| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
        
        
                    
                | 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 46-6 | 75:18 | 57 | 
                    
                | 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 39-13 | 59:19 | 40 | 
                    
                | 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 34-18 | 38:21 | 17 | 
                    
                | 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 33-19 | 63:32 | 31 | 
                    
                | 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29-23 | 41:40 | 1 | 
                    
                | 6. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27-25 | 36:32 | 4 | 
                    
                | 7. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24-28 | 37:46 | -9 | 
                    
                | 8. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22-30 | 32:38 | -6 | 
                    
                | 9. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21-31 | 33:47 | -14 | 
                    
                | 10. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21-31 | 22:39 | -17 | 
                    
                | 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 19-33 | 34:49 | -15 | 
                    
                | 12. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18-34 | 23:63 | -40 | 
                    
                | 13. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16-36 | 33:66 | -33 | 
                    
                | 14. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15-37 | 30:46 | -16 |