Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 68 | 65 | 39 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 8 |
| 2. | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 67 | 61 | 36 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 |
| 3. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 61 | 71 | 40 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| 4. | Hamburger SV | 34 | 58 | 63 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| 5. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 55 | 68 | 48 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| 6. | Hannover 96 | 34 | 52 | 59 | 44 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| 7. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 50 | 53 | 54 | -1 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| 9. | Hertha BSC | 34 | 48 | 69 | 59 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| 10. | FC Schalke 04 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 59 | -6 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
| 11. | SV Elversberg | 34 | 43 | 49 | 63 | -14 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
| 12. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 40 | 43 | 63 | -20 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| 13. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 39 | 59 | 64 | -5 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 14. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 39 | 46 | 53 | -7 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 38 | 37 | 53 | -16 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 16. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 34 | 33 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 17. | FC Hansa Rostock | 34 | 32 | 30 | 56 | -26 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 18. | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 28 | 31 | 69 | -38 | 6 | 10 | 18 |