1960–61 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 1961 German football championship which was won by 1.

The 1960 DDR-Oberliga was won by ASK Vorwärts Berlin, after which the league reverted to the traditional autumn-spring format and held its next season in 1961–62 .

The league's top scorer was Helmut Faeder of Hertha BSC Berlin with 17 goals.

The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg and SV Waldhof Mannheim, both promoted from the 2.

The league's top scorer were Rudolf Brunnenmeier, TSV 1860 München, and Erwin Stein, Eintracht Frankfurt, with 23 goals each.