| # | German 3. Liga | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | TSV Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 81 | 22 | 85 | 59 | Promoted | |
| Hansa Rostock | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 36 | 78 | 34 | Promoted | ||
| Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 37 | 65 | 18 | Promoted | ||
| - | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 39 | 64 | 16 | ||
| - | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 45 | 61 | 18 | ||
| - | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 59 | 10 | ||
| - | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 45 | 57 | 7 | ||
| - | SSV Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 41 | 52 | -6 | ||
| - | 1. FC Heidenheim | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 58 | 51 | 1 | ||
| - | VfB Stuttgart II | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 51 | 0 | ||
| * | TuS Koblenz | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 49 | -8 | Relegated | |
| - | SV Sandhausen | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 46 | 46 | -3 | ||
| - | SV Babelsberg 03 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 47 | 46 | -8 | ||
| - | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 55 | 45 | -16 | ||
| - | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 62 | 44 | -19 | ||
| - | VfR Aalen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 41 | -12 | ||
| - | SV Wacker Burghausen | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 66 | 37 | -20 | ||
| - | Werder Bremen II | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 56 | 36 | -23 | ||
| * | FC Bayern München II | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 54 | 30 | -24 | Relegated | |
| * | Rot Weiss Ahlen* | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 69 | 39 | -24 | Relegated |