1953–54 Oberliga

Oberliga
Season	1953–54
Champions	Hannover 96; Berliner SV 92; 1. FC Köln; 1. FC Kaiserslautern; VfB Stuttgart;
Relegated	VfB Lübeck; Victoria Hamburg; Hertha Zehlendorf; Kickers 1900 Berlin; Rheydter SV; STV Horst-Emscher; ASV Landau; VfR Kirn; SV Waldhof Mannheim; Viktoria Aschaffenburg;
German champions	Hannover 96; 2nd German title
Top goalscorer	Herbert Martin; (35 goals)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Oberliga was the ninth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany and the Saar Protectorate. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the south then entered the 1954 German football championship which was won by Hannover 96. It was Hannover's second national championship, having previously won it in 1938 in an epic final against FC Schalke 04 that saw two extra time games before Hannover won 4–3.

Hannover 96 equaled the Oberliga start record set in 1952–53 by 1. FC Köln, winning its first eleven games, a mark later equaled by Hamburger SV in 1961–62 but never surpassed.

A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1953–54 DDR-Oberliga was won by Turbine Erfurt.

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