| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 21 | 13-3-5 13 | 3 | 5 | 34:21 | 13 | 42 | |
| 2 |
 |
Köln (A) 1. FC Köln (A) | 21 | 12-5-4 12 | 5 | 4 | 42:24 | 18 | 41 | |
| 3 |
 |
Fürth SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 21 | 12-4-5 12 | 4 | 5 | 35:23 | 12 | 40 | |
| 4 |
 |
Aachen Alemannia Aachen | 21 | 10-4-7 10 | 4 | 7 | 41:24 | 17 | 34 | |
| 5 |
 |
Saarbrücken (N) 1. FC Saarbrücken (N) | 21 | 9-4-8 9 | 4 | 8 | 32:26 | 6 | 31 | |
| 6 |
 |
Frankfurt (A) Eintracht Frankfurt (A) | 21 | 9-4-8 9 | 4 | 8 | 35:33 | 2 | 31 | |
| 7 |
 |
1860 München (A) TSV 1860 München (A) | 21 | 8-7-6 8 | 7 | 6 | 30:30 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 |
 |
Aue Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 9-3-9 9 | 3 | 9 | 30:24 | 6 | 30 | |
| 9 |
 |
Burghausen Wacker Burghausen | 20 | 8-5-7 8 | 5 | 7 | 29:33 | -4 | 29 | |
| 10 |
 |
Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching | 21 | 8-2-11 8 | 2 | 11 | 32:34 | -2 | 26 | |
| 11 |
 |
Trier Eintracht Trier | 21 | 5-11-5 5 | 11 | 5 | 29:33 | -4 | 26 | |
| 12 |
 |
Cottbus Energie Cottbus | 21 | 7-5-9 7 | 5 | 9 | 24:28 | -4 | 26 | |
| 13 |
 |
LR Ahlen LR Ahlen | 20 | 5-7-8 5 | 7 | 8 | 21:24 | -3 | 22 | |
| 14 |
 |
Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC | 21 | 5-7-9 5 | 7 | 9 | 25:33 | -8 | 22 | |
| 15 |
 |
Essen (N) Rot-Weiss Essen (N) | 21 | 4-10-7 4 | 10 | 7 | 27:36 | -9 | 22 | |
| 16 |
 |
Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 21 | 6-4-11 6 | 4 | 11 | 25:40 | -15 | 22 | |
| 17 |
 |
Dresden (N) 1. FC Dynamo Dresden (N) | 21 | 6-3-12 6 | 3 | 12 | 27:39 | -12 | 21 | |
| 18 |
 |
Erfurt (N) Rot-Weiß Erfurt (N) | 21 | 4-8-9 4 | 8 | 9 | 18:31 | -13 | 20 |