1936–37 Gauliga

The league champions entered the 1937 German football championship, won by FC Schalke 04 who defeated 1.

It was Schalke's third national championship, with the club winning six all up during the Gauliga era of German football from 1933 to 1945.

[1] Two clubs remained unbeaten during the league season, those being FC Schalke 04 and SV 06 Kassel.

FC Schalke 04 scored the most goals of any Gauliga club with 103 while Sperber Hamburg conceded the most with 98.

FC Nürnberg, SV Werder Bremen and Viktoria Stolp defended their 1935–36 Gauliga titles.