1941–42 Gauliga
| Season | 1941–42 |
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| Champions | 25 regional winners |
| German champions | FC Schalke 04 |
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1942–43 →
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The 1941–42 Gauliga was the ninth season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. It was the third season of the league held during the Second World War.
The league operated in twenty-five regional divisions, five more than in the previous season, with the league containing 265 clubs all up, 40 more than the previous season. The league champions entered the 1942 German football championship, won by FC Schalke 04 who defeated First Vienna 2–0 in the final. It was Schalke's sixth German national championship and its last in the Gauliga era.
The 1941–42 season saw the eighth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1942 edition was won by TSV 1860 München, defeating FC Schalke 04 2–0 on 15 November 1942.
The number of Gauligas, twenty-five, increased by five compare to the previous season because of the introduction of two new Gauligas and the sub-division of three existing ones. The Gauliga Wartheland, covering the Reichsgau Wartheland, and the Gauliga Generalgouvernement, covering the General Government, were created in the areas annexed by Nazi Germany and in occupied Poland. The Gauliga Generalgouvernement was only ever played as a knock-out competition of the local district champions and never in league format.
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