| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.02.1997 21. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Energie Cottbus Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen Reinickendorfer Füchse | 2:1 | 0 | |||
| FC Berlin Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 2:2 | 0 | |||
| Lok Altmark Stendal FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:2 | 0 | |||
| FC Erzgebirge Aue Spandauer SV | 7:1 | 3.100 | |||
| Chemnitzer FC 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 1:0 | 0 | |||
| SC Charlottenburg FC Sachsen Leipzig | 1:1 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Union Berlin Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| VFC Plauen FSV Velten | 2:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Energie Cottbus | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 55:9 | 46 | 
| 2. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 49:19 | 30 | 
| 3. | Chemnitzer FC | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 45:16 | 29 | 
| 4. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 33:17 | 16 | 
| 5. | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 36:20 | 16 | 
| 6. | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 34:17 | 17 | 
| 7. | 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 33:24 | 9 | 
| 8. | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36:28 | 8 | 
| 9. | Lok Altmark Stendal | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 24:20 | 4 | 
| 10. | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31:40 | -9 | 
| 11. | Reinickendorfer Füchse | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 25:24 | 1 | 
| 12. | FC Berlin | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 21:31 | -10 | 
| 13. | VFC Plauen | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 24:35 | -11 | 
| 14. | Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 16:26 | -10 | 
| 15. | Spandauer SV | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 20:47 | -27 | 
| 16. | FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 23:48 | -25 | 
| 17. | SC Charlottenburg | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 20:45 | -25 | 
| 18. | FSV Velten | 21 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 13:72 | -59 |