| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 29 | 52 | 63 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 2. | 1. FC Köln | 29 | 51 | 43 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 8 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 30 | 48 | 55 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 | 30 | 48 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| 5. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 | 48 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| 6. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 29 | 46 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 30 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | 44 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 12 |
| 9. | Hannover 96 | 29 | 43 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| 10. | Karlsruher SC | 29 | 41 | 47 | 50 | -3 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| 11. | FC Schalke 04 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| 12. | Hertha BSC | 29 | 36 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| 13. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 29 | 35 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 29 | 35 | 41 | 53 | -12 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 33 | 34 | 54 | -20 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 16. | Preußen Münster | 29 | 28 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| 17. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 35 | -6 | 5 | 11 | 13 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 22 | 18 | 61 | -43 | 6 | 4 | 19 |