| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 2. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 3. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 37 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 36 | 46 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 5. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 36 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 6. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 7. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 31 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 9. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 10. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 11. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 12. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 13. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 14. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 15. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 19 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 16. | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 19 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 17. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 19 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 18. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 16 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 4 | 4 | 9 |