| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. |
|---|
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 43-9 | 72:16 | 56 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 42-10 | 65:22 | 43 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 32-20 | 41:24 | 17 |
| 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 30-22 | 45:37 | 8 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 30-22 | 41:40 | 1 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29-23 | 50:34 | 16 |
| 7. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 28-24 | 38:37 | 1 |
| 8. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22-30 | 27:42 | -15 |
| 9. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20-32 | 26:42 | -16 |
| 10. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 20-32 | 22:53 | -31 |
| 11. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19-33 | 26:38 | -12 |
| 12. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18-34 | 33:38 | -5 |
| 13. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16-36 | 18:44 | -26 |
| 14. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 15-37 | 21:58 | -37 |