| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.10.1978 8. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Wismut Aue |
3:2 | 6.000 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin Hallescher FC Chemie |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Chemie Böhlen |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa SG Dynamo Dresden |
1:3 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:3 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BFC Dynamo Berlin |
0:2 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16-0 | 21:6 | 15 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13-3 | 26:8 | 18 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13-3 | 17:6 | 11 |
| 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11-5 | 23:8 | 15 |
| 5. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10-6 | 12:10 | 2 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8-8 | 12:17 | -5 |
| 7. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8-8 | 10:15 | -5 |
| 8. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7-9 | 11:13 | -2 |
| 9. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7-9 | 11:15 | -4 |
| 10. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7-9 | 8:17 | -9 |
| 11. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5-11 | 9:15 | -6 |
| 12. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4-12 | 5:14 | -9 |
| 13. | FC Hansa Rostock | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2-14 | 7:16 | -9 |
| 14. | BSG Wismut Aue | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1-15 | 10:22 | -12 |