Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC St. Pauli | 16 | 35 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 2. | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 32 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 3. | Hamburger SV | 15 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 5. | FC Schalke 04 | 16 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 6. | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| 7. | Hertha BSC | 16 | 27 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 8. | Hannover 96 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 9. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 10. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 11. | SC Paderborn 07 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 22 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 13. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 15 | 20 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 14. | FC Hansa Rostock | 15 | 20 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 15. | SV Elversberg | 15 | 19 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 16. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | 19 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 17. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 | 17 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 18. | VfL Osnabrück | 15 | 14 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 3 | 5 | 7 |