Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 72 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 8 |
| 2. | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 70 | 71 | 40 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 8 |
| 3. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 65 | 59 | 47 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 9 |
| 4. | Energie Cottbus | 38 | 62 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 12 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 38 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 14 |
| 6. | FC Viktoria Köln | 38 | 59 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 15 |
| 7. | SC Verl | 38 | 57 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| 8. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 |
| 9. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 55 | 59 | 60 | -1 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| 10. | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 54 | 72 | 63 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 11. | TSV 1860 Munich | 38 | 53 | 57 | 61 | -4 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 12. | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 50 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| 13. | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 50 | 52 | 65 | -13 | 15 | 5 | 18 |
| 14. | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 48 | 46 | 55 | -9 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
| 15. | VfB Stuttgart II | 38 | 47 | 49 | 59 | -10 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| 16. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 46 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| 17. | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 43 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 11 | 10 | 17 |
| 18. | Hannover 96 II | 38 | 37 | 51 | 70 | -19 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 19. | SV Sandhausen | 38 | 35 | 49 | 69 | -20 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 20. | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 25 | 40 | 72 | -32 | 4 | 13 | 21 |