| Sa., 07.05.1983 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BSG Wismut Aue | 0:0 |
| Sa., 07.05.1983 | FC Hansa Rostock - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 07.05.1983 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:3 |
| Sa., 07.05.1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 6:0 |
| Sa., 07.05.1983 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:1 |
| Sa., 07.05.1983 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - HFC Chemie | 0:0 |
| Sa., 07.05.1983 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - BFC Dynamo | 2:9 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 23 | 18-5-0 | 63:19 | 44 | 41 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 23 | 14-3-6 | 45:27 | 18 | 31 - 15 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 23 | 12-6-5 | 45:25 | 20 | 30 - 16 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 23 | 11-6-6 | 39:23 | 16 | 28 - 18 |
| 5. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 11-5-7 | 47:36 | 11 | 27 - 19 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 23 | 9-9-5 | 36:34 | 2 | 27 - 19 |
| 7. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 23 | 10-6-7 | 50:30 | 20 | 26 - 20 |
| 8. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 23 | 9-5-9 | 32:38 | -6 | 23 - 23 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 23 | 8-6-9 | 35:33 | 2 | 22 - 24 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 23 | 5-7-11 | 25:41 | -16 | 17 - 29 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 23 | 4-7-12 | 21:42 | -21 | 15 - 31 |
| 12. | |  | HFC Chemie | 23 | 4-6-13 | 38:50 | -12 | 14 - 32 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 23 | 4-5-14 | 27:66 | -39 | 13 - 33 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 23 | 2-4-17 | 17:56 | -39 | 8 - 38 |