| P | W | D | L |
+/-
GD
|
Pts | Form | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 48 | |
| 2 | Köln | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 47 | |
| 3 | Paderborn | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 45 | |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 43 | |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 42 | |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 42 | |
| 7 | Nürnberg | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 41 | |
| 9 | Elversberg | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 40 | |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 33 | |
| 12 | Greuther Fürth | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 33 | |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 31 | |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 29 | |
| 15 | Preußen Münster | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 26 | |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -25 | 23 | |
| 17 | Ulm | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 20 | |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -40 | 16 |