Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 14 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2. | Hannover 96 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 15 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| 4. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 14 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 5. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 14 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 6. | 1. FC Köln | 14 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 7. | Karlsruher SC | 14 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 | 14 | 23 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 9. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 10. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 11. | FC Schalke 04 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 19 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 13. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 14 | 19 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 14. | Jahn Regensburg | 14 | 18 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 15. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 16 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 16. | Preußen Münster | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 17. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 18. | Hertha BSC | 13 | 11 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |