1956–57 Oberliga
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 1957 German football championship which was won by Borussia Dortmund.The 1956–57 season saw two new clubs in the league, BFC Südring and Rapide Wedding, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin.The 1957 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by Borussia Dortmund, defeating Hamburger SV in the final.The remaining eight clubs then played a single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of four.
1956–57 Oberliga (disambiguation)OberligaHamburger SVHertha BSC BerlinBorussia Dortmund1. FC Kaiserslautern1. FC NürnbergArminia HannoverHeider SVBFC SüdringRapide WeddingSchwarz-Weiß EssenBorussia München-GladbachSpVgg AndernachSportfreunde SaarbrückenSchwaben AugsburgFreiburger FCGerman championsGerman titleHeinz Beck1955–561957–58football league systemWest GermanySaar ProtectorateBerlinSouthwest1957 German football championshipnational championshipprevious seasonDresdner SCSecond World WarSaarland1. FC SaarbrückenBorussia NeunkirchenSaar 05 SaarbrückenSV Röchling VölklingenDDR-OberligaEast GermanyEast German football league system1957 DDR-OberligaSC Wismut Karl-Marx-StadtConcordia HamburgUwe SeelerGerman championshipHolstein KielHannover 96FC St. PauliWerder BremenVfL OsnabrückEintracht BraunschweigVfR NeumünsterTuS Bremerhaven 93Göttingen 05FC Altona 93Eintracht NordhornVfL WolfsburgAmateurliga BerlinHelmut FaederTennis Borussia BerlinUnion 06 BerlinViktoria 89 BerlinBlau-Weiß 90 BerlinTasmania 1900 BerlinSpandauer SVBerliner SV 92Hertha ZehlendorfMinerva 93 BerlinVfL BochumMeidericher SV2. Oberliga WestAlfred KelbassaDuisburger SV1. FC KölnFC Schalke 04Alemannia AachenFortuna DüsseldorfRot-Weiß EssenWuppertaler SVWestfalia HernePreußen DellbrückPreußen MünsterSV SodingenSC Rapid KölnViktoria KölnFV Speyer2. Oberliga SüdwestVfR FrankenthalPhönix LudwigshafenTuS NeuendorfFK PirmasensWormatia WormsFSV Mainz 05Eintracht KreuznachEintracht TrierVfR KaiserslauternFC Bayern Munich2. Oberliga SüdKickers OffenbachKarlsruher SCVfB StuttgartEintracht FrankfurtSpVgg FürthVfR MannheimViktoria AschaffenburgJahn RegensburgFSV FrankfurtFC Schweinfurt 05BC AugsburgStuttgarter KickersThe GuardianFussballdaten.dekicker Sportmagazin1945–461946–471947–481948–491949–501950–511951–521952–531953–541954–551958–591959–601960–61