| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
        
        
                    
                | 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 39-13 | 56:29 | 27 | 
                    
                | 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 33-19 | 58:29 | 29 | 
                    
                | 3. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30-22 | 35:29 | 6 | 
                    
                | 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27-25 | 37:38 | -1 | 
                    
                | 5. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 27-25 | 27:33 | -6 | 
                    
                | 6. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 26-26 | 40:42 | -2 | 
                    
                | 7. | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26-26 | 38:44 | -6 | 
                    
                | 8. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25-27 | 31:25 | 6 | 
                    
                | 9. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25-27 | 31:29 | 2 | 
                    
                | 10. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24-28 | 42:46 | -4 | 
                    
                | 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21-31 | 30:36 | -6 | 
                    
                | 12. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21-31 | 28:41 | -13 | 
                    
                | 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21-31 | 28:44 | -16 | 
                    
                | 14. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 19-33 | 27:43 | -16 |