| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | FC Cologne | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 34 |
| 3 | Magdeburg | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Karlsruher | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | Elversberg | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | Hertha Berlin | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Preussen Munster | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Greuther Furth | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Ulm | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -20 | 15 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -35 | 11 |