| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Köln | 30 | 54 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 8 |
| 2. | Hamburger SV | 30 | 53 | 65 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 31 | 50 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 7 |
| 4. | SV Elversberg | 31 | 49 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| 5. | SC Paderborn 07 | 31 | 49 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| 6. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 31 | 49 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 30 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 31 | 45 | 54 | 51 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| 9. | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 44 | 48 | 50 | -2 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| 10. | Hannover 96 | 30 | 43 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 11. | Hertha BSC | 31 | 40 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| 12. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| 13. | FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 31 | 35 | 41 | 55 | -14 | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 31 | 34 | 35 | 55 | -20 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| 16. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| 17. | Preußen Münster | 31 | 29 | 31 | 41 | -10 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 23 | 19 | 65 | -46 | 6 | 5 | 20 |