East Germany 1952/53

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Notes
1	SG Dynamo Dresden	38	32	15	8	9	51	33	Champions after tie-breakers
2	BSG Wismut Aue	38	32	16	6	10	57	48	After tie-breakers
3	BSG Motor Zwickau	37	32	16	5	11	54	43
4	BSG Rotation Dresden	36	32	15	6	11	65	55
5	BSG Stahl Thale	36	32	14	8	10	45	47
6	BSG Motor Dessau	35	32	15	5	12	66	55
7	BSG Turbine Erfurt	34	32	14	6	12	51	44
8	BSG Chemie Leipzig	34	32	14	6	12	55	51
9	BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost	34	32	13	8	11	55	52
10	BSG Empor Lauter	33	32	13	7	12	58	61
11	BSG Lokomotive Stendal	32	32	13	6	13	56	54
12	BSG Rotation Babelsberg	32	32	13	6	13	58	59
13	BSG Turbine Halle	31	32	12	7	13	51	44
14	SV Vorwärts KVP Berlin	30	32	12	6	14	49	56	FDGB-Pokal Winners
15	BSG Motor Oberschöneweide	27	32	12	3	17	47	50
16	BSG Motor Jena	22	32	9	4	19	35	62
17	BSG Wismut Gera	15	32	5	5	22	32	71

		Relegation