| # | German 2. Bundesliga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 38 | 52 | 45 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 77 | 45 | 50 | 32 | Promoted | |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 48 | 21 | Promoted | ||
| - | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 69 | 54 | 45 | 15 | ||
| - | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 78 | 51 | 44 | 27 | ||
| - | Fortuna Köln | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 76 | 50 | 33 | 26 | ||
| - | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 61 | 42 | 16 | ||
| - | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 50 | 45 | 42 | 5 | ||
| - | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 53 | 40 | -4 | ||
| - | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 66 | 65 | 38 | 1 | ||
| - | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 57 | 37 | -2 | ||
| - | Hannover 96 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 70 | 72 | 36 | -2 | ||
| - | BV Lüttringhausen | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 76 | 34 | -23 | ||
| - | SC Rot-Weiß Essen | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 60 | 33 | -4 | ||
| - | Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 59 | 65 | 33 | -6 | ||
| - | 1. FC Union Solingen | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 56 | 76 | 32 | -20 | ||
| * | FC Augsburg | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 32 | -22 | Relegated | |
| * | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 75 | 31 | -20 | Relegated | |
| * | FSV Frankfurt | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 86 | 26 | -36 | Relegated | |
| * | SC Paderborn 07 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 43 | 92 | 22 | -49 | Relegated |