| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Paderborn 07 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. | FC Schalke 04 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | Hannover 96 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 4. | SV Elversberg | 10 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 5. | Hertha BSC | 9 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 6. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 7. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 8. | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 11 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9. | Holstein Kiel | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11. | Karlsruher SC | 10 | 10 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 12. | VfL Bochum | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 15. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 16. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 10 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 17. | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18. | Preußen Münster | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 7 |