| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 27 | 49 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 4 |
| 2. | 1. FC Köln | 27 | 48 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| 3. | SC Paderborn 07 | 27 | 46 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 27 | 43 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 27 | 43 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| 6. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 26 | 43 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| 7. | SV Elversberg | 27 | 41 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 26 | 41 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 9 |
| 9. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 41 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| 10. | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 37 | 44 | 47 | -3 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| 11. | FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 33 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 12. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 26 | 33 | 37 | 48 | -11 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 13. | Hertha BSC | 27 | 32 | 39 | 43 | -4 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| 14. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 27 | 31 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| 15. | Preußen Münster | 26 | 26 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 16. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 33 | -6 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 23 | 24 | 49 | -25 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 16 | 14 | 54 | -40 | 4 | 4 | 18 |