| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 31 | 68 | 58 | 24 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 7 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 31 | 63 | 59 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 |
| 3. | Hallescher FC | 31 | 60 | 57 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 7 |
| 4. | Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 31 | 58 | 62 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 5. | FSV Zwickau | 31 | 58 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 |
| 6. | VSG Altglienicke | 31 | 49 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| 7. | Chemnitzer FC | 31 | 44 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| 8. | BFC Preussen | 31 | 44 | 45 | 52 | -7 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| 9. | 1. FC Magdeburg II | 31 | 43 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| 10. | FSV 63 Luckenwalde | 31 | 39 | 34 | 43 | -9 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| 11. | Hertha BSC II | 31 | 39 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 11 | 6 | 14 |
| 12. | BFC Dynamo | 31 | 36 | 41 | 46 | -5 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
| 13. | SV Babelsberg 03 | 31 | 35 | 56 | 57 | -1 | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| 14. | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 31 | 34 | 36 | 46 | -10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 15. | ZFC Meuselwitz | 31 | 32 | 42 | 54 | -12 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 16. | Greifswalder FC | 31 | 31 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| 17. | FC Eilenburg | 31 | 23 | 33 | 54 | -21 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 18. | Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 31 | 14 | 26 | 69 | -43 | 2 | 8 | 21 |