List of German football champions
German football championships under the Third Reich (1933–45)
Under the Nazis, German sports competitions were consolidated for political reasons. Clubs whose leanings were unpalatable to the regime as leftist or faith-based were either banned or their memberships dispersed through forced mergers with other ideologically acceptable clubs.

List of German football champions

Section Title: German football championships under the Third Reich (1933–45)
Table Section Text: Under the Nazis, German sports competitions were consolidated for political reasons. Clubs whose leanings were unpalatable to the regime as leftist or faith-based were either banned or their memberships dispersed through forced mergers with other ideologically acceptable clubs.

Season	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue

1933	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	Schalke 04	Köln

1934	Schalke 04	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin

1935	Schalke 04	6–4	VfB Stuttgart	Köln

1936	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin

1937	Schalke 04 †	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin

1938	Hannover 96	3–3 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (a.e.t.)	Schalke 04	Berlin

1939	Schalke 04	9–0	Admira Wien	Berlin

1940	Schalke 04	1–0	Dresdner SC	Berlin

1941	Rapid Wien	4–3	Schalke 04	Berlin

1942	Schalke 04	2–0	First Vienna	Berlin

1943	Dresdner SC	3–0	FV Saarbrücken	Berlin

1944	Dresdner SC	4–0	LSV Hamburg	Berlin

1945	Suspended – World War II

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The 1940 German football championship, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating Dresdner SC 1–0.

final_sentence: The 1940 German football championship, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating Dresdner SC 1–0.