| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.02.1974 16. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
5:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock BSG Energie Cottbus |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Leipzig 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1. FC Magdeburg |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa SG Dynamo Dresden |
0:4 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
1:4 | 5.000 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25-7 | 37:15 | 22 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22-10 | 29:19 | 10 |
| 3. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21-11 | 34:25 | 9 |
| 4. | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20-12 | 27:18 | 9 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19-13 | 33:20 | 13 |
| 6. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18-14 | 27:23 | 4 |
| 7. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18-14 | 24:20 | 4 |
| 8. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17-15 | 25:25 | 0 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15-17 | 22:25 | -3 |
| 10. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14-18 | 28:29 | -1 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10-22 | 17:27 | -10 |
| 12. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8-24 | 10:23 | -13 |
| 13. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8-24 | 10:31 | -21 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7-25 | 13:36 | -23 |