| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 38:21 | 17 | 30 | |
| 2. | Paderborn | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23:26 | -3 | 28 | |
| 3. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27:15 | 12 | 27 | |
| 4. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27:24 | 3 | 25 | |
| 5. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 29:18 | 11 | 24 | |
| 6. | St. Pauli | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23:18 | 5 | 23 | |
| 7. | Braunschweig | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16:20 | -4 | 19 | |
| 8. | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23:33 | -10 | 16 | |
| 9. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20:32 | -12 | 16 | |
| 10. | Cottbus | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12:24 | -12 | 15 | |
| 11. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15:23 | -8 | 13 | |
| 12. | Duisburg | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19:29 | -10 | 13 | |
| 13. | Bochum | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18:32 | -14 | 13 | |
| 14. | Union Berlin | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 25:40 | -15 | 13 | |
| 15. | Aue | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12:33 | -21 | 13 | |
| 16. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14:31 | -17 | 11 | |
| 17. | Ingolstadt | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15:37 | -22 | 11 | |
| 18. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11:32 | -21 | 6 |