1936–37 Gauliga Bayern

It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945.

FC Nürnberg it was the third of seven Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.

[1] The club qualified for the 1937 German football championship, where it finished first in its group with Fortuna Düsseldorf, Waldhof Mannheim and VfR Köln and qualified for the semi-finals.

After overcoming Hamburger SV 3–2 Nürnberg advanced to the final where it lost 2–0 to FC Schalke 04.

[2][3] In the third edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, saw the Gauliga Bayern representatives knocked out early with the SpVgg Fürth achieving the best result, reaching the third round.