The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was the third tier of the German football league system in the central states of former East Germany and West Berlin.

The abbreviation NOFV stands for Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband, meaning North East German Football Association.

The league accommodated therefore a wide mix of clubs from the east and west of Germany.

It was also the first time since 1950 that clubs from East and West Berlin played in the same league.

For the duration of the league the leagues below it were: In the 1992–93 season, Hertha BSC II, playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte, became the first third division club and the only Oberliga club so far to reach the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0.