2. Bundesliga
| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Cologne | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 54 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Magdeburg | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Elversberg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 48 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Nurnberg | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Karlsruher | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 44 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 43 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 38 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | -13 | 35 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -20 | 33 |
| 16 | Preussen Munster | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 28 |
| 17 | Ulm | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 26 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -46 | 22 |