| Teams | Last 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 51 | |
| 2 |  VfB Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 45 | |
| 3 |  Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 44 | |
| 4 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 41 | |
| 5 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 36 | |
| 6 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 36 | |
| 7 |  Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 |  FC Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 |  Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 32 | |
| 10 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 32 | |
| 11 |  FC St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 30 | |
| 12 |  VfL Osnabrück | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | -3 | 29 | |
| 13 |  SV Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 29 | |
| 14 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | -11 | 29 | |
| 15 |  VfL Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | -5 | 28 | |
| 16 |  SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | -12 | 25 | |
| 17 |  Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | -13 | 24 | |
| 18 |  Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | -16 | 24 |