| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 3. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 36 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 5. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 34 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 6. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| 7. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 8. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 9. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 26 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 10. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 11. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 12. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| 13. | VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 14. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 22 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 15. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 21 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 16. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 19 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 17. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 16 | 15 | 31 | -16 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 18. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 17 | 16 | 20 | 38 | -18 | 4 | 4 | 9 |