| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 2. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 31 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 3. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 4. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 6. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 7. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 28 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 9. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 10. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 11. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 26 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 13. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 14. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 15. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 23 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 16. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 19 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 17. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 18. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 19 | 19 | 27 | -8 | 5 | 4 | 8 |