| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.02.1966 16. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 2:4 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin FC Vorwärts Berlin | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Leipzig FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal Hallescher FC Chemie | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BSG Motor Zwickau | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:1 | 12.000 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22-10 | 32:17 | 15 | 
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21-11 | 29:14 | 15 | 
| 3. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 21-11 | 20:21 | -1 | 
| 4. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19-13 | 32:17 | 15 | 
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 18-14 | 33:32 | 1 | 
| 6. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17-15 | 22:19 | 3 | 
| 7. | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 24:19 | 5 | 
| 8. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16-16 | 22:21 | 1 | 
| 9. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15-17 | 22:23 | -1 | 
| 10. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15-17 | 19:22 | -3 | 
| 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13-19 | 15:24 | -9 | 
| 12. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12-20 | 22:30 | -8 | 
| 13. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11-21 | 10:26 | -16 | 
| 14. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8-24 | 12:29 | -17 |