| Sa., 01.04.1978 | 1. FC Union Berlin - SG Dynamo Dresden | 0:2 |
| Sa., 01.04.1978 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 4:1 |
| Sa., 01.04.1978 | HFC Chemie - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 2:0 |
| Sa., 01.04.1978 | BSG Wismut Gera - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 1:1 |
| Sa., 01.04.1978 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BFC Dynamo | 0:0 |
| Sa., 01.04.1978 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 |
| Sa., 01.04.1978 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:1 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 13-3-2 | 37:9 | 28 | 29 - 7 |
| 2. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 12-4-2 | 45:18 | 27 | 28 - 8 |
| 3. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 18 | 9-6-3 | 33:16 | 17 | 24 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | HFC Chemie | 18 | 8-6-4 | 31:20 | 11 | 22 - 14 |
| 5. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 18 | 8-4-6 | 39:25 | 14 | 20 - 16 |
| 6. |  |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 18 | 5-9-4 | 26:22 | 4 | 19 - 17 |
| 7. |  |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 7-4-7 | 30:26 | 4 | 18 - 18 |
| 8. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 18 | 5-6-7 | 17:23 | -6 | 16 - 20 |
| 9. | |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 18 | 5-5-8 | 13:24 | -11 | 15 - 21 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 18 | 4-7-7 | 14:32 | -18 | 15 - 21 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 18 | 3-8-7 | 23:32 | -9 | 14 - 22 |
| 12. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 18 | 5-4-9 | 16:33 | -17 | 14 - 22 |
| 13. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 18 | 2-8-8 | 13:21 | -8 | 12 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Wismut Gera | 18 | 1-4-13 | 15:51 | -36 | 6 - 30 |