| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.12.1972 13. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Hansa Rostock |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt SG Dynamo Dresden |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue BFC Dynamo Berlin |
1:0 | 4.000 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Chemie Leipzig |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
5:3 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22-4 | 28:10 | 18 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20-6 | 22:10 | 12 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15-11 | 22:14 | 8 |
| 4. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15-11 | 23:16 | 7 |
| 5. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13-13 | 20:18 | 2 |
| 6. | BSG Wismut Aue | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13-13 | 14:18 | -4 |
| 7. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12-14 | 13:21 | -8 |
| 8. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11-15 | 31:26 | 5 |
| 9. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11-15 | 27:24 | 3 |
| 10. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11-15 | 10:12 | -2 |
| 11. | FC Hansa Rostock | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11-15 | 19:23 | -4 |
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11-15 | 17:26 | -9 |
| 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9-17 | 20:31 | -11 |
| 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8-18 | 8:25 | -17 |