| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Bochum | 34 | 67 | 66 | 39 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 9 |
| 2. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 64 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 6 |
| 3. | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 62 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 8 |
| 4. | Hamburger SV | 34 | 58 | 71 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 5. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 56 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
| 6. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 52 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 7. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 51 | 63 | 55 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| 8. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 34 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| 9. | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 47 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| 10. | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 47 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
| 11. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 44 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 12. | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 44 | 44 | 53 | -9 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 13. | Hannover 96 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 16 |
| 14. | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 38 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| 15. | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 34 | 41 | 60 | -19 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 16. | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 33 | 35 | 58 | -23 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 31 | 30 | 59 | -29 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 18. | FC Würzburger Kickers | 34 | 25 | 37 | 69 | -32 | 6 | 7 | 21 |