The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Lübeck and VfB Lübeck, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Werner Thamm of Eintracht Braunschweig with 23 goals.[1]
The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV St. Ingbert and TuRa Ludwigshafen, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Friedel Trapp of TuRa Ludwigshafen with 29 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1957–58.[1]
The 1958 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by FC Schalke 04, defeating Hamburger SV in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga West and Südwest played a pre-qualifying match which had to be replayed as it originally ended in a three-all draw after extra time. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.[5]