| Sa., 02.04.1983 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Wismut Aue | 3:1 |
| Sa., 02.04.1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Hansa Rostock | 4:1 |
| Sa., 02.04.1983 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. - 1. FC Union Berlin | 2:0 |
| Sa., 02.04.1983 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 1:1 |
| Sa., 02.04.1983 | BSG Chemie Böhlen - SG Dynamo Dresden | 2:2 |
| Sa., 02.04.1983 | BFC Dynamo - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:0 |
| Sa., 02.04.1983 | HFC Chemie - 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:2 |
| Sp. | S-U-N | Tore | Diff. | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |  | BFC Dynamo | 19 | 14-5-0 | 45:15 | 30 | 33 - 5 |
| 2. | |  | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 19 | 12-3-4 | 35:22 | 13 | 27 - 11 |
| 3. | |  | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. | 19 | 10-6-3 | 36:19 | 17 | 26 - 12 |
| 4. | |  | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 19 | 9-6-4 | 32:17 | 15 | 24 - 14 |
| 5. | |  | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 19 | 7-9-3 | 31:24 | 7 | 23 - 15 |
| 6. | |  | 1. FC Magdeburg | 19 | 8-6-5 | 40:25 | 15 | 22 - 16 |
| 7. | |  | SG Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 8-5-6 | 37:27 | 10 | 21 - 17 |
| 8. | |  | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 19 | 7-5-7 | 32:27 | 5 | 19 - 19 |
| 9. | |  | FC Hansa Rostock | 19 | 7-3-9 | 29:38 | -9 | 17 - 21 |
| 10. | |  | BSG Wismut Aue | 19 | 4-5-10 | 21:36 | -15 | 13 - 25 |
| 11. | |  | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 19 | 4-5-10 | 24:44 | -20 | 13 - 25 |
| 12. |  |  | HFC Chemie | 19 | 3-5-11 | 30:43 | -13 | 11 - 27 |
| 13. |  |  | 1. FC Union Berlin | 19 | 3-5-11 | 19:39 | -20 | 11 - 27 |
| 14. | |  | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 19 | 1-4-14 | 11:46 | -35 | 6 - 32 |