| Sa., 23.02.1980 | BSG Stahl Riesa - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:0 |
| Sa., 23.02.1980 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BFC Dynamo | 1:3 |
| Sa., 23.02.1980 | SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 4:1 |
| Sa., 23.02.1980 | 1. FC Union Berlin - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 |
| Sa., 23.02.1980 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4:0 |
| Sa., 23.02.1980 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - HFC Chemie | 1:2 |
| Sa., 23.02.1980 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 12-0-2 | 38:10 | 28 | 24 - 4 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 10-2-2 | 29:10 | 19 | 22 - 6 |
| 3. | |  | HFC Chemie | 14 | 9-2-3 | 24:17 | 7 | 20 - 8 |
| 4. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 14 | 7-3-4 | 28:17 | 11 | 17 - 11 |
| 5. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 7-3-4 | 25:16 | 9 | 17 - 11 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 7-2-5 | 26:21 | 5 | 16 - 12 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 14 | 5-3-6 | 19:27 | -8 | 13 - 15 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 14 | 4-4-6 | 12:18 | -6 | 12 - 16 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 14 | 4-4-6 | 17:25 | -8 | 12 - 16 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 14 | 3-4-7 | 16:23 | -7 | 10 - 18 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 3-4-7 | 9:19 | -10 | 10 - 18 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 14 | 1-7-6 | 8:24 | -16 | 9 - 19 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 14 | 3-2-9 | 9:27 | -18 | 8 - 20 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 14 | 2-2-10 | 19:25 | -6 | 6 - 22 |