| Sa., 03.03.1979 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:0 |
| Sa., 03.03.1979 | 1. FC Union Berlin - BFC Dynamo | 0:4 |
| Sa., 03.03.1979 | BSG Wismut Aue - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:1 |
| Sa., 03.03.1979 | HFC Chemie - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:0 |
| Sa., 03.03.1979 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 1:0 |
| Sa., 03.03.1979 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - FC Hansa Rostock | 5:5 |
| Sa., 03.03.1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - BSG Stahl Riesa | 4:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 14-2-0 | 42:9 | 33 | 30 - 2 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 9-6-1 | 35:11 | 24 | 24 - 8 |
| 3. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 9-2-5 | 26:13 | 13 | 20 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 16 | 8-4-4 | 30:26 | 4 | 20 - 12 |
| 5. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8-3-5 | 33:18 | 15 | 19 - 13 |
| 6. | |  | HFC Chemie | 16 | 6-5-5 | 23:21 | 2 | 17 - 15 |
| 7. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 6-4-6 | 19:22 | -3 | 16 - 16 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 6-3-7 | 25:27 | -2 | 15 - 17 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 | 4-4-8 | 15:27 | -12 | 12 - 20 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 5-2-9 | 15:34 | -19 | 12 - 20 |
| 11. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 4-3-9 | 17:29 | -12 | 11 - 21 |
| 12. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 16 | 3-4-9 | 20:30 | -10 | 10 - 22 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 4-2-10 | 21:37 | -16 | 10 - 22 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 16 | 2-4-10 | 15:32 | -17 | 8 - 24 |