| Teams | Last 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hamburger SV | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |
| 2 |  VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 20 | |
| 3 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 18 | |
| 4 |  FC Erzgebirge Aue | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |
| 5 |  FC St. Pauli | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 13 | |
| 6 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 13 | |
| 7 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 12 | |
| 8 |  SV Sandhausen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 | |
| 9 |  Karlsruher SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 12 | |
| 10 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 11 | |
| 11 |  Hannover 96 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 11 | |
| 12 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 11 | |
| 13 |  VfL Osnabrück | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| 14 |  Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 9 | |
| 15 |  VfL Bochum | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 8 | |
| 16 |  Holstein Kiel | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 8 | |
| 17 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 8 | |
| 18 |  SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 7 |