| Fr., 20.05.1983 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Hansa Rostock | 1:4 |
| Sa., 21.05.1983 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - 1. FC Union Berlin | 4:0 |
| Sa., 21.05.1983 | BFC Dynamo - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 5:1 |
| Sa., 21.05.1983 | HFC Chemie - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 1:1 |
| Sa., 21.05.1983 | 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 |
| Sa., 21.05.1983 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4:1 |
| Sa., 21.05.1983 | BSG Wismut Aue - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 3:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 24 | 19-5-0 | 68:20 | 48 | 43 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 14-4-6 | 45:27 | 18 | 32 - 16 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 24 | 12-7-5 | 46:26 | 20 | 31 - 17 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 24 | 12-6-6 | 43:23 | 20 | 30 - 18 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 24 | 10-9-5 | 40:35 | 5 | 29 - 19 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 24 | 10-7-7 | 50:30 | 20 | 27 - 21 |
| 7. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 11-5-8 | 48:40 | 8 | 27 - 21 |
| 8. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 24 | 10-5-9 | 36:39 | -3 | 25 - 23 |
| 9. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 24 | 8-6-10 | 36:38 | -2 | 22 - 26 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 24 | 6-7-11 | 28:42 | -14 | 19 - 29 |
| 11. | |  | HFC Chemie | 24 | 4-7-13 | 39:51 | -12 | 15 - 33 |
| 12. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 24 | 4-7-13 | 21:46 | -25 | 15 - 33 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 24 | 4-5-15 | 28:69 | -41 | 13 - 35 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 24 | 2-4-18 | 18:60 | -42 | 8 - 40 |