| Sa., 01.03.1980 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Wismut Aue | 1:0 |
| Sa., 01.03.1980 | HFC Chemie - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:1 |
| Sa., 01.03.1980 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:0 |
| Sa., 01.03.1980 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:1 |
| Sa., 01.03.1980 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:1 |
| Sa., 01.03.1980 | BFC Dynamo - BSG Stahl Riesa | 9:1 |
| Sa., 01.03.1980 | BSG Chemie Leipzig - 1. FC Magdeburg | 0:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 13-0-2 | 39:10 | 29 | 26 - 4 |
| 2. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 15 | 11-2-2 | 38:11 | 27 | 24 - 6 |
| 3. | |  | HFC Chemie | 15 | 9-3-3 | 25:18 | 7 | 21 - 9 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 15 | 7-4-4 | 29:18 | 11 | 18 - 12 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 15 | 8-2-5 | 27:21 | 6 | 18 - 12 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 15 | 7-3-5 | 25:17 | 8 | 17 - 13 |
| 7. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 15 | 6-3-6 | 22:28 | -6 | 15 - 15 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 15 | 4-4-7 | 12:19 | -7 | 12 - 18 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 15 | 4-4-7 | 17:26 | -9 | 12 - 18 |
| 10. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 15 | 3-4-8 | 17:26 | -9 | 10 - 20 |
| 11. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 15 | 3-4-8 | 9:21 | -12 | 10 - 20 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 15 | 4-2-9 | 11:27 | -16 | 10 - 20 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 15 | 1-7-7 | 9:33 | -24 | 9 - 21 |
| 14. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 15 | 3-2-10 | 20:25 | -5 | 8 - 22 |