| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.05.1981 25. Spieltag | |||||
| 1. FC Magdeburg SG Dynamo Dresden |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder BSG Wismut Aue |
5:1 | 5.000 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
4:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1:0 | 0 | |||
| Hallescher FC Chemie FC Hansa Rostock |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Chemie Böhlen |
3:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Stahl Riesa BFC Dynamo Berlin |
1:4 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 37-13 | 72:30 | 42 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 36-14 | 56:27 | 29 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 34-16 | 57:33 | 24 |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 34-16 | 48:35 | 13 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29-21 | 55:39 | 16 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 28-22 | 45:29 | 16 |
| 7. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27-23 | 36:46 | -10 |
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 23-27 | 40:41 | -1 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20-30 | 34:44 | -10 |
| 10. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 19-31 | 31:53 | -22 |
| 11. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16-34 | 29:50 | -21 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16-34 | 25:47 | -22 |
| 13. | BSG Wismut Aue | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16-34 | 32:59 | -27 |
| 14. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15-35 | 36:63 | -27 |