| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Karlsruher | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -18 | 14 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -18 | 12 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 12 |
