| # | Team name | PPlayed | WWins | DDraws | LLosses | FGoals For | AGoals Against | GDGoals Difference | PtsPoints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Promotion | Schalke 04 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 51 |
| 2Promotion | Darmstadt | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 49 |
| 3Promotion play-off | Elversberg | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 48 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 48 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 41 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 34 |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 33 |
| 11 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 29 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 56 | -17 | 29 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 28 |
| 16Relegation play-off | Preussen Muenster | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 44 | -14 | 26 |
| 17Relegation | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 25 |
| 18Relegation | Magdeburg | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 24 |