| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stuttgart | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23:22 | 1 | 28 | |
| 2. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26:25 | 1 | 24 | |
| 3. | Braunschweig | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15:19 | -4 | 24 | |
| 4. | Union Berlin | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22:27 | -5 | 24 | |
| 5. | Hannover | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25:23 | 2 | 23 | |
| 6. | Dusseldorf | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18:17 | 1 | 23 | |
| 7. | St. Pauli | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19:21 | -2 | 23 | |
| 8. | Nurnberg | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23:27 | -4 | 21 | |
| 9. | Heidenheim | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19:21 | -2 | 20 | |
| 10. | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19:22 | -3 | 18 | |
| 11. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15:23 | -8 | 16 | |
| 12. | Bochum | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15:25 | -10 | 15 | |
| 13. | Wurzburger Kickers | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18:27 | -9 | 14 | |
| 14. | Aue | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16:28 | -12 | 14 | |
| 15. | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12:24 | -12 | 12 | |
| 16. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13:26 | -13 | 11 | |
| 17. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9:27 | -18 | 11 | |
| 18. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19:31 | -12 | 10 |