| Sa., 09.04.1983 | FC Hansa Rostock - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:0 |
| Sa., 09.04.1983 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:0 |
| Sa., 09.04.1983 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:0 |
| Sa., 09.04.1983 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BFC Dynamo | 1:2 |
| Sa., 09.04.1983 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 1:0 |
| Sa., 09.04.1983 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:1 |
| Sa., 09.04.1983 | BSG Wismut Aue - HFC Chemie | 3:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 20 | 15-5-0 | 47:16 | 31 | 35 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 12-3-5 | 35:23 | 12 | 27 - 13 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 20 | 10-6-4 | 36:20 | 16 | 26 - 14 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 20 | 10-6-4 | 33:17 | 16 | 26 - 14 |
| 5. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 20 | 8-9-3 | 32:24 | 8 | 25 - 15 |
| 6. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 9-5-6 | 40:28 | 12 | 23 - 17 |
| 7. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 8-6-6 | 41:27 | 14 | 22 - 18 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 20 | 7-5-8 | 33:30 | 3 | 19 - 21 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 20 | 8-3-9 | 30:38 | -8 | 19 - 21 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 20 | 5-5-10 | 24:38 | -14 | 15 - 25 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 20 | 4-5-11 | 20:39 | -19 | 13 - 27 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 20 | 4-5-11 | 24:45 | -21 | 13 - 27 |
| 13. | |  | HFC Chemie | 20 | 3-5-12 | 32:46 | -14 | 11 - 29 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 20 | 1-4-15 | 11:47 | -36 | 6 - 34 |