| Teams | Last 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 28 | |
| 2 |  Hamburger SV | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 26 | |
| 3 |  FC Erzgebirge Aue | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 23 | |
| 4 |  VfB Stuttgart | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 20 | |
| 6 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 18 | |
| 7 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 17 | |
| 8 |  VfL Osnabrück | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 17 | |
| 9 |  SV Sandhausen | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 17 | |
| 10 |  Karlsruher SC | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 16 | |
| 11 |  FC St. Pauli | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 15 | |
| 12 |  Holstein Kiel | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 15 | |
| 13 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 15 | |
| 14 |  VfL Bochum | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 14 | |
| 15 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 14 | |
| 16 |  Hannover 96 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 14 | |
| 17 |  Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 12 | |
| 18 |  SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 10 |