The 1940–41

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was the eighth season of the league, one of the 20

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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 TSV 1860 München it was the first of two Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944. The club qualified for the 1941 German football championship, where it was knocked out after finishing second in its group. They were placed behind the group winner and eventual German champions

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, and ahead of

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and VfL Neckarau. The seventh edition of the ''Tschammerpokal'', now the

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, saw 1. FC Nürnberg as the best Gauliga Bayern club reach the third round, having reached the final in the previous two editions.

Table

The 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league,

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and

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. The league originally started with 13 clubs but TSV 1883 Nürnberg which had played as FSV Nürnberg in the previous season, withdrew during the season.

References

Sources

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External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauliga Bayern, 1940-41 1940-41 1