Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamburger SV | 32 | 56 | 70 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 6 |
| 2. | 1. FC Köln | 32 | 55 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 3. | SC Paderborn 07 | 32 | 52 | 54 | 42 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| 4. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 32 | 50 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| 5. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 32 | 50 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| 6. | SV Elversberg | 31 | 49 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| 7. | Hannover 96 | 32 | 49 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 8. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 31 | 49 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| 9. | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 47 | 50 | 51 | -1 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| 10. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 31 | 45 | 54 | 51 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| 11. | Hertha BSC | 31 | 40 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| 12. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 32 | 39 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| 13. | FC Schalke 04 | 32 | 38 | 51 | 58 | -7 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 31 | 35 | 41 | 55 | -14 | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 32 | 35 | 37 | 57 | -20 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| 16. | Preußen Münster | 32 | 32 | 36 | 41 | -5 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| 17. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 40 | -7 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 18. | Jahn Regensburg | 32 | 24 | 20 | 66 | -46 | 6 | 6 | 20 |