| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.04.1979 20. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig SG Dynamo Dresden |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Chemie Böhlen |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue Hallescher FC Chemie |
2:0 | 4.000 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 37-3 | 54:9 | 45 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 29-11 | 41:13 | 28 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26-14 | 45:21 | 24 |
| 4. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26-14 | 31:16 | 15 |
| 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22-18 | 32:32 | 0 |
| 6. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21-19 | 29:26 | 3 |
| 7. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21-19 | 24:26 | -2 |
| 8. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 18-22 | 29:32 | -3 |
| 9. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17-23 | 19:32 | -13 |
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14-26 | 19:32 | -13 |
| 11. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14-26 | 17:52 | -35 |
| 12. | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13-27 | 25:41 | -16 |
| 13. | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12-28 | 24:36 | -12 |
| 14. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10-30 | 19:40 | -21 |