| Teams | Last 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 33 | |
| 2 |  Hamburger SV | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 29 | |
| 3 |  VfB Stuttgart | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 29 | |
| 4 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 26 | |
| 5 |  FC Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |
| 6 |  VfL Osnabrück | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 23 | |
| 7 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 23 | |
| 8 |  SV Sandhausen | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 22 | |
| 9 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 22 | |
| 10 |  Holstein Kiel | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 21 | |
| 11 |  VfL Bochum | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 20 | |
| 12 |  Karlsruher SC | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 20 | |
| 13 |  Hannover 96 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 20 | |
| 14 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 19 | |
| 15 |  FC St. Pauli | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 15 | |
| 16 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 15 | |
| 17 |  SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -13 | 14 | |
| 18 |  Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 13 |