| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.01.1974 14. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
3:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Leipzig BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt BSG Energie Cottbus |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 8.000 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder SG Dynamo Dresden |
2:3 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22-6 | 32:14 | 18 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19-9 | 27:19 | 8 |
| 3. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18-10 | 28:23 | 5 |
| 4. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17-11 | 26:18 | 8 |
| 5. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17-11 | 23:20 | 3 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16-12 | 30:18 | 12 |
| 7. | FC Hansa Rostock | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16-12 | 22:18 | 4 |
| 8. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15-13 | 20:19 | 1 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14-14 | 19:19 | 0 |
| 10. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12-16 | 27:27 | 0 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8-20 | 17:27 | -10 |
| 12. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7-21 | 10:22 | -12 |
| 13. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7-21 | 10:28 | -18 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6-22 | 13:32 | -19 |