| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 34 | 67 | 67 | 36 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 5 |
| 2. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 67 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 7 |
| 3. | Hamburger SV | 34 | 66 | 70 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 8 |
| 4. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 58 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| 5. | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 58 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 6. | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 55 | 68 | 44 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 11 |
| 7. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 46 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 14 |
| 8. | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 46 | 58 | 61 | -3 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 9. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 45 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 10. | Hannover 96 | 34 | 44 | 50 | 55 | -5 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 11. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 43 | 48 | 55 | -7 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
| 12. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 41 | 47 | 50 | -3 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| 13. | FC Hansa Rostock | 34 | 41 | 32 | 48 | -16 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 14. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 39 | 32 | 49 | -17 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 36 | 42 | 59 | -17 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 16. | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 34 | 50 | 62 | -12 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 17. | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 31 | 34 | 58 | -24 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 18. | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 28 | 35 | 63 | -28 | 7 | 7 | 20 |