 The system for promotion from the "Landesliga" remained mostly unchanged and the league continued to operate on sixteen clubs.For the first time, reserve teams were also eligible for promotion from the Niedersachsen league and "Eintracht Braunschweig II" became the first team to do so in 1975.In 1979, the league changed its name once more, now becoming the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen, but remaining unchanged otherwise.