| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.04.1978 21. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Wismut Aue FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1:0 | 10.000 | |||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BSG Wismut Gera |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin BSG Chemie Böhlen |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie 1. FC Union Berlin |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 34-8 | 57:19 | 38 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32-10 | 40:12 | 28 |
| 3. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28-14 | 40:19 | 21 |
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 24-18 | 44:28 | 16 |
| 5. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23-19 | 39:29 | 10 |
| 6. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23-19 | 34:26 | 8 |
| 7. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19-23 | 27:29 | -2 |
| 8. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19-23 | 18:28 | -10 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19-23 | 20:35 | -15 |
| 10. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19-23 | 18:33 | -15 |
| 11. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17-25 | 17:31 | -14 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16-26 | 25:35 | -10 |
| 13. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15-27 | 17:26 | -9 |
| 14. | BSG Wismut Gera | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 6-36 | 17:63 | -46 |