| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 2. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 3. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 4. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 5. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 24 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 6. | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 22 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 21 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 8. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 21 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 9. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 21 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 10. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 11. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 16 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 13. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 15 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 14. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 14 | 14 | 32 | -18 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 15. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 12 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 15. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 12 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 12 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 18. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 10 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 2 | 4 | 11 |