| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 2. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 3. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 4. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 5. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 25 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 6. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 22 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 21 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 8. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 9. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 20 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 10. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 19 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 11. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 19 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 12. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 18 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 13. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 14. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 16 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 15 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 16. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 14 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 17. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 18. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -19 | 1 | 6 | 10 |