The Oberliga is organised in fourteen regional divisions with the league champions promoted to the level above, the Regionalligas while the relegated teams drop down to the Verbandsligas and Landesligas.FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Union Fürstenwalde, while third-placed Oberliga Westfalen club TSG Sprockhövel was also directly promoted as the second-placed team, SpVgg Erkenschwick, declined to apply for a Regionalliga licence.In Northern Germany Bremer SV, Germania Egestorf, Altona 93 and SV Eichede competed for two more Regionalliga Nord places in a play-off, which Eichede and Egestorf won, while FC Nöttingen, SC Hauenstein and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt did the same for the Regionalliga Südwest, with Nöttingen earning promotion.FC Lokomotive Leipzig became the only Oberliga team to finish the season undefeated, winning 22 and drawing 8 of their 30 NOFV-Oberliga Süd matches.The third placed teams that qualified are SpVgg Bayern Hof in the north and TSV 1860 Rosenheim in the south as the runners-up of the two Bayernliga divisions did not apply for a Regionalliga licence.