| # | Team name | PPlayed | WWins | DDraws | LLosses | FGoals For | AGoals Against | GDGoals Difference | PtsPoints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Promotion | Paderborn | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 50 |
| 2Promotion | Schalke 04 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 50 |
| 3Promotion play-off | Darmstadt | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 49 |
| 4 | Elversberg | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 47 | -7 | 34 |
| 9 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | VfL Bochum | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 32 |
| 11 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 29 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 56 | -17 | 29 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 27 |
| 15 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 26 |
| 16Relegation play-off | Preussen Muenster | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 38 | -8 | 26 |
| 17Relegation | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 25 |
| 18Relegation | Magdeburg | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 24 |