| Sa., 10.05.1980 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3:1 |
| Sa., 10.05.1980 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:1 |
| Sa., 10.05.1980 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Union Berlin | 3:1 |
| Sa., 10.05.1980 | BFC Dynamo - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1980 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:0 |
| Sa., 10.05.1980 | 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Riesa | 5:2 |
| Sa., 10.05.1980 | BSG Wismut Aue - HFC Chemie | 2:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 20-3-3 | 72:16 | 56 | 43 - 9 |
| 2. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 20-2-4 | 65:22 | 43 | 42 - 10 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 13-6-7 | 41:24 | 17 | 32 - 20 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 12-6-8 | 45:37 | 8 | 30 - 22 |
| 5. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 26 | 11-8-7 | 41:40 | 1 | 30 - 22 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 26 | 11-7-8 | 50:34 | 16 | 29 - 23 |
| 7. | |  | HFC Chemie | 26 | 12-4-10 | 38:37 | 1 | 28 - 24 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 9-4-13 | 27:42 | -15 | 22 - 30 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8-4-14 | 26:42 | -16 | 20 - 32 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 5-10-11 | 22:53 | -31 | 20 - 32 |
| 11. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6-7-13 | 26:38 | -12 | 19 - 33 |
| 12. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 6-6-14 | 33:38 | -5 | 18 - 34 |
| 13. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 6-4-16 | 18:44 | -26 | 16 - 36 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 4-7-15 | 21:58 | -37 | 15 - 37 |