Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Hansa Rostock | 18 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 2. | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 3. | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 4. | Energie Cottbus | 18 | 34 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 5. | FC Viktoria Köln | 18 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 6. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 18 | 34 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 7. | FC Ingolstadt | 18 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 8. | VfB Stuttgart II | 18 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| 9. | Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 10. | Alemannia Aachen | 18 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 11. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 12. | SC Verl | 18 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 13. | VfL Osnabrück | 18 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 14. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 18 | 28 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 15. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 18 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 16. | Borussia Dortmund II | 18 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 17. | TSV 1860 Munich | 18 | 24 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 18. | SV Sandhausen | 18 | 20 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 19. | SpVgg Unterhaching | 17 | 17 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 20. | Hannover 96 II | 17 | 16 | 23 | 37 | -14 | 4 | 4 | 9 |