| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Köln (A) 1. FC Köln (A) | 18 | 12-6-0 12 | 6 | 0 | 40:19 | 21 | 42 | |
| 2 |
 |
Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 10-5-4 10 | 5 | 4 | 29:15 | 14 | 35 | |
| 3 |
 |
Freiburg (A) SC Freiburg (A) | 19 | 10-5-4 10 | 5 | 4 | 28:17 | 11 | 35 | |
| 4 |
 |
Mainz 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 19 | 10-3-6 10 | 3 | 6 | 29:18 | 11 | 33 | |
| 5 |
 |
Trier (N) Eintracht Trier (N) | 19 | 9-4-6 9 | 4 | 6 | 33:24 | 9 | 31 | |
| 6 |
 |
Aachen Alemannia Aachen | 18 | 8-6-4 8 | 6 | 4 | 32:23 | 9 | 30 | |
| 7 |
 |
Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18 | 8-5-5 8 | 5 | 5 | 22:19 | 3 | 29 | |
| 8 |
 |
Fürth SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 7-7-4 7 | 7 | 4 | 26:19 | 7 | 28 | |
| 9 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 18 | 7-6-5 7 | 6 | 5 | 26:24 | 2 | 27 | |
| 10 |
 |
Lübeck (N) VfB Lübeck (N) | 19 | 7-2-10 7 | 2 | 10 | 30:31 | -1 | 23 | |
| 11 |
 |
Burghausen (N) Wacker Burghausen (N) | 19 | 5-7-7 5 | 7 | 7 | 27:24 | 3 | 22 | |
| 12 |
 |
Union 1. FC Union Berlin | 19 | 5-7-7 5 | 7 | 7 | 22:35 | -13 | 22 | |
| 13 |
 |
Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC | 19 | 4-8-7 4 | 8 | 7 | 18:28 | -10 | 20 | |
| 14 |
 |
Reutlingen 05 * SSV Reutlingen 05 * | 19 | 7-4-8 7 | 4 | 8 | 27:30 | -3 | 19 | |
| 15 |
 |
LR Ahlen LR Ahlen | 19 | 5-4-10 5 | 4 | 10 | 24:32 | -8 | 19 | |
| 16 |
 |
Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 4-4-11 4 | 4 | 11 | 22:38 | -16 | 16 | |
| 17 |
 |
Braunschweig (N) Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 18 | 2-5-11 2 | 5 | 11 | 19:38 | -19 | 11 | |
| 18 |
 |
St. Pauli (A) FC St. Pauli (A) | 19 | 2-4-13 2 | 4 | 13 | 26:46 | -20 | 10 |