It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria (German:Bayern) from 1933 to 1945.
FC Schweinfurt 05 it was the first of two Gauliga championships the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.
[1] The club qualified for the 1939 German football championship, where it finished second in its group, on equal points with group winner Dresdner SC, and ahead of Warnsdorfer FK.
[2][3] The fifth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal, was won by Gauliga Bayern club 1.
FC Nürnberg, defeating Waldhof Mannheim 2–0 in the final.