Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 51 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 |
| 2. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 26 | 49 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 27 | 49 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 | 27 | 49 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 27 | 49 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| 6. | Hertha BSC | 26 | 41 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 27 | 40 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 11 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 37 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| 9. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 27 | 36 | 35 | 37 | -2 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. | VfL Bochum | 26 | 33 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 11. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 31 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 12. | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 30 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| 13. | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 29 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 14. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | 29 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 15. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | 29 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 16. | Preußen Münster | 26 | 26 | 30 | 44 | -14 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 17. | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 25 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 18. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 24 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 7 | 3 | 16 |