| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 36 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 37 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 36 |
| 7 | Karlsruher | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -11 | 19 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -15 | 16 |
