Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SV Elversberg | 9 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | FC Schalke 04 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 3. | SC Paderborn 07 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 9 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 6. | Hannover 96 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 7. | Karlsruher SC | 9 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8. | Hertha BSC | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9. | Holstein Kiel | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | Preußen Münster | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 11. | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 | 10 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 13. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 9 | 10 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 9 | 10 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 16. | Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 17. | VfL Bochum | 9 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 18. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 9 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 7 |