| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 28 | 52 | 61 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 2. | 1. FC Köln | 28 | 50 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 28 | 46 | 55 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| 4. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 28 | 46 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
| 5. | SC Paderborn 07 | 28 | 45 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| 6. | SV Elversberg | 28 | 44 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| 7. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| 8. | Hannover 96 | 28 | 43 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| 9. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 28 | 41 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 |
| 10. | Karlsruher SC | 28 | 40 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| 11. | FC Schalke 04 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 50 | -2 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| 12. | Hertha BSC | 28 | 35 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 13. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 34 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 28 | 34 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| 15. | Preußen Münster | 28 | 27 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
| 16. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 27 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
| 17. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 28 | 19 | 16 | 61 | -45 | 5 | 4 | 19 |