FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 19 goals,[5] with Streich also taking out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.
[6] On the strength of the 1982–83 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup where the club was knocked out by A.S. Roma in the quarter-finals.
FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to FC Barcelona in the first round.
Second-placed FC Vorwärts Frankfurt qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Nottingham Forest in the first round while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to Sparta Rotterdam in the second round and fourth-placed 1.
FC Lokomotive Leipzig was eliminated by Sturm Graz in the third round.