| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 42 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 3. | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 4. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 5. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 6. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 7. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 8. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 9. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 10. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 11. | TSV 1860 Munich | 17 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 12. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 25 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 13. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 14. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 15. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 21 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 16. | FC Würzburger Kickers | 17 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 17. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 18. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 14 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 3 | 5 | 9 |