1939–40 Národní liga

The 1939–40 Národní liga (English: National league) was the first season of the Národní liga, the first tier of league football in the Nazi Germany-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia which had been part of Czechoslovakia until March 1939.[1]

Národní liga
Season1939–40
ChampionsSlavia Prague
RelegatedSK Náchod
SK Slezská Ostrava
Top goalscorerJosef Bican (50 goals)

The Czech championship was won by Slavia Prague,[2] and Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 50 goals.[3]

Czech clubs in what was now the German-annexed Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia continued their own league which was variously referred to as the Národní liga (English: National league), Bohemia/Moravia championship or Česko-moravská liga (English: Bohemian-Moravian league) while ethnic-German clubs played in the German Gauliga Sudetenland.[2][4][5]

In the Slovak Republic an independent Slovak league, the Slovenská liga, had been established in 1939 and played out its own championship which was won by ŠK Bratislava in the 1939–40 season. A national Czechoslovak championship was not played between 1939 and 1945.[5][6]

Table

For the 1939–40 season Viktoria Plzeň and SK Prostějov had been newly promoted to the league.[5]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1Slavia Prague (C)221660107372.89238
2Sparta Prague22155271342.08835
3SK Pardubice2295846391.17923
4Baťa Zlín22103952630.82523
5SK Židenice2295838500.76023
6SK Plzeň22841056521.07720
7SK Prostějov22921147480.97920
8Viktoria Plzeň22661061680.89718
9Viktoria Žižkov22741148650.73818
10SK Kladno22741144660.66718
11SK Náchod (R)22811354720.75017
12Slezská Ostrava (R)22451338680.55913
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayZLÍKLANÁCPARSKPPROŽIDSLAOSTSPAPLZVŽI
Baťa Zlín2–17–33–02–14–21–32–23–11–66–33–2
SK Kladno4–15–22–11–14–01–21–14–21–13–32–3
SK Náchod4–14–02–23–41–21–23–73–11–34–23–2
SK Pardubice2–15–03–12–12–14–01–34–00–04–02–4
SK Plzeň3–32–40–21–14–29–11–85–21–23–02–1
SK Prostějov1–31–04–03–13–03–22–52–21–23–06–2
SK Židenice3–14–22–02–11–11–01–35–11–23–30–0
Slavia Prague10–114–111–56–23–14–47–05–13–12–22–2
Slezská Ostrava3–26–41–21–13–21–21–11–10–72–01–2
Sparta Prague2–25–15–25–44–32–02–23–14–14–41–2
Viktoria Plzeň7–15–16–42–22–54–33–11–25–32–44–4
Viktoria Žižkov0–21–22–41–22–64–24–11–74–41–64–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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