Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 67 | 60 | 35 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 |
| 2. | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 66 | 63 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 8 |
| 3. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 61 | 69 | 38 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| 4. | Hamburger SV | 34 | 58 | 61 | 43 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| 5. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 53 | 65 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| 6. | Hannover 96 | 34 | 53 | 58 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 7 |
| 7. | Hertha BSC | 34 | 51 | 69 | 57 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 11 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 50 | 52 | 53 | -1 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
| 9. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 48 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| 10. | FC Schalke 04 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 58 | -5 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 11. | SV Elversberg | 34 | 44 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 12. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 40 | 42 | 61 | -19 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| 13. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 39 | 44 | 51 | -7 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| 14. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 39 | 37 | 48 | -11 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 15. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 37 | 54 | 64 | -10 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 16. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 34 | 33 | 35 | 48 | -13 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 17. | FC Hansa Rostock | 34 | 32 | 29 | 55 | -26 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 18. | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 25 | 29 | 69 | -40 | 5 | 10 | 19 |