| Sa., 05.03.1983 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| Sa., 05.03.1983 | FC Hansa Rostock - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 4:2 |
| Sa., 05.03.1983 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:3 |
| Sa., 05.03.1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:1 |
| Sa., 05.03.1983 | SG Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 |
| Sa., 05.03.1983 | BSG Wismut Aue - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:2 |
| Mi., 06.04.1983 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BFC Dynamo | 1:4 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 11-5-0 | 40:13 | 27 | 27 - 5 |
| 2. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 16 | 8-5-3 | 28:13 | 15 | 21 - 11 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 9-3-4 | 26:20 | 6 | 21 - 11 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8-4-4 | 35:19 | 16 | 20 - 12 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 16 | 7-6-3 | 30:18 | 12 | 20 - 12 |
| 6. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 6-8-2 | 26:21 | 5 | 20 - 12 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 7-4-5 | 31:22 | 9 | 18 - 14 |
| 8. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 7-3-6 | 26:28 | -2 | 17 - 15 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 6-3-7 | 27:25 | 2 | 15 - 17 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 3-5-8 | 18:29 | -11 | 11 - 21 |
| 11. | |  | HFC Chemie | 16 | 3-4-9 | 27:35 | -8 | 10 - 22 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 3-4-9 | 17:34 | -17 | 10 - 22 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 16 | 3-4-9 | 18:38 | -20 | 10 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 0-4-12 | 7:41 | -34 | 4 - 28 |