| # | German 2. Bundesliga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | SC Freiburg | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 32 | 67 | 26 | Promoted | |
| ^ | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 45 | 65 | 18 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 33 | 62 | 26 | Promoted | |
| - | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 39 | 62 | 25 | ||
| - | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 35 | 57 | 20 | ||
| - | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 51 | 9 | ||
| - | SV Eintracht Trier 05 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 46 | 48 | 7 | ||
| - | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 46 | -5 | ||
| - | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 48 | 45 | -12 | ||
| - | SV Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 41 | 44 | 7 | ||
| - | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 50 | 44 | 1 | ||
| - | LR Ahlen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 60 | 40 | -12 | ||
| - | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 47 | 39 | -12 | ||
| - | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 48 | 37 | -10 | ||
| * | TSV Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 53 | 34 | -20 | Relegated | |
| * | SSV Reutlingen* | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 53 | 33 | -10 | Relegated | |
| * | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 67 | 31 | -19 | Relegated | |
| * | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 71 | 25 | -39 | Relegated |