| Sa., 19.03.1983 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 2:1 |
| Sa., 19.03.1983 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:0 |
| Sa., 19.03.1983 | FC Hansa Rostock - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:2 |
| Sa., 19.03.1983 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:2 |
| Sa., 19.03.1983 | SG Dynamo Dresden - BFC Dynamo | 1:2 |
| Sa., 19.03.1983 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:1 |
| Mi., 06.04.1983 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - HFC Chemie | 3:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 18 | 13-5-0 | 44:15 | 29 | 31 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 11-3-4 | 31:21 | 10 | 25 - 11 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 18 | 9-6-3 | 34:19 | 15 | 24 - 12 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 18 | 9-5-4 | 31:16 | 15 | 23 - 13 |
| 5. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 7-9-2 | 31:23 | 8 | 23 - 13 |
| 6. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 8-5-5 | 38:23 | 15 | 21 - 15 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 8-4-6 | 35:25 | 10 | 20 - 16 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 7-4-7 | 31:26 | 5 | 18 - 18 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 18 | 7-3-8 | 28:34 | -6 | 17 - 19 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 4-5-9 | 20:33 | -13 | 13 - 23 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 18 | 4-4-10 | 22:42 | -20 | 12 - 24 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 18 | 3-5-10 | 19:37 | -18 | 11 - 25 |
| 13. | |  | HFC Chemie | 18 | 3-4-11 | 28:41 | -13 | 10 - 26 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 0-4-14 | 8:45 | -37 | 4 - 32 |