| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 17-13-4 17 | 13 | 4 | 50:32 | 18 | 64 | |
| 2 |
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Freiburg (A) SC Freiburg (A) | 34 | 18-7-9 18 | 7 | 9 | 57:36 | 21 | 61 | |
| 3 |
 |
Nürnberg (N) 1. FC Nürnberg (N) | 34 | 17-8-9 17 | 8 | 9 | 52:35 | 17 | 59 | |
| 4 |
 |
St. Pauli (A) FC St. Pauli (A) | 34 | 14-14-6 14 | 14 | 6 | 43:31 | 12 | 56 | |
| 5 |
 |
FC Gütersloh FC Gütersloh | 34 | 13-16-5 13 | 16 | 5 | 43:26 | 17 | 55 | |
| 6 |
 |
F. Köln Fortuna Köln | 34 | 11-13-10 11 | 13 | 10 | 53:53 | 0 | 46 | |
| 7 |
 |
Düsseldorf (A) Fortuna Düsseldorf (A) | 34 | 13-7-14 13 | 7 | 14 | 52:54 | -2 | 46 | |
| 8 |
 |
Cottbus (N) Energie Cottbus (N) | 34 | 10-15-9 10 | 15 | 9 | 38:36 | 2 | 45 | |
| 9 |
 |
Fürth (N) SpVgg Greuther Fürth (N) | 34 | 11-12-11 11 | 12 | 11 | 32:32 | 0 | 45 | |
| 10 |
 |
Mainz 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 10-14-10 10 | 14 | 10 | 55:48 | 7 | 44 | |
| 11 |
 |
Haching SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 10-14-10 10 | 14 | 10 | 41:35 | 6 | 44 | |
| 12 |
 |
Stg. Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 12-8-14 12 | 8 | 14 | 44:47 | -3 | 44 | |
| 13 |
 |
Uerdingen KFC Uerdingen 05 | 34 | 11-10-13 11 | 10 | 13 | 36:40 | -4 | 43 | |
| 14 |
 |
Wattenscheid (N) SG Wattenscheid 09 (N) | 34 | 10-10-14 10 | 10 | 14 | 41:41 | 0 | 40 | |
| 15 |
 |
VfB Leipzig VfB Leipzig | 34 | 10-9-15 10 | 9 | 15 | 31:51 | -20 | 39 | |
| 16 |
 |
Jena Carl Zeiss Jena | 34 | 8-9-17 8 | 9 | 17 | 39:61 | -22 | 33 | |
| 17 |
 |
Zwickau FSV Zwickau | 34 | 6-10-18 6 | 10 | 18 | 32:55 | -23 | 28 | |
| 18 |
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Meppen SV Meppen | 34 | 6-9-19 6 | 9 | 19 | 35:61 | -26 | 27 |