| Sa., 22.03.1980 | BSG Stahl Riesa - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:1 |
| Sa., 22.03.1980 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - HFC Chemie | 1:0 |
| Sa., 22.03.1980 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:1 |
| Sa., 22.03.1980 | 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:1 |
| Sa., 22.03.1980 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:2 |
| Sa., 22.03.1980 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 |
| Sa., 22.03.1980 | BSG Wismut Aue - BFC Dynamo | 1:4 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 15-1-2 | 44:12 | 32 | 31 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 18 | 14-2-2 | 53:12 | 41 | 30 - 6 |
| 3. | |  | HFC Chemie | 18 | 10-3-5 | 27:20 | 7 | 23 - 13 |
| 4. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 8-5-5 | 28:18 | 10 | 21 - 15 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 18 | 8-4-6 | 32:22 | 10 | 20 - 16 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 8-4-6 | 28:23 | 5 | 20 - 16 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 18 | 7-5-6 | 25:30 | -5 | 19 - 17 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 5-4-9 | 18:27 | -9 | 14 - 22 |
| 9. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 5-3-10 | 25:26 | -1 | 13 - 23 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 4-5-9 | 18:28 | -10 | 13 - 23 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 5-3-10 | 15:31 | -16 | 13 - 23 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 18 | 4-4-10 | 11:26 | -15 | 12 - 24 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 18 | 4-4-10 | 20:43 | -23 | 12 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 18 | 1-9-8 | 11:37 | -26 | 11 - 25 |