| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
        
        
                    
                | 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 40-12 | 61:26 | 35 | 
                    
                | 2. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32-20 | 51:32 | 19 | 
                    
                | 3. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 30-22 | 38:36 | 2 | 
                    
                | 4. | FC Hansa Rostock | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 29-23 | 34:31 | 3 | 
                    
                | 5. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28-24 | 39:26 | 13 | 
                    
                | 6. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28-24 | 35:30 | 5 | 
                    
                | 7. | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28-24 | 35:35 | 0 | 
                    
                | 8. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 27-25 | 35:24 | 11 | 
                    
                | 9. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25-27 | 36:38 | -2 | 
                    
                | 10. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23-29 | 29:41 | -12 | 
                    
                | 11. | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22-30 | 36:43 | -7 | 
                    
                | 12. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 21-31 | 27:39 | -12 | 
                    
                | 13. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16-36 | 25:49 | -24 | 
                    
                | 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15-37 | 22:53 | -31 |