| Sa., 12.03.1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:0 |
| Sa., 12.03.1983 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 2:0 |
| Sa., 12.03.1983 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - FC Hansa Rostock | 4:1 |
| Sa., 12.03.1983 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:2 |
| Sa., 12.03.1983 | BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:1 |
| Sa., 12.03.1983 | HFC Chemie - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:3 |
| Sa., 12.03.1983 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 17 | 12-5-0 | 42:14 | 28 | 29 - 5 |
| 2. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 10-3-4 | 29:20 | 9 | 23 - 11 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 17 | 8-6-3 | 32:18 | 14 | 22 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 8-5-4 | 37:21 | 16 | 21 - 13 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 17 | 8-5-4 | 29:15 | 14 | 21 - 13 |
| 6. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 17 | 6-9-2 | 28:23 | 5 | 21 - 13 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 8-4-5 | 34:23 | 11 | 20 - 14 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 17 | 7-3-7 | 31:26 | 5 | 17 - 17 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 7-3-7 | 27:32 | -5 | 17 - 17 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 17 | 4-4-9 | 21:40 | -19 | 12 - 22 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 17 | 3-5-9 | 18:32 | -14 | 11 - 23 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 17 | 3-4-10 | 28:38 | -10 | 10 - 24 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 3-4-10 | 19:37 | -18 | 10 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 17 | 0-4-13 | 7:43 | -36 | 4 - 30 |