1951–52 Oberliga

The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West.

The five league champions and the runners-up from the south, north and west then entered the 1952 German football championship which was won by VfB Stuttgart.

[2][3] The 1951–52 season saw the return of the clubs from the Saar Protectorate to the West German league system which had left in 1948, 1.

The league's top scorer was Ernst-Otto Meyer of VfL Osnabrück with 29 goals, the highest total for the five Oberligas in 1951–52.

The 1951–52 season saw three new clubs in the league, Meidericher SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Schwarz-Weiß Essen, all promoted from the 2.

The 1952 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won by VfB Stuttgart, defeating 1.