| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 23 | 42 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| 2. | 1. FC Köln | 22 | 40 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| 3. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 23 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 23 | 38 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| 5. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 22 | 37 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 6. | SC Paderborn 07 | 22 | 37 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 7. | SV Elversberg | 23 | 36 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 23 | 35 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| 9. | Hannover 96 | 22 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| 10. | Karlsruher SC | 23 | 33 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| 11. | FC Schalke 04 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 41 | -2 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| 12. | Hertha BSC | 23 | 26 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| 13. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 22 | 26 | 31 | 43 | -12 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 14. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 22 | 25 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 15. | Preußen Münster | 23 | 23 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 16. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 21 | 21 | 39 | -18 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 17. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 23 | 15 | 14 | 50 | -36 | 4 | 3 | 16 |