| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 33 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 2. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 3. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 4. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 5. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 6. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 7. | VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 23 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 22 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 9. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 20 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 10. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 19 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 11. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 12. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 13. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 16 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 15. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 14 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 16. | FC Würzburger Kickers | 17 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -21 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 9 | 13 | 36 | -23 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 18. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 3 | 12 | 39 | -27 | 1 | 0 | 16 |