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The 1943 -- 44 Gauliga was the eleventh season of the Gauliga , the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945 .. Gauliga. Gauliga. football league system. German football league system. Germany. Germany. It was the fifth season of the league held during the Second World War and the last completed one .. Second World War. Second World War. The league operated in thirty-one regional divisions , two more than in the previous season , with the league containing 358 clubs all up , 60 more than the previous season .. The league champions entered the 1944 German football championship , won by Dresdner SC who defeated Luftwaffe team LSV Hamburg 4 -- 0 in the final .. Dresdner SC. Dresdner SC. 1944 German football championship. 1944 German football championship. Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe. LSV Hamburg. LSV Hamburg. It was Dresden 's second national championship , having won the competition in the previous season as well .. national championship. List of German football champions. The number of Gauligas , thirty-one , increased by two compare to the previous season because of the splitting off of the Gauliga Osthannover from the Gauliga Sudhannover-Braunschweig and the creation of the Gauliga Bohmen und Mahren .. Gauliga. Gauliga. Gauliga Osthannover. Gauliga Osthannover. Gauliga Sudhannover-Braunschweig. Gauliga Sudhannover-Braunschweig. Gauliga Bohmen und Mahren. Gauliga Bohmen und Mahren. The 1943 -- 44 season saw the continued participation of military and police teams , especially in the eastern regions .. Gauliga champions like LSV Hamburg , LSV Danzig , LSV Molders Krakau and LSV Rerick were associated with the German air force , the Luftwaffe , LSV standing for Luftwaffen Sportverein while MSV Brunn , WSV Celle and HSV Groß-Born were clubs of the Wehrmacht .. Gauliga. Gauliga. Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe. LSV Hamburg. LSV Hamburg. LSV Danzig. LSV Danzig. LSV Molders Krakau. LSV Molders Krakau. LSV Rerick. LSV Rerick. MSV Brunn. MSV Brunn. WSV Celle. WSV Celle. HSV Groß-Born. HSV Groß-Born. Wehrmacht. Wehrmacht. In the part of Czechoslovakia annexed into Germany in March 1939 , the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , a separate Czech league continued to exist which was not part of the Gauliga system or the German championship .. Gauliga. Gauliga. Germany. Germany. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Czech league. Czechoslovak First League