| FSV Zwickau | Hannover 96 | |||
| VfB Leipzig | VfB Lübeck | |||
| VfL Wolfsburg | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | |||
| Hertha BSC | MSV Duisburg | |||
| SC Fortuna Köln | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | |||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | Chemnitzer FC | |||
| SV Meppen | VfL Bochum | |||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| 1 | VfL Bochum | 24 16 03 05 52 - 20 51 |
| 2 | MSV Duisburg | 24 12 08 04 41 - 20 44 |
| 3 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 24 12 06 06 40 - 30 42 |
| 4 | FSV Zwickau | 24 13 03 08 27 - 27 42 |
| 5 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 24 10 07 07 31 - 25 37 |
| 6 | VfB Leipzig | 24 10 06 08 26 - 30 36 |
| 7 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 09 07 08 35 - 38 34 |
| 8 | Hertha BSC * | 24 08 09 07 24 - 21 33 |
| 9 | Chemnitzer FC | 24 08 08 08 33 - 32 32 |
| 10 | VfB Lübeck | 24 09 04 11 29 - 29 31 |
| 11 | 1. FC Nürnberg * | 24 07 10 07 24 - 25 31 |
| 12 | SC Fortuna Köln | 24 08 06 10 30 - 30 30 |
| 13 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 24 08 03 13 29 - 34 27 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 24 07 05 12 21 - 27 26 |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 24 06 08 10 25 - 38 26 |
| 16 | SV Meppen | 24 04 12 08 27 - 39 24 |
| 17 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 24 06 05 13 18 - 35 23 |
| 18 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 24 05 06 13 28 - 40 21 |