Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 17 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| 2. | SV Elversberg | 17 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 3. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 33 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 6. | Hertha BSC | 17 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 8. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 22 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 9. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 22 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 10. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 11. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 12. | Preußen Münster | 17 | 20 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 13. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 20 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 14. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 15. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 17 | 17 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 16. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 17 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 17. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 15 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 18. | Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 13 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 3 | 4 | 10 |