Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 61 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 5 |
| 2. | SC Paderborn 07 | 30 | 58 | 52 | 35 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 30 | 55 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 7 |
| 4. | Hannover 96 | 30 | 54 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 5. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 50 | 52 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| 6. | Hertha BSC | 30 | 48 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 30 | 46 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 12 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 40 | 47 | 56 | -9 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| 9. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | 38 | 39 | 41 | -2 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| 10. | VfL Bochum | 30 | 36 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| 11. | Dynamo Dresden | 30 | 35 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| 12. | Holstein Kiel | 30 | 35 | 39 | 43 | -4 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| 13. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 30 | 33 | 48 | 55 | -7 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 30 | 33 | 43 | 63 | -20 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 15. | Arminia Bielefeld | 30 | 32 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 16. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 31 | 32 | 50 | -18 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 17. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 | 31 | 27 | 47 | -20 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 18. | Preußen Münster | 30 | 28 | 32 | 51 | -19 | 6 | 10 | 14 |