| 1. Round | 13/08/1988 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | - | Hansa Rostock | 0:1 |  |
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| 2. Round | 19/08/1988 | Hansa Rostock | - | BSG Energie Cottbus | 3:0 | ||||
| 3. Round | 27/08/1988 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | Hansa Rostock | 2:0 | ||||
| 4. Round | 03/09/1988 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | - | Hansa Rostock | 1:0 | ||||
| 5. Round | 16/09/1988 | Hansa Rostock | - | HFC Chemie | 3:0 | ||||
| 6. Round | 24/09/1988 | BSG Wismut Aue | - | Hansa Rostock | 2:0 | ||||
| 7. Round | 01/10/1988 | Hansa Rostock | - | 1. FC Union Berlin | 5:0 | ||||
| 8. Round | 12/10/1988 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | - | Hansa Rostock | 0:1 | ||||
| 12. Round | 19/11/1988 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | - | Hansa Rostock | 3:0 | |
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| 16. Round | 17/03/1989 | Hansa Rostock | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2:0 | ||||
| 18. Round | 05/04/1989 | HFC Chemie | - | Hansa Rostock | 1:3 | ||||
| 20. Round | 18/04/1989 | 1. FC Union Berlin | - | Hansa Rostock | 1:1 | ||||
| 22. Round | 06/05/1989 | 1. FC Magdeburg | - | Hansa Rostock | 1:0 | ||||
| 23. Round | 10/05/1989 | Hansa Rostock | - | Dynamo Dresden | 2:2 | |
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| 24. Round | 24/05/1989 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | - | Hansa Rostock | 3:0 | ||||
| 25. Round | 27/05/1989 | Hansa Rostock | - | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1:1 | ||||
| 26. Round | 03/06/1989 | BFC Dynamo | - | Hansa Rostock | 4:0 |
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