| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 33 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 2. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 3. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 25 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 4. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 5. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 6. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 7. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 20 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 8. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 20 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 9. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 10. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 18 | 23 | 33 | -10 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 11. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 17 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 12. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 17 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 13. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 16 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 14. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 16 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 15. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 16 | 14 | 32 | -18 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 16. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 15 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 17. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 36 | -16 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 18. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 14 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 2 | 8 | 7 |