| Rückrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (2) | VfL Bochum (A) | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26:16 | 10 | 30 |
| 2. | (3) | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24:10 | 14 | 29 |
| 3. | (4) | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24:16 | 8 | 29 |
| 4. | (1) | Fortuna Köln | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20:12 | 8 | 29 |
| 5. | (5) | SV Meppen | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29:15 | 14 | 28 |
| 6. | (6) | VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 25:16 | 9 | 27 |
| 7. | (7) | Arminia Bielefeld (N) | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25:20 | 5 | 24 |
| 8. | (8) | SpVgg Unterhaching (N) | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26:16 | 10 | 23 |
| 9. | (12) | VfB Lübeck (N) | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 17:24 | -7 | 22 |
| 10. | (9) | MSV Duisburg (A) | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25:22 | 3 | 21 |
| 11. | (10) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena (N) | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21:29 | -8 | 20 |
| 12. | (11) | FSV Zwickau | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17:26 | -9 | 19 |
| 13. | (13) | Hertha BSC Berlin | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20:21 | -1 | 18 |
| 14. | (14) | Hannover 96 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23:30 | -7 | 17 |
| 15. | (17) | VfB Leipzig | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11:30 | -19 | 14 |
| 16. | (15) | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15:27 | -12 | 13 |
| 17. | (16) | Chemnitzer FC | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13:27 | -14 | 11 |
| 18. | (18) | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19:23 | -4 | 9 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg wurden 6 Punkte abgezogen | |||||||||
| Hertha BSC Berlin wurden 3 Punkte abgezogen | |||||||||