| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08.12.1996 17. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Erzgebirge Aue SC Charlottenburg | 4:1 | 2.000 | |||
| Reinickendorfer Füchse Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 1. FC Union Berlin | 1:3 | 0 | |||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Energie Cottbus | 0:0 | 0 | |||
| Spandauer SV VFC Plauen | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Dynamo Dresden FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 5:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Sachsen Leipzig FC Berlin | 0:1 | 0 | |||
| Chemnitzer FC Lok Altmark Stendal | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| FSV Velten Tennis Borussia Berlin | 0:5 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Energie Cottbus | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 47:8 | 39 | 
| 2. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 41:15 | 26 | 
| 3. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 27:12 | 15 | 
| 4. | Chemnitzer FC | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 39:14 | 25 | 
| 5. | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 25:16 | 9 | 
| 6. | 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 32:22 | 10 | 
| 7. | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 28:14 | 14 | 
| 8. | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 33:24 | 9 | 
| 9. | Lok Altmark Stendal | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20:16 | 4 | 
| 10. | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24:32 | -8 | 
| 11. | Reinickendorfer Füchse | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21:19 | 2 | 
| 12. | VFC Plauen | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 19:29 | -10 | 
| 13. | FC Berlin | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 15:27 | -12 | 
| 14. | Spandauer SV | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 17:35 | -18 | 
| 15. | Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 12:21 | -9 | 
| 16. | SC Charlottenburg | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 19:40 | -21 | 
| 17. | FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17:41 | -24 | 
| 18. | FSV Velten | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 11:62 | -51 |