| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Cologne | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 61 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 59 |
| 3 | Elversberg | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 58 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 55 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 53 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 53 |
| 8 | Karlsruher | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 52 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 51 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 48 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 44 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 42 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 39 |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 38 |
| 15 | Preussen Munster | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -26 | 35 |
| 17 | Ulm | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 30 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -48 | 25 |
