1955–56 Oberliga
| Season | 1955–56 |
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| Champions | Hamburger SV Viktoria 89 Berlin Borussia Dortmund 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC |
| Relegated | VfB Oldenburg Eimsbütteler TV Alemannia 90 Berlin Wacker 04 Berlin Bayer Leverkusen Sportfreunde Hamborn FV Engers TuRa Ludwigshafen SSV Reutlingen TSV 1860 München |
| German champions | Borussia Dortmund |
| Top goalscorer | Uwe Seeler (32 goals) |
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The 1955–56 Oberliga was the eleventh 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 1956 German football championship which was won by Borussia Dortmund. It was Borussia Dortmund's first-ever national championship and second appearance in the championship final, having previously lost to VfR Mannheim in 1949.
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1956 DDR-Oberliga was won by SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.
The 1955–56 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfR Neumünster and Eintracht Nordhorn, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Uwe Seeler of Hamburger SV with 32 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1955–56.
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