1954–55 Oberliga
| Season | 1954–55 |
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| Champions | Hamburger SV Viktoria 89 Berlin Rot-Weiss Essen 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kickers Offenbach |
| Relegated | Bremer SV Harburger TB BFC Südring BFC Nordstern Meidericher SV VfL Bochum FV Speyer Sportfreunde Saarbrücken KSV Hessen Kassel FC Bayern Munich |
| German champions | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| Top goalscorer | Ernst-Otto Meyer (36 goals) |
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The 1954–55 Oberliga was the tenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany and the Saar Protectorate. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1955 German football championship which was won by Rot-Weiss Essen. It was Essen's sole national championship while, for losing finalist 1. FC Kaiserslautern, it was the fourth final it played in five seasons.
On the strength of this title Rot-Weiss Essen and 1. FC Saarbrücken, the best-placed Oberliga team from the Saar Protectorate, participated in the first edition of the European Cup, going out to Hibernian F.C. in the first round, as did Saarbrücken against A.C. Milan.
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1954–55 DDR-Oberliga was won by SC Turbine Erfurt.
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