| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.05.1981 26. Spieltag | |||||
| SG Dynamo Dresden BSG Stahl Riesa |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Chemie Böhlen Hallescher FC Chemie |
0:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Hansa Rostock BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
1:3 | 0 | |||
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
6:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder |
1:3 | 0 | |||
| BSG Wismut Aue 1. FC Magdeburg |
2:1 | 18.000 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 39-13 | 74:31 | 43 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 36-16 | 57:29 | 28 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 34-18 | 58:35 | 23 |
| 4. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 34-18 | 49:37 | 12 |
| 5. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 31-21 | 58:40 | 18 |
| 6. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 28-24 | 46:35 | 11 |
| 7. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27-25 | 37:49 | -12 |
| 8. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 25-27 | 41:41 | 0 |
| 9. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21-31 | 37:54 | -17 |
| 10. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20-32 | 35:47 | -12 |
| 11. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18-34 | 32:51 | -19 |
| 12. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18-34 | 34:60 | -26 |
| 13. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17-35 | 38:64 | -26 |
| 14. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16-36 | 25:48 | -23 |