German championship Gauliga

Bài chi tiết: German football champions

The winners of the various Gauliga qualified for the finals of the German championship, held at the end of season.

From 1934 to 1938, the system was straight forward, as the 16 Gauliga champions were allocated in four groups of four teams. After a home-and-away round, the winners of the four groups played a semi-final on neutral ground. The two winners of the semi-finals went to the final to determine the German champion.

In the years 1939, 1940, and 1941, the number of groups was extended to compensate for the additional Gauliga created.

From 1942, the competition was played in a single-game knock-out format due to the worsening situation in the war.

While FC Schalke 04 was by far the most successful club in this era, however in 1941 the title went to Austria with Rapid Wien. Also, a Luxembourgian club, Stade Dudelange (renamed FV Stadt Düdelingen), managed to reach the first round of the championship and cup in 1942.

German championship finals under the Gauliga system

YearChampionRunner-UpResultDateVenueAttendance
1944Dresdner SCLSV Hamburg4–018 June 1944Berlin70,000
1943Dresdner SCFV Saarbrücken3–027 June 1943Berlin80,000
1942FC Schalke 04First Vienna FC2–05 July 1942Berlin90,000
1941Rapid WienFC Schalke 044–322 June 1941Berlin95,000
1940FC Schalke 04Dresdner SC1–021 July 1940Berlin95,000
1939FC Schalke 04Admira Wien9–018 June 1939Berlin100,000
1938Hannover 96FC Schalke 043–3 aet
4–3 aet
26 June 1938
3 July 1938
Berlin
Berlin
100,000
100,000
1937FC Schalke 041. FC Nürnberg2–020 June 1937Berlin100,000
19361. FC NürnbergFortuna Düsseldorf2–1 aet21 June 1936Berlin45,000
1935FC Schalke 04VfB Stuttgart6–423 June 1935Cologne74,000
1934FC Schalke 041. FC Nürnberg2–124 June 1934Berlin45,000

German cup finals under the Gauliga system

The German Cup competition was first played out in 1935 and ceased in 1943, only restarting again in 1953. During Nazi Germany, it was called The von Tschammer und Osten Pokal.

YearWinnerFinalistResultDateVenueAttendance
1943First Vienna FCLSV Hamburg3–2 aet31 October 1943Stuttgart45,000
1942TSV 1860 MunichFC Schalke 042–015 October 1942Berlin80,000
1941Dresdner SCFC Schalke 042–12 October 1941Berlin65,000
1940Dresdner SC1. FC Nürnberg2–1 aet1 December 1940Berlin60,000
19391. FC NürnbergSV Waldhof Mannheim2–08 April 1940Berlin60,000
1938Rapid WienFSV Frankfurt3–18 January 1939Berlin38,000
1937FC Schalke 04Fortuna Düsseldorf2–19 January 1938Köln72,000
1936VfB LeipzigFC Schalke 042–13 January 1937Berlin70,000
19351. FC NürnbergFC Schalke 042–08 December 1935Düsseldorf55,000