| Teams | Last 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hamburger SV | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 44 | |
| 2 |  1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 40 | |
| 3 |  1. FC Köln | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 39 | |
| 4 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 38 | |
| 5 |  SC Paderborn | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 35 | 18 | 37 | |
| 6 |  FC St. Pauli | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 37 | |
| 7 |  Holstein Kiel | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 36 | |
| 8 |  VfL Bochum | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 30 | |
| 9 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 30 | |
| 10 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 28 | |
| 11 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 34 | -2 | 27 | |
| 12 |  Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 26 | |
| 13 |  FC Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 25 | |
| 14 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | -11 | 23 | |
| 15 |  1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 37 | -11 | 21 | |
| 16 |  FC Ingolstadt 04 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 37 | -14 | 19 | |
| 17 |  SV Sandhausen | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 17 | |
| 18 |  MSV Duisburg | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -19 | 16 |