| # | German 2. Bundesliga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | Karlsruher SC | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 94 | 45 | 57 | 49 | Promoted | |
| ^ | FC Schalke 04 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 95 | 45 | 55 | 50 | Promoted | |
| - | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 41 | 50 | 28 | ||
| - | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 39 | 48 | 29 | ||
| - | 1. FC Union Solingen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 70 | 54 | 44 | 16 | ||
| - | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 6 | ||
| - | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 1 | ||
| - | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 52 | 39 | 2 | ||
| - | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 65 | 38 | 1 | ||
| - | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 69 | 38 | -8 | ||
| - | Hertha BSC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 57 | 37 | 7 | ||
| - | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 72 | 35 | -24 | ||
| - | SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 68 | 32 | -10 | ||
| - | Hannover 96 | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 69 | 32 | -15 | ||
| - | Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 58 | 74 | 32 | -16 | ||
| - | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 62 | 31 | -11 | ||
| * | SC Rot-Weiß Essen | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 63 | 29 | -15 | Relegated | |
| * | SC Charlottenburg | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 68 | 29 | -19 | Relegated | |
| * | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 29 | -20 | Relegated | |
| * | BV Lüttringhausen | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 36 | 87 | 18 | -51 | Relegated |