Gauliga Niederrhein 1937/38
| Gauliga Niederrhein 1937/38 | |
|   | |
| master | Fortuna Dusseldorf (3) | 
| Relegated | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen , BV Altenessen 06 | 
| Teams | 10 | 
| Games | 90 (of which 90 played) | 
| Gates | 289 (ø 3.21 per game) | 
| ← Gauliga Niederrhein 1936/37 | |
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| Venues of the Gauliga Niederrhein 1937/38 | 
The Gauliga Niederrhein 1937/38 was the fifth season of the Gauliga Niederrhein in football. The championship was held again this season in a round-robin tournament with ten teams. Fortuna Düsseldorf secured the Gaume Championship for the third time with a three point lead over Schwarz-Weiß Essen . The Düsseldorf team thus qualified for the German soccer championship 1937/38 , in which the team lost the semi-final against Hannover 96 just 3-2 after extra time. The game for 3rd place was won 4-2 in the replay against Hamburger SV . The relegation ranks were occupied by Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and BV Altenessen 06 . Rot-Weiss Essen and Westende Hamborn rose from the district leagues .
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fortuna Dusseldorf (M) | 18th | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42:12 | 3.50 | 29: 7 | 
| 2. | Black and white food | 18th | 12 | 2 | 4th | 39:22 | 1.77 | 26:10 | 
| 3. | SV Hamborn 07 | 18th | 9 | 5 | 4th | 34:29 | 1.17 | 23:13 | 
| 4th | TuS Duisburg 48/99 | 18th | 8th | 3 | 7th | 28:29 | 0.97 | 19:17 | 
| 5. | SSV Elberfeld | 18th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 29:20 | 1.45 | 18:18 | 
| 6th | TuRU Düsseldorf | 18th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 22:27 | 0.81 | 16:20 | 
| 7th | VfL Benrath | 18th | 5 | 5 | 8th | 19:24 | 0.79 | 15:21 | 
| 8th. | Union 02 Hamborn (N) | 18th | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25:32 | 0.78 | 13:23 | 
| 9. | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18th | 4th | 3 | 11 | 7:30 p.m. | 0.63 | 11:25 | 
| 10. | BV Altenessen 06 (N) | 18th | 2 | 6th | 10 | 32:64 | 0.50 | 10:26 | 
| Legend | |
| Gaumeister | |
| Relegated to the district league | |
| (M) | Defending champion | 
|---|---|
| (N) | Promoted from the district league | 
Promotion lap
Group 1
| space | society | Games | Gates | Quota | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | West end of Hamborn | 4th | 11: 8 | 1.38 | 5: 3 | 
| 2. | Eintracht Munich-Gladbach | 4th | 9:10 | 0.90 | 4: 4 | 
| 3. | Union Krefeld | 4th | 7: 9 | 0.78 | 3: 5 | 
| Legend | |
| Promoted to the Gauliga | |
Group 2
| space | society | Games | Gates | Quota | Points | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Red and white food | 4th | 13: 4 | 3.25 | 8-0 | 
| 2. | VfR Ohligs | 4th | 7: 8 | 0.88 | 4: 4 | 
| 3. | Black and white Wuppertal | 4th | 3:11 | 0.27 | 0: 8 | 
| Legend | |
| Promoted to the Gauliga | |
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- 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 .
- Gauliga Niederrhein 1937/38 at http://www.claudionicoletti.eu


