NOFV-Oberliga
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| Country | Germany |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Number of teams | 32 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 5 |
| Promotion to | Regionalliga Nordost |
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| Current champions | North: FSV Union Fürstenwalde
South: 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (2015–16) |
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The NOFV-Oberliga is a division at step 5 of the German football league system. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it became the successor of the DDR-Oberliga, and functions today as a 5th division in the former territory of East Germany and the city of Berlin.
This league is named after the Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband (NOFV - North-East German Football Association), the regional association of the DFB in the former East German territories.
The league is currently split in two groups, north and south, the NOFV-Oberliga Nord and NOFV-Oberliga Süd. A third league, the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte existed from 1991 to 1994.
The NOFV-Oberliga developed after the entry of the Deutscher Fußball-Verband (the East German Football Association) to the Deutscher Fußball-Bund. It was the successor of the DDR-Oberliga and functioned as the elite division in the former East Germany for this season only.
became champions of that league, with Dynamo Dresden being the runners-up. Thereby both acquired the starting rights for the 1991–92 Bundesliga season.
The following teams qualified directly for the 2. Bundesliga:
These two teams qualified indirectly through a playoff round:
All remaining clubs continued to play in the NOFV-Oberliga. This became the third-highest division starting with the 1991–92 season.
During these three seasons the NOFV-Oberliga was the third-highest league in German football. At this time it consisted of three divisions: North, Central and South. Overall there were 10 Oberligen in Germany at the time. At the end of the season, the Oberliga champions had a play-off for promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. The bottom two teams of each division were relegated to the Landesligen.
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