| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.02.1978 14. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Wismut Aue SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:1 | 9.000 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Chemie Böhlen | 6:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:4 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie BFC Dynamo Berlin | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG Wismut Gera | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23-5 | 32:8 | 24 | 
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21-7 | 33:17 | 16 | 
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18-10 | 28:15 | 13 | 
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17-11 | 34:17 | 17 | 
| 5. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17-11 | 27:14 | 13 | 
| 6. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15-13 | 12:15 | -3 | 
| 7. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14-14 | 19:20 | -1 | 
| 8. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13-15 | 22:23 | -1 | 
| 9. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12-16 | 14:19 | -5 | 
| 10. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12-16 | 13:25 | -12 | 
| 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11-17 | 14:28 | -14 | 
| 12. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9-19 | 10:18 | -8 | 
| 13. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9-19 | 16:28 | -12 | 
| 14. | BSG Wismut Gera | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5-23 | 14:41 | -27 |