| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 43 | 46 | 12 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 39 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 3. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 4. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 38 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 5. | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 35 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| 6. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 7. | TSV 1860 Munich | 17 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| 8. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 9. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 27 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 10. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 11. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 12. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 13. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 22 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 15. | Energie Cottbus | 17 | 20 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 16. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 19 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 17. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 18 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 18. | FC Hansa Rostock | 17 | 16 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 3 | 7 | 7 |