| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.09.1988 5. Spieltag | |||||
| BSG Stahl Brandenburg FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| BFC Dynamo Berlin 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| BSG Energie Cottbus 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Wismut Aue | 2:0 | 5.200 | |||
| 16.09.1988 5. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Hansa Rostock Hallescher FC Chemie | 3:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8-2 | 11:5 | 6 | 
| 2. | BFC Dynamo Berlin | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6-4 | 12:8 | 4 | 
| 3. | FC Hansa Rostock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-4 | 7:3 | 4 | 
| 4. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-4 | 7:5 | 2 | 
| 5. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-4 | 8:7 | 1 | 
| 6. | BSG Wismut Aue | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6-4 | 8:8 | 0 | 
| 7. | Hallescher FC Chemie | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6-4 | 5:5 | 0 | 
| 8. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5-5 | 6:5 | 1 | 
| 9. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5-5 | 6:8 | -2 | 
| 10. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-6 | 6:6 | 0 | 
| 11. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-6 | 4:4 | 0 | 
| 12. | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-6 | 6:10 | -4 | 
| 13. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-6 | 6:10 | -4 | 
| 14. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0-10 | 1:9 | -8 |