| # | German 2. Bundesliga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 73 | 27 | 70 | 46 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 76 | 33 | 68 | 43 | Promoted | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 35 | 62 | 29 | Promoted | ||
| - | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 34 | 62 | 25 | ||
| - | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 42 | 61 | 9 | ||
| - | TSV 1860 München | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 46 | 57 | 16 | ||
| - | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 58 | 48 | -3 | ||
| - | TSV Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 45 | 2 | ||
| - | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | 45 | -2 | ||
| - | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 47 | 39 | -5 | ||
| - | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 55 | 37 | -14 | ||
| - | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 58 | 37 | -15 | ||
| - | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 59 | 35 | -16 | ||
| - | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 49 | 35 | -19 | ||
| - | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 55 | 35 | -24 | ||
| * | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 60 | 33 | -26 | Relegated | |
| * | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 47 | 31 | -17 | Relegated | |
| * | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 63 | 27 | -29 | Relegated |