Disbanding of The Oberliga in 2008
At the end of the its last season, 2007–08, the last round having been played on 30 May 2008, the clubs of the league were spread over various other divisions, according to their final league position. The 6th placed team, TuS Heeslingen, was not granted a Regionalliga licence and the 7th placed club, VfB Oldenburg, qualified for the play-offs instead. The Bremen champion, FC Bremerhaven, was also not granted a licence and the best place club from Bremen in the Oberliga, the FC Oberneuland, qualified instead. Its eighteen clubs went to the following leagues:
To the Regionalliga Nord:
- Holstein Kiel
- SV Wilhelmshaven
- FC Altona 93
- BV Cloppenburg
- Hannover 96 II
- FC Oberneuland
To the Verbandsliga Bremen:
- no club relegated to this league
To the Verbandsliga Hamburg:
- FC St. Pauli II
- ASV Bergedorf 85
- SV Lurup
To the Verbandsligas Niedersachsen:
- VfB Oldenburg
- TuS Heeslingen
- SV Meppen
- Eintracht Braunschweig II
- VfL Osnabrück II
- Eintracht Nordhorn
- VSK Osterholz-Scharmbeck
To the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein:
- VfB Lübeck II
- SV Henstedt-Rhen
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