| Place | Team | GP | Won | Draw | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 2 | Elversberg | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 51 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 49 | 30 | 19 | 50 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 49 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 44 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Karlsruher | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 37 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | VfL Bochum | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 33 |
| 11 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 40 | -14 | 31 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 29 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 29 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 28 |
| 16 | Holstein Kiel | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 28 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 50 | -11 | 27 |
| 18 | Preussen Munster | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 47 | -16 | 26 |