Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 13 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2. | FC Schalke 04 | 12 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 3. | SC Paderborn 07 | 13 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 13 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 5. | SV Elversberg | 12 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 6. | VfL Bochum | 13 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 7. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 13 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 9. | Hannover 96 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. | Hertha BSC | 13 | 19 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 11. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 18 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 12. | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 13. | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 14. | Preußen Münster | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 15 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 16. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 12 | 13 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 17. | Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 12 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 18. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 9 |