| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.09.1978 4. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie BSG Chemie Böhlen |
4:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue SG Dynamo Dresden |
2:2 | 9.000 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Magdeburg |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:2 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa FC Hansa Rostock |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8-0 | 13:3 | 10 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7-1 | 12:3 | 9 |
| 3. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7-1 | 8:1 | 7 |
| 4. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6-2 | 7:4 | 3 |
| 5. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5-3 | 9:4 | 5 |
| 6. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5-3 | 7:3 | 4 |
| 7. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-4 | 6:7 | -1 |
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-5 | 5:9 | -4 |
| 9. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-5 | 3:8 | -5 |
| 10. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-5 | 4:10 | -6 |
| 11. | FC Hansa Rostock | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2-6 | 4:7 | -3 |
| 12. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2-6 | 2:8 | -6 |
| 13. | BSG Wismut Aue | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-7 | 6:10 | -4 |
| 14. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-8 | 1:10 | -9 |