| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 30 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 2. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 3. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 4. | TSV 1860 Munich | 17 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 6. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 7. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 19 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 8. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 16 | 23 | 33 | -10 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 9. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 16 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10. | Energie Cottbus | 17 | 15 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 11. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 13 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 12. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 13. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 13 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 14. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 13 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 15. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 13 | 12 | 33 | -21 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 16. | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 17. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 11 | 15 | 37 | -22 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 18. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 6 | 11 | 32 | -21 | 1 | 3 | 13 |