Women's association football clubs in the German Democratic Republic were first established in the late 1960s.
In 1968, the Bulgarian student Vladimir Zvetkov founded the first women's team as a section of BSG Empor Dresden-Mitte (today Dresdner SC).
A cup competition was inaugurated in 1987 and a national league was founded in 1990, the year before German reunification was completed.
The top two finishers from the only Oberliga season, USV Jena and Wismut Aue, were assigned spots in the Bundesliga, but both were immediately relegated.
The Democratic Women's League Cup (German: Pokal des Demokratischen Frauenbundes) was held from 1987 to 1991.