| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 2. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 36 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 3. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 4. | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 30 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 6. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 7. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 8. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 9. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 28 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 10. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 11. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 12. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 26 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 13. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 24 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 23 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 15. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 16. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 17. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| 18. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 12 | 25 | 39 | -14 | 3 | 3 | 11 |