Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 27 | 52 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| 2. | SV Elversberg | 27 | 51 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
| 3. | SC Paderborn 07 | 27 | 51 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
| 4. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 50 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 27 | 49 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| 6. | Hertha BSC | 27 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 28 | 43 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 11 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 37 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| 9. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 27 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. | VfL Bochum | 28 | 33 | 39 | 40 | -1 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| 11. | Arminia Bielefeld | 28 | 31 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| 12. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 31 | 26 | 43 | -17 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 13. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 28 | 30 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 14. | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 29 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | 29 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 16. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | 29 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 17. | Holstein Kiel | 27 | 28 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 18. | Preußen Münster | 27 | 26 | 31 | 47 | -16 | 6 | 8 | 13 |