2. Bundesliga
| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Cologne | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 54 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 53 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Magdeburg | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | Elversberg | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 49 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 49 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 49 |
| 8 | Karlsruher | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 47 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 46 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 40 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 35 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | -20 | 34 |
| 16 | Preussen Munster | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 32 |
| 17 | Ulm | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -46 | 23 |