| Mannschaften | Erg. | Zus. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04.05.1997 31. Spieltag | |||||
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Tennis Borussia Berlin |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| SC Charlottenburg Reinickendorfer Füchse |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| Lok Altmark Stendal FC Berlin |
3:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Erzgebirge Aue FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen |
1:5 | 2.300 | |||
| Chemnitzer FC VFC Plauen |
0:0 | 0 | |||
| FC Sachsen Leipzig FC Energie Cottbus |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Dynamo Dresden 1. FC Union Berlin |
1:2 | 0 | |||
| Spandauer SV Hertha 03 Zehlendorf |
1:1 | 0 | |||
| Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl FSV Velten |
5:0 | 0 | |||
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Energie Cottbus | 31 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 74:13 | 61 |
| 2. | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 31 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 55:30 | 25 |
| 3. | Chemnitzer FC | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 58:24 | 34 |
| 4. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 71:33 | 38 |
| 5. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 43:31 | 12 |
| 6. | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 31 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 53:26 | 27 |
| 7. | 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 53:36 | 17 |
| 8. | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 54:54 | 0 |
| 9. | VFC Plauen | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 39:43 | -4 |
| 10. | Lok Altmark Stendal | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 34:31 | 3 |
| 11. | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 50:50 | 0 |
| 12. | FC Berlin | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 29:42 | -13 |
| 13. | Reinickendorfer Füchse | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 30:37 | -7 |
| 14. | FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 37:57 | -20 |
| 15. | Spandauer SV | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 29:62 | -33 |
| 16. | Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 31 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 24:47 | -23 |
| 17. | SC Charlottenburg | 31 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 27:69 | -42 |
| 18. | FSV Velten | 31 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 21:96 | -75 |