| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 2. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 3. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 4. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 33 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 5. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 32 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 6. | FC Schalke 04 | 17 | 31 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 7. | Hertha BSC | 17 | 30 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 8. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 30 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 9. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 29 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 10. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 26 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 11. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 13. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 14. | SV Elversberg | 17 | 22 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 15. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 22 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 16. | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 20 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 17. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 17 | 17 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 18. | VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 17 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 4 | 5 | 8 |