| 1. Round | 19/08/1978 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:4 | ||||
| 4. Round | 09/09/1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2:0 | ||||
| 5. Round | 16/09/1978 | Hansa Rostock | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:2 | ||||
| 6. Round | 23/09/1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | HFC Chemie | 3:0 | ||||
| 7. Round | 07/10/1978 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:2 | ||||
| 8. Round | 21/10/1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | BSG Wismut Aue | 3:2 | ||||
| 9. Round | 28/10/1978 | BFC Dynamo | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:0 | ||||
| 10. Round | 24/11/1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | 1. FC Union Berlin | 0:1 |  |
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| 11. Round | 01/12/1978 | 1. FC Magdeburg | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 3:1 | ||||
| 12. Round | 08/12/1978 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3:0 | ||||
| 13. Round | 15/12/1978 | Dynamo Dresden | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:0 | ||||
| 14. Round | 16/02/1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0:2 | ||||
| 15. Round | 23/02/1979 | BSG Chemie Böhlen | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0:1 | ||||
| 16. Round | 02/03/1979 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | - | BSG Stahl Riesa | 4:0 | ||||
| 17. Round | 16/03/1979 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:1 | |
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