| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 3. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 24 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 4. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 24 | 22 | 27 | -5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 6. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 7. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 23 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 21 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 9. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 10. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 11. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 16 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 12. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 15 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 13. | FC Würzburger Kickers | 17 | 14 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 14 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 15. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 16. | TSV 1860 Munich | 17 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 17. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 11 | 9 | 27 | -18 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 18. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 10 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 1 | 7 | 9 |