| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Heidenheim 1846 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 67 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 66 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 58 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 55 |
| 7 | Karlsruher | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 44 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 43 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 41 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -17 | 39 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 36 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 34 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 31 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -28 | 28 |
