| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
        
        
                    
                | 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 39-13 | 51:19 | 32 | 
                    
                | 2. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 34-18 | 37:27 | 10 | 
                    
                | 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 33-19 | 43:38 | 5 | 
                    
                | 4. | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26-24 | 34:29 | 5 | 
                    
                | 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 25-27 | 39:35 | 4 | 
                    
                | 6. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25-27 | 33:30 | 3 | 
                    
                | 7. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 25-27 | 36:34 | 2 | 
                    
                | 8. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 25-27 | 26:35 | -9 | 
                    
                | 9. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23-29 | 34:39 | -5 | 
                    
                | 10. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23-29 | 32:41 | -9 | 
                    
                | 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22-30 | 32:40 | -8 | 
                    
                | 12. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21-31 | 26:32 | -6 | 
                    
                | 13. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21-31 | 25:33 | -8 | 
                    
                | 14. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20-32 | 26:42 | -16 |