Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dynamo Dresden | 35 | 66 | 67 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 7 |
| 2. | Arminia Bielefeld | 35 | 65 | 60 | 34 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 8 |
| 3. | Energie Cottbus | 35 | 59 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 10 |
| 4. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 35 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 34 | 54 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 12 |
| 6. | FC Viktoria Köln | 35 | 53 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 14 |
| 7. | SC Verl | 35 | 53 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| 8. | FC Ingolstadt | 35 | 51 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| 9. | TSV 1860 Munich | 35 | 51 | 53 | 55 | -2 | 15 | 6 | 14 |
| 10. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 35 | 49 | 48 | 51 | -3 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| 11. | Alemannia Aachen | 35 | 47 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| 12. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 35 | 46 | 50 | 55 | -5 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
| 13. | Erzgebirge Aue | 35 | 46 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 14 | 4 | 17 |
| 14. | VfL Osnabrück | 35 | 45 | 43 | 49 | -6 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
| 15. | Borussia Dortmund II | 35 | 43 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
| 16. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 35 | 40 | 38 | 42 | -4 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
| 17. | VfB Stuttgart II | 35 | 40 | 45 | 57 | -12 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| 18. | Hannover 96 II | 35 | 33 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
| 19. | SV Sandhausen | 35 | 32 | 46 | 60 | -14 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 20. | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 24 | 39 | 65 | -26 | 4 | 12 | 18 |