| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Gew. | Un. | Ver. | Pkt. | Tore | +/- | 
        
        
                    
                | 1. | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 68 | 65:30 | 35 | 
                    
                | 2. | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 62:41 | 21 | 
                    
                | 3. | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 45:36 | 9 | 
                    
                | 4. | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 54 | 62:46 | 16 | 
                    
                | 5. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 48:43 | 5 | 
                    
                | 6. | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 54:49 | 5 | 
                    
                | 7. | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 46:48 | -2 | 
                    
                | 8. | VfL Bochum 1848 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 53:50 | 3 | 
                    
                | 9. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 46:45 | 1 | 
                    
                | 10. | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 43:45 | -2 | 
                    
                | 11. | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 53:56 | -3 | 
                    
                | 12. | SSV Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 49:56 | -7 | 
                    
                | 13. | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 46:48 | -2 | 
                    
                | 14. | FC St. Pauli 1910 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 41:50 | -9 | 
                    
                | 15. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 45:56 | -11 | 
                    
                | 16. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 45:58 | -13 | 
                    
                | 17. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 45:65 | -20 | 
                    
                | 18. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 32:58 | -26 |