The 1937–38

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was the fifth season of the league, one of the 16

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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. For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the fourth of seven Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944 and the third consecutive one. The club qualified for the

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, where it finished second in its group behind eventual champions

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, and ahead of

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and

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. The fourth edition of the ''Tschammerpokal'', now the

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, saw 1. FC Nürnberg reach the semi-finals where it lost to eventual winners

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, the best performance of a Gauliga Bayern club that season.

Table

The 1937–38 season saw two clubs promoted to the league,

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and

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References

Sources

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External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauliga Bayern, 1937-38 1937-38 1