| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01.04.1978 18. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Wismut Aue |
4:1 | 9.000 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Gera BSG Chemie Böhlen |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin SG Dynamo Dresden |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 29-7 | 37:9 | 28 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28-8 | 45:18 | 27 |
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24-12 | 33:16 | 17 |
| 4. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22-14 | 31:20 | 11 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20-16 | 39:25 | 14 |
| 6. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19-17 | 26:22 | 4 |
| 7. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18-18 | 30:26 | 4 |
| 8. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16-20 | 17:23 | -6 |
| 9. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15-21 | 13:24 | -11 |
| 10. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15-21 | 14:32 | -18 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14-22 | 23:32 | -9 |
| 12. | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14-22 | 16:33 | -17 |
| 13. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12-24 | 13:21 | -8 |
| 14. | BSG Wismut Gera | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6-30 | 15:51 | -36 |