| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Cologne | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Elversberg | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 21 |
| 8 | Karlsruher | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Preussen Munster | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Ulm | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | -43 | 2 |