1941–42 Gauliga Bayern football championship, where it was knocked out in the intermediate stage after losing 2–1 to SG SS Strassburg. The eighth edition of the "Tschammerpokal", now the DFB-Pokal, was won by Gauliga Bayern club TSV 1860 München who defeated German champions FC Schalke 04 2–0 in the final. The 1941–42 season saw two new clubs in the league, FC Eintracht/Franken Nürnberg and Reichsbahn SG Weiden. 1941–42 Gauliga Bayern The 1941–42 Gauliga Bayern was the ninth season of the league, one of the 25 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria
Names of Germany federal state since West Berlin, although considered a de facto federal state, had the legal status of a military occupation zone. The official name of the country is "Federal Republic of Germany" (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). The terms "Westdeutschland" and "Ostdeutschland" are still used for the western and the eastern parts of the German territory, respectively. Names of Germany Because of Germany's geographic position in the centre of Europe, as well as its long history as a non-united region of distinct tribes and states, there are many widely varying names of Germany in different languages, perhaps more so than for any other