| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. |
|---|
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 44-8 | 90:28 | 62 |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 38-14 | 69:34 | 35 |
| 3. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 38-14 | 55:26 | 29 |
| 4. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32-20 | 38:33 | 5 |
| 5. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 31-21 | 53:35 | 18 |
| 6. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30-22 | 47:39 | 8 |
| 7. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 25-27 | 36:27 | 9 |
| 8. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22-30 | 41:38 | 3 |
| 9. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21-31 | 39:48 | -9 |
| 10. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21-31 | 37:51 | -14 |
| 11. | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 20-32 | 25:39 | -14 |
| 12. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20-32 | 29:55 | -26 |
| 13. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 17-35 | 26:56 | -30 |
| 14. | BSG Motor Suhl | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 5-47 | 16:92 | -76 |