| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Köln (A) 1. FC Köln (A) | 15 | 10-3-2 10 | 3 | 2 | 26:15 | 11 | 33 | |
| 2 |
 |
Fürth SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 9-3-3 9 | 3 | 3 | 20:11 | 9 | 30 | |
| 3 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 15 | 9-3-3 9 | 3 | 3 | 21:13 | 8 | 30 | |
| 4 |
 |
Aachen Alemannia Aachen | 15 | 8-4-3 8 | 4 | 3 | 33:14 | 19 | 28 | |
| 5 |
 |
Burghausen Wacker Burghausen | 14 | 6-4-4 6 | 4 | 4 | 20:15 | 5 | 22 | |
| 6 |
 |
Saarbrücken (N) 1. FC Saarbrücken (N) | 15 | 6-3-6 6 | 3 | 6 | 21:17 | 4 | 21 | |
| 7 |
 |
Aue Erzgebirge Aue | 15 | 6-2-7 6 | 2 | 7 | 22:18 | 4 | 20 | |
| 8 |
 |
1860 München (A) TSV 1860 München (A) | 15 | 5-5-5 5 | 5 | 5 | 21:24 | -3 | 20 | |
| 9 |
 |
Frankfurt (A) Eintracht Frankfurt (A) | 15 | 5-4-6 5 | 4 | 6 | 26:27 | -1 | 19 | |
| 10 |
 |
Trier Eintracht Trier | 15 | 4-7-4 4 | 7 | 4 | 17:19 | -2 | 19 | |
| 11 |
 |
Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC | 15 | 4-5-6 4 | 5 | 6 | 18:22 | -4 | 17 | |
| 12 |
 |
Erfurt (N) Rot-Weiß Erfurt (N) | 15 | 4-5-6 4 | 5 | 6 | 11:20 | -9 | 17 | |
| 13 |
 |
LR Ahlen LR Ahlen | 14 | 3-7-4 3 | 7 | 4 | 14:15 | -1 | 16 | |
| 14 |
 |
Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching | 15 | 5-1-9 5 | 1 | 9 | 20:24 | -4 | 16 | |
| 15 |
 |
Cottbus Energie Cottbus | 15 | 4-4-7 4 | 4 | 7 | 13:18 | -5 | 16 | |
| 16 |
 |
Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 15 | 4-3-8 4 | 3 | 8 | 15:27 | -12 | 15 | |
| 17 |
 |
Dresden (N) 1. FC Dynamo Dresden (N) | 15 | 4-2-9 4 | 2 | 9 | 17:29 | -12 | 14 | |
| 18 |
 |
Essen (N) Rot-Weiss Essen (N) | 15 | 2-7-6 2 | 7 | 6 | 21:28 | -7 | 13 |