| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.03.1978 17. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Chemie Böhlen FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg BSG Wismut Gera |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Union Berlin |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
5:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue Hallescher FC Chemie |
0:1 | 6.000 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 28-6 | 36:8 | 28 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26-8 | 43:18 | 25 |
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23-11 | 33:16 | 17 |
| 4. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20-14 | 29:20 | 9 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18-16 | 35:24 | 11 |
| 6. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18-16 | 29:24 | 5 |
| 7. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18-16 | 26:22 | 4 |
| 8. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15-19 | 13:22 | -9 |
| 9. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15-19 | 14:30 | -16 |
| 10. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14-20 | 15:22 | -7 |
| 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14-20 | 15:29 | -14 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13-21 | 22:31 | -9 |
| 13. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11-23 | 12:20 | -8 |
| 14. | BSG Wismut Gera | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5-29 | 14:50 | -36 |