Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 16 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | SV Elversberg | 16 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 | 16 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 16 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 6. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 16 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7. | Hertha BSC | 16 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 21 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 9. | VfL Bochum | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 10. | Preußen Münster | 16 | 19 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 11. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | 19 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 12. | Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 13. | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 14. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 17 | 18 | 28 | -10 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 15. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 16 | 15 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 16. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 14 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 17. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 16 | 14 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 18. | Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 13 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 3 | 4 | 9 |