Gauliga Danzig-West Prussia

Gauliga West Prussia-Danzig
Association	Football department
First edition	1940
Last event	1945
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	6 (1940/41) 10 (1941/42, 1943/44) 11 (1942/43)
Record champions	SC Preußen Danzig , HUS Marienwerder , SV Neufahrwasser , LSV Danzig (1 each)
Qualification for	German soccer championship
region	West Prussia
↓ 1st class Danzig-West Prussia

The Gauliga Danzig-West Prussia was from 1940 one of the top football leagues in the time of National Socialism .

history

In the Gauliga Danzig-West Prussia from 1940 the teams from West Prussia and Danzig , who had previously competed in the Gauliga East Prussia , played for participation in the final round of the German championship.

In the first season six teams were represented in the league, which was increased to ten clubs in the second season. In 1943 nine teams took part after last year's champions HUS Marienwerder and SG Ordnungspolizei Danzig could no longer take part. In the following year ten teams played again for the Gaume Championship, the 1944/45 season was canceled in January 1945 at the latest due to the chaos of the war.

The Gaumeister could not achieve any success in the final round of the German championship and failed early on.

Gaumeister 1934-1945

season	Gaumeister Danzig-West Prussia	Cutting off German championship	German champions
1940/41	SC Prussia Danzig	Third group group 1a	SK Rapid Vienna
1941/42	HSV NCO School Marienwerder	Qualifying round	FC Schalke 04
1942/43	SG Neufahrwasser	Quarterfinals A.	Dresdner SC
1943/44	LSV Danzig	1 round	Dresdner SC
1944/45	Championship canceled

^A.By disqualifying VfB Königsberg, SV Neufahrwasser advanced to the quarter-finals.

Eternal table

All seasons of the Gauliga Danzig West Prussia between the seasons 1940/41 and 1943/44 are taken into account.

Pl.	society	Years	Sp.	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.	Points	Ø pt.	title	Playing times by calendar year
1.	SG Neufahrwasser	4th	60	38	6th	16	182	134	+48	82:38	1.37	1	1940-44
2.	SV Prussia Danzig	4th	60	28	6th	26th	160	129	+31	62:58	1.03	1	1940-44
3.	BuEV Danzig	4th	60	24	7th	29	128	126	+2	55:65	0.92	0	1940-44
4th	LSV Danzig	2	32	26th	2	4th	104	44	+60	54:10	1.69	1	1942-44
5.	SV Viktoria Elbing	4th	60	25th	3	32	127	142	−15	53:67	0.88	0	1940-44
6th	Post-SG Danzig	3	50	14th	8th	28	109	155	−46	36:64	0.72	0	1941-44
7th	HSV NCO School Marienwerder	1	18th	15th	1	2	83	23	+60	31: 50	1.72	1	1941/42
8th.	Post-SG Gotenhafen	1	18th	14th	1	3	51	23	+28	29: 70	1.61	0	1943/44
9.	Bromberger SG	2	32	14th	1	17th	65	74	−9	29:35	0.91	0	1942-44
10.	SV Thorn	2	32	14th	0	18th	81	81	± 0	28:36	0.88	0	1942-44
11.	VfR Hansa Elbing	2	28	7th	5	16	42	71	−29	19:37	0.68	0	1940-42
12.	SG OrPo Danzig	2	28	8th	2	18th	56	95	−39	18:38	0.64	0	1940-42
13.	SC Wacker Schidlitz	1	18th	6th	3	9	42	53	−11	15:21	0.83	0	1941/42
14th	Elbinger SV	1	18th	5	2	11	32	63	−31	12:24	0.67	0	1941/42
15th	Danziger SC	1	18th	4th	1	13	28	77	−49	9:27	0.5	0	1943/44

swell

• German sports club for football statistics : Football in the Baltic Sports Association 1933/34 - 1944/45 , publisher: DSfFS e. V., Berlin 2018
• Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 .
• Hardy Greens: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .