| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Saarbruecken | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | Energie Cottbus | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 19 |
| 6 | Viktoria Koln | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 7 | SC Verl 1924 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | RW Essen | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Ingolstadt | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | 1860 Munich | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Osnabruck | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Alemannia Aachen | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 16 |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund II | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 17 | Stuttgart II | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Hannover 96 II | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 19 | Sandhausen | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | -22 | 7 |
