| # | German 2. Bundesliga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 28 | 67 | 28 | Promoted | |
| ^ | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 72 | 37 | 64 | 35 | Promoted | |
| - | FC Augsburg | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 40 | 62 | 20 | ||
| - | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 31 | 59 | 17 | ||
| - | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 0 | ||
| - | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 46 | 50 | 5 | ||
| - | Arminia Bielefeld* | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 41 | 49 | 7 | ||
| - | TSV 1860 München | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 45 | 48 | -2 | ||
| - | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 6 | ||
| - | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 45 | 46 | -2 | ||
| - | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 50 | 44 | 1 | ||
| - | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 45 | 44 | -3 | ||
| - | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 41 | 43 | -4 | ||
| - | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 52 | 41 | -14 | ||
| - | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 50 | 38 | -21 | ||
| * | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 45 | 36 | -12 | Relegated | |
| * | TuS Koblenz | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 60 | 31 | -25 | Relegated | |
| * | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 55 | 22 | -36 | Relegated |