| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. |
|---|
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 46-6 | 72:22 | 50 |
| 2. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 34-18 | 56:29 | 27 |
| 3. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 34-18 | 46:29 | 17 |
| 4. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31-21 | 45:27 | 18 |
| 5. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 31-21 | 45:37 | 8 |
| 6. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29-23 | 52:32 | 20 |
| 7. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 29-23 | 51:43 | 8 |
| 8. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28-24 | 38:40 | -2 |
| 9. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26-26 | 41:41 | 0 |
| 10. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20-32 | 30:45 | -15 |
| 11. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17-35 | 41:53 | -12 |
| 12. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17-35 | 23:50 | -27 |
| 13. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13-39 | 31:80 | -49 |
| 14. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 9-43 | 21:64 | -43 |