The 2002–03 season of the NOFV-Oberliga was the ninth season of the league at tier four (IV) of the German football league system

German football league system

The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...

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The NOFV-Oberliga was split into two divisions, NOFV-Oberliga Nord

NOFV-Oberliga Nord

The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...

and NOFV-Oberliga Süd

NOFV-Oberliga Süd

The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...

. The champions of each, FC Schönberg 95

FC Schönberg 95

FC Schönberg is a German association football club from the city of Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.-History:The club has its origins in TSG Schönberg which was created as SG Schönberg in 1945 at the end of World War II and later played as BSG Traktor Schönberg. In 1962 this side merged with SG...

 and FC Sachsen Leipzig

FC Sachsen Leipzig

FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from Leipzig, Saxony. The roots of the club go back to 1899 and the founding of Britannia Leipzig. Following World War I, a 1919 merger with FC Hertha 05 Leipzig created Leipziger Sportverein 1899...

, entered into a play-off against each other for the right to play in the 2003–04

2003–04 Fußball-Regionalliga

The 2003–04 Regionalliga season was the tenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the tenth as a third-level league within the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams each...

 Regionalliga Nord

Regionalliga Nord

The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...

. FC Sachsen Leipzig won 3–0 over two legs and thus gained promotion.

2002–03 NOFV-Oberliga Nord

Top goalscorers of the 2002–03 NOFV-Oberliga Nord

Goals	Nat.	Player	Team
35		Enrico Neitzel Enrico Neitzel Enrico Neitzel is a German striker, who plays for FC Anker Wismar.-Career:Neitzel played in his youth for ISG Schwerin, 1. FC Magdeburg, Schweriner SC and 1. FSV Schwerin....	FC Schönberg 95 FC Schönberg 95 FC Schönberg is a German association football club from the city of Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.-History:The club has its origins in TSG Schönberg which was created as SG Schönberg in 1945 at the end of World War II and later played as BSG Traktor Schönberg. In 1962 this side merged with SG...
28		Benjamin Köhler Benjamin Köhler Benjamin Köhler is a German footballer playing with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2. Bundesliga. Köhler, who is left-footed, can play flexibly on all offensive positions but often finds himself on the left wing....	Hertha BSC II
23		Shergo Biran Shergo Biran Shergo Biran is a German football player of Albanian ethnic origin who plays for Berliner FC Dynamo.-Notes:...	Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...
		Marcel Schied Marcel Schied Marcel Schied is a German footballer who plays for Hansa Rostock.-Career:He spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with Hansa Rostock and returned to the club on 1 July 2009. He signed a contract on 20 April 2009 that runs until 30 June 2012.-External links:* *...	F.C. Hansa Rostock II
21		Sven Kretschmer	Hertha BSC II

2002–03 NOFV-Oberliga Süd

External links

• NOFV-Online – official website of the North-East German Football Association