The league was formed from clubs from five different leagues: Three clubs from the Oberliga Nordost, the former DDR-Oberliga, eight clubs from the NOFV-Liga, the former East German second division, one club from the Bezirksliga Schwerin, one of the regional leagues of the old East German third league level, one from the Verbandsliga Brandenburg, a new league, and six clubs from the Amateur-Oberliga Berlin, the West-German third division for the city of Berlin.
Nord | Lega Nord | Watten, Nord | Nord (department) | Bailleul, Nord | Cassel, Nord | Gare du Nord | Oberliga | DDR-Oberliga | Regionalliga Nord | Oberliga Westfalen | Nord (French department) | Nord-Trøndelag | Nord Stream | LGV Nord | Fourmies, Nord | Université Lille Nord de France | Loos, Nord | Côte-Nord | Straumen, Nord-Trøndelag | Oberliga Berlin (disambiguation) | L'étoile du nord | Crespin, Nord | Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l'Ontario | Somain, Nord | Scusi, dov'è il Nord Est? | Radio Nord | Oberliga Südwest | Oberliga Berlin | Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Quebec |
Until 1963, the NFV had the jurisdiction on the Oberliga Nord, the regional division of the former lop level German Oberliga.