| Tables | » First round | Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35:14 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 |
|
FC St. Pauli | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 39:27 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 |
|
Hannover 96 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30:17 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 |
|
Bor. Mönchengladbach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30:19 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 |
|
SSV Reutlingen | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 38:31 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26:20 | 6 | 26 |
|
|
SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26:20 | 6 | 26 | |
| 8 |
|
Waldhof Mannheim | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26:22 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 |
|
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24:24 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 |
|
1. FC Saarbrücken | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26:32 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 |
|
Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27:33 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 |
|
LR Ahlen | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25:30 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 |
|
Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24:23 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 |
|
SSV Ulm 1846 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21:24 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 |
|
1. FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17:23 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 |
|
Stuttgarter Kickers | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14:22 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 |
|
VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14:32 | -18 | 10 |
| 18 |
|
Chemnitzer FC | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14:43 | -29 | 9 |