| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 18 | 31 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 2. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 31 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 3. | 1. FC Köln | 18 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 4. | Hannover 96 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 5. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 18 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 6. | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 29 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 7. | SV Elversberg | 18 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 9. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 10. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 18 | 25 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 11. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 18 | 25 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 12. | Hertha BSC | 18 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 13. | FC Schalke 04 | 18 | 21 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 20 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 15. | Preußen Münster | 18 | 19 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 16. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | 14 | 16 | 36 | -20 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 11 | 9 | 40 | -31 | 3 | 2 | 13 |