1942–43 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 sixth out of seven the club would win in the era from 1933 to 1944.

[1] Both clubs qualified for the 1943 German football championship, where Nürnberg was knocked out in the first preliminary round after losing 3–1 to VfR Mannheim while TSV 1860 lost 2–0 to First Vienna in the quarter-finals.

FC Nürnberg eliminated by First Vienna in the quarter-finals as the best Gauliga Bayern club.

FC Bamberg, Würzburger Kickers, VfR 07 Schweinfurt, Reichsbahn/Viktoria Aschaffenburg and Post SG Fürth.

The initial 16 districts of the Gauliga with Bayern in green