league, one of the 31

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s in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the

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(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. 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. Unlike TSV 1860 in the previous season FC Bayern did not receive an invitation by the Lord

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, to celebrate their title at the town hall, the club having been unpopular with the Nazis because of its past Jewish connections. 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

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while Nürnberg lost 3–1 to eventual winners

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in the semi finals.

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.

South

The 1943–44 season saw two new clubs in the league, KSG

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/ VfB Ingolstadt and TSV Pfersee.

References

Sources

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External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauliga Bayern, 1943-44 1943-44 1