| Sa., 27.02.1988 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:0 |
| Sa., 27.02.1988 | BSG Stahl Riesa - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:0 |
| Sa., 27.02.1988 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:1 |
| Sa., 27.02.1988 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 2:2 |
| Di., 15.03.1988 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BFC Dynamo | 2:1 |
| Di., 15.03.1988 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - FC Hansa Rostock | 2:2 |
| Di., 15.03.1988 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - HFC Chemie | 0:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 8-4-2 | 37:17 | 20 | 20 - 8 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 14 | 8-4-2 | 23:11 | 12 | 20 - 8 |
| 3. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 6-6-2 | 26:13 | 13 | 18 - 10 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 5-5-4 | 20:16 | 4 | 15 - 13 |
| 5. | |  | HFC Chemie | 14 | 3-9-2 | 17:14 | 3 | 15 - 13 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 4-6-4 | 23:22 | 1 | 14 - 14 |
| 7. | |  | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 14 | 6-2-6 | 19:20 | -1 | 14 - 14 |
| 8. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 4-6-4 | 15:16 | -1 | 14 - 14 |
| 9. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 14 | 4-5-5 | 21:23 | -2 | 13 - 15 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 14 | 3-7-4 | 14:20 | -6 | 13 - 15 |
| 11. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 5-2-7 | 24:27 | -3 | 12 - 16 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 3-4-7 | 12:18 | -6 | 10 - 18 |
| 13. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 14 | 2-5-7 | 18:32 | -14 | 9 - 19 |
| 14. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 2-5-7 | 18:38 | -20 | 9 - 19 |