As a result of the assimilation of six teams from the former East German Oberliga, the league was split into two groups - Nord and Süd.
In each area, a normal round robin league (22 games) was firstly completed.
The two third-last teams in each relegation division entered a further round with the runners-up of the Oberliga Nord.
The league's top scorers:[1] For the 1991–92 season TSV 1860 Munich was newly promoted to the 2.
After SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin's license revoking and automatic relegation, Fortuna Köln were the Nord entrant.