1959–60 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 1960 German football championship which was won by Hamburger SV.

[2] The 1960 German championship saw an attendance record for the Oberliga era with 87,739 seeing Tasmania 1900 Berlin hosting 1.

[4] The 1959–60 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Lübeck and Eintracht Osnabrück, both promoted from the Amateurliga.

The 1959–60 season saw two new clubs in the league, Sportfreunde Hamborn and 1958–59 DFB-Pokal winner Schwarz-Weiß Essen, both promoted from the 2.

The 1960 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by Hamburger SV, defeating 1.