2. Bundesliga
| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 59 |
| 2 | FC Cologne | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 58 |
| 3 | Elversberg | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 55 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 55 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 53 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 53 |
| 7 | Magdeburg | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 50 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 50 |
| 9 | Karlsruher | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 49 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 43 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 39 |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 38 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 36 |
| 15 | Preussen Munster | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -23 | 35 |
| 17 | Ulm | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 29 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -46 | 25 |