| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.06.1973 24. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Hansa Rostock Hallescher FC Chemie |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BSG Wismut Aue |
3:0 | 4.000 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
4:2 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
3:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BSG Chemie Leipzig |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. FC Union Berlin |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 38-10 | 55:27 | 28 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 35-13 | 41:20 | 21 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 32-16 | 43:21 | 22 |
| 4. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28-20 | 29:28 | 1 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26-22 | 52:39 | 13 |
| 6. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25-23 | 51:40 | 11 |
| 7. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24-24 | 38:39 | -1 |
| 8. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22-26 | 34:39 | -5 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20-28 | 35:41 | -6 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20-28 | 24:39 | -15 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 19-29 | 17:24 | -7 |
| 12. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16-32 | 30:50 | -20 |
| 13. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16-32 | 20:41 | -21 |
| 14. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15-33 | 34:55 | -21 |