| # | German 3. Liga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 37 | 69 | 18 | Promoted | |
| ^ | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 41 | 68 | 16 | Promoted | |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 46 | 64 | 26 | Promoted | ||
| - | TSV Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 37 | 62 | 18 | ||
| - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 44 | 60 | 10 | ||
| - | 1. FC Heidenheim | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 56 | 59 | 10 | ||
| - | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 35 | 57 | 20 | ||
| - | FC Bayern München II | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 65 | 54 | -10 | ||
| - | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 53 | 0 | ||
| - | VfB Stuttgart II | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 53 | 50 | 52 | 3 | ||
| - | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 0 | ||
| - | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 46 | 50 | -7 | ||
| - | Werder Bremen II | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 54 | 47 | -5 | ||
| - | SV Sandhausen | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 63 | 47 | -9 | ||
| - | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 64 | 47 | -12 | ||
| - | SSV Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 48 | 46 | -5 | ||
| - | SV Wacker Burghausen | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 64 | 46 | -19 | ||
| * | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 58 | 39 | -15 | Relegated | |
| * | Holstein Kiel | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 38 | -18 | Relegated | |
| * | Wuppertaler SV | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 61 | 38 | -21 | Relegated |