| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
        
        
                    
                | 1. | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 34-18 | 44:27 | 17 | 
                    
                | 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32-20 | 45:24 | 21 | 
                    
                | 3. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 28-24 | 50:41 | 9 | 
                    
                | 4. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28-24 | 41:34 | 7 | 
                    
                | 5. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28-24 | 34:31 | 3 | 
                    
                | 6. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28-24 | 33:33 | 0 | 
                    
                | 7. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 28-24 | 29:33 | -4 | 
                    
                | 8. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26-26 | 32:32 | 0 | 
                    
                | 9. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 25-27 | 42:32 | 10 | 
                    
                | 10. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24-28 | 28:35 | -7 | 
                    
                | 11. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23-29 | 26:33 | -7 | 
                    
                | 12. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 22-30 | 36:49 | -13 | 
                    
                | 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 19-33 | 26:42 | -16 | 
                    
                | 14. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19-33 | 19:39 | -20 |