| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04.03.1978 16. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Union Berlin BFC Dynamo Berlin | 0:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BSG Wismut Gera | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG Chemie Böhlen | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Wismut Aue | 0:0 | 12.000 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 26-6 | 34:8 | 26 | 
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24-8 | 38:17 | 21 | 
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22-10 | 32:15 | 17 | 
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18-14 | 34:19 | 15 | 
| 5. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18-14 | 28:20 | 8 | 
| 6. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17-15 | 24:20 | 4 | 
| 7. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16-16 | 28:24 | 4 | 
| 8. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15-17 | 13:21 | -8 | 
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14-18 | 15:28 | -13 | 
| 10. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13-19 | 14:21 | -7 | 
| 11. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13-19 | 13:30 | -17 | 
| 12. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12-20 | 20:29 | -9 | 
| 13. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11-21 | 12:19 | -7 | 
| 14. | BSG Wismut Gera | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5-27 | 14:48 | -34 |