| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. |
|---|
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39-13 | 50:16 | 34 |
| 2. | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32-20 | 43:34 | 9 |
| 3. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 31-21 | 36:26 | 10 |
| 4. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 30-22 | 33:27 | 6 |
| 5. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28-24 | 25:26 | -1 |
| 6. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28-24 | 29:32 | -3 |
| 7. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27-25 | 31:34 | -3 |
| 8. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 24-28 | 37:37 | 0 |
| 9. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 24-28 | 32:40 | -8 |
| 10. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22-30 | 35:34 | 1 |
| 11. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22-30 | 31:35 | -4 |
| 12. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21-31 | 22:33 | -11 |
| 13. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19-33 | 27:42 | -15 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17-35 | 21:36 | -15 |