| Sa., 21.02.1976 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Chemie Leipzig | 2:0 |
| Sa., 21.02.1976 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 |
| Sa., 21.02.1976 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig - BSG Wismut Aue | 1:0 |
| Sa., 21.02.1976 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - HFC Chemie | 2:0 |
| Sa., 21.02.1976 | BFC Dynamo - SG Dynamo Dresden | 3:4 |
| Sa., 21.02.1976 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - BSG Energie Cottbus | 4:0 |
| Di., 02.03.1976 | BSG Stahl Riesa - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:0 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 11-3-2 | 44:18 | 26 | 25 - 7 |
| 2. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 8-6-2 | 36:18 | 18 | 22 - 10 |
| 3. |  |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 16 | 10-2-4 | 22:14 | 8 | 22 - 10 |
| 4. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 16 | 8-5-3 | 28:19 | 9 | 21 - 11 |
| 5. | |  | BFC Dynamo | 16 | 9-2-5 | 40:20 | 20 | 20 - 12 |
| 6. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 16 | 8-4-4 | 29:18 | 11 | 20 - 12 |
| 7. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 16 | 5-5-6 | 32:26 | 6 | 15 - 17 |
| 8. | |  | BSG Stahl Riesa | 16 | 5-5-6 | 21:25 | -4 | 15 - 17 |
| 9. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 16 | 4-6-6 | 15:24 | -9 | 14 - 18 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 16 | 4-5-7 | 19:30 | -11 | 13 - 19 |
| 11. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 16 | 5-2-9 | 26:37 | -11 | 12 - 20 |
| 12. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 16 | 4-4-8 | 16:28 | -12 | 12 - 20 |
| 13. | |  | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 16 | 3-2-11 | 15:38 | -23 | 8 - 24 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Energie Cottbus | 16 | 1-3-12 | 16:44 | -28 | 5 - 27 |