Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 64 | 62 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 8 |
| 2. | FC St. Pauli | 32 | 63 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| 3. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 32 | 59 | 68 | 37 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 7 |
| 4. | Hamburger SV | 32 | 55 | 60 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 5. | Karlsruher SC | 32 | 52 | 64 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| 6. | Hannover 96 | 32 | 49 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 7 |
| 7. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 32 | 46 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 | 32 | 46 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
| 9. | Hertha BSC | 32 | 45 | 65 | 56 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| 10. | SV Elversberg | 32 | 43 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| 11. | FC Schalke 04 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
| 12. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 32 | 37 | 44 | 51 | -7 | 9 | 10 | 13 |
| 13. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 32 | 37 | 39 | 60 | -21 | 10 | 7 | 15 |
| 14. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 32 | 36 | 53 | 61 | -8 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 32 | 35 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 16. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 32 | 32 | 35 | 47 | -12 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 17. | FC Hansa Rostock | 32 | 31 | 28 | 53 | -25 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 18. | VfL Osnabrück | 32 | 25 | 28 | 65 | -37 | 5 | 10 | 17 |