| Teams | Last 5 | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 44 | |
| 2 |  Hamburger SV | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 24 | 41 | |
| 3 |  VfB Stuttgart | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 41 | |
| 4 |  1. FC Heidenheim | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 35 | |
| 5 |  Holstein Kiel | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 33 | |
| 6 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 32 | |
| 7 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 31 | |
| 8 |  FC Erzgebirge Aue | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 30 | |
| 9 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 29 | |
| 10 |  VfL Osnabrück | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 28 | |
| 11 |  SV Sandhausen | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 27 | |
| 12 |  Hannover 96 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 26 | |
| 13 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 40 | -8 | 26 | |
| 14 |  FC St. Pauli | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 23 | |
| 15 |  VfL Bochum | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 40 | -6 | 23 | |
| 16 |  Karlsruher SC | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 21 | |
| 17 |  SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 39 | -15 | 21 | |
| 18 |  Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -17 | 18 |