| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.03.1974 22. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG Wismut Aue |
3:0 | 8.000 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
0:3 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin SG Dynamo Dresden |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Energie Cottbus 1. FC Magdeburg |
0:4 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock BSG Stahl Riesa |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Leipzig FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32-12 | 49:21 | 28 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 32-12 | 44:24 | 20 |
| 3. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 31-13 | 45:34 | 11 |
| 4. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29-15 | 41:22 | 19 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26-18 | 43:29 | 14 |
| 6. | FC Hansa Rostock | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22-22 | 32:29 | 3 |
| 7. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 21-23 | 38:39 | -1 |
| 8. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21-23 | 35:38 | -3 |
| 9. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20-24 | 32:37 | -5 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20-24 | 25:31 | -6 |
| 11. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 15-29 | 20:40 | -20 |
| 12. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14-30 | 23:37 | -14 |
| 13. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13-31 | 20:35 | -15 |
| 14. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 10-34 | 13:44 | -31 |