| # | Team name | PPlayed | GDGoals Difference | PtsPoints | WWins | DDraws | LLosses | FGoals For | AGoals Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Promotion | Elversberg | 27 | 17 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 28 |
| 2Promotion | Schalke 04 | 26 | 14 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 23 |
| 3Promotion play-off | Darmstadt | 26 | 19 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 48 | 29 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 27 | 12 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 34 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 27 | 12 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 31 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 26 | 6 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 31 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 27 | 6 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 39 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | -8 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 51 |
| 9 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 27 | -2 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 37 |
| 10 | VfL Bochum | 26 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 44 |
| 12 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 26 | -11 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 35 |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | -15 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 44 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 27 | -19 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 59 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 37 |
| 16Relegation play-off | Preussen Muenster | 26 | -14 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 44 |
| 17Relegation | Holstein Kiel | 26 | -9 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 40 |
| 18Relegation | Magdeburg | 26 | -13 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 49 |