Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 31 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 2. | Hamburger SV | 16 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 3. | SC Paderborn 07 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 4. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 16 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 5. | Hertha BSC | 16 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 6. | 1. FC Köln | 16 | 27 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7. | SV Elversberg | 15 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 20 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 9. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 15 | 20 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 10. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | 19 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 11. | Hannover 96 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 12. | FC Schalke 04 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 13. | Preußen Münster | 16 | 16 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 15 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 15. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 16. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 12 | 16 | 35 | -19 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 16 | 2 | 8 | 49 | -41 | 0 | 2 | 14 |