| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04.1973 16. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Hansa Rostock 1. FC Magdeburg |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig SG Dynamo Dresden |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie BSG Chemie Leipzig |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
1:1 | 8.000 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26-6 | 34:15 | 19 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23-9 | 26:13 | 13 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20-12 | 29:16 | 13 |
| 4. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19-13 | 28:19 | 9 |
| 5. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17-15 | 19:22 | -3 |
| 6. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 23:21 | 2 |
| 7. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 17:21 | -4 |
| 8. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15-17 | 31:27 | 4 |
| 9. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14-18 | 34:30 | 4 |
| 10. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14-18 | 12:14 | -2 |
| 11. | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13-19 | 23:30 | -7 |
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13-19 | 20:31 | -11 |
| 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10-22 | 22:37 | -15 |
| 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8-24 | 10:32 | -22 |