The league only existed for one season and covered the area administered by the Northern German Football Association.

[1] Altona 93, Holstein Kiel, Victoria Hamburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, Eimsbütteler TV and Hannover 96 were chosen as participants based on their league positions in 1913, while Werder Bremen, Eintracht Hannover, Borussia Harburg and Union Altona qualified via play-offs.

After the disestablishment of the league, there were various attempts to merge leagues in Northern Germany again: In 1920, two new Verbandsligas were created to replace the local championships: a northern group (Nordkreisliga) covering Hamburg and the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, and a southern group (Südkreisliga) covering Brunswick, Bremen and the Province of Hanover.

With the rise of the Nazis to power, the Gauligas were introduced as the highest level of football in Germany in 1933.

A single top division in Northern Germany was finally reintroduced in 1947 with the creation of the Oberliga Nord.