Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dynamo Dresden | 36 | 67 | 68 | 39 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 7 |
| 2. | Arminia Bielefeld | 36 | 66 | 61 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 8 |
| 3. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 36 | 62 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| 4. | Energie Cottbus | 35 | 59 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 10 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 35 | 57 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 12 |
| 6. | FC Viktoria Köln | 36 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 15 |
| 7. | SC Verl | 36 | 53 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| 8. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 36 | 52 | 51 | 52 | -1 | 15 | 7 | 14 |
| 9. | FC Ingolstadt | 35 | 51 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| 10. | TSV 1860 Munich | 36 | 51 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 15 | 6 | 15 |
| 11. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 36 | 49 | 54 | 57 | -3 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| 12. | VfL Osnabrück | 36 | 48 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 13 | 9 | 14 |
| 13. | Alemannia Aachen | 36 | 47 | 39 | 40 | -1 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 35 | 46 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 14 | 4 | 17 |
| 15. | Borussia Dortmund II | 36 | 43 | 52 | 57 | -5 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
| 16. | VfB Stuttgart II | 36 | 43 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
| 17. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 35 | 40 | 38 | 42 | -4 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
| 18. | Hannover 96 II | 35 | 33 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
| 19. | SV Sandhausen | 36 | 32 | 46 | 63 | -17 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 20. | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 24 | 39 | 65 | -26 | 4 | 12 | 18 |