| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.05.1981 23. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder SG Dynamo Dresden |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. FC Magdeburg |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau BSG Wismut Aue |
3:2 | 11.000 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
2:3 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
5:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa FC Hansa Rostock |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin BSG Chemie Böhlen |
2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 35-11 | 67:26 | 41 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32-14 | 50:25 | 25 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32-14 | 52:30 | 22 |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 30-16 | 43:33 | 10 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27-19 | 49:34 | 15 |
| 6. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25-21 | 33:41 | -8 |
| 7. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 24-22 | 39:28 | 11 |
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 20-26 | 36:38 | -2 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20-26 | 32:39 | -7 |
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18-28 | 29:50 | -21 |
| 11. | BSG Wismut Aue | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16-30 | 31:52 | -21 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15-31 | 23:43 | -20 |
| 13. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14-32 | 27:48 | -21 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14-32 | 34:58 | -24 |