| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (AP) | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32:11 | 21 | 33 |
| 2. | (2) | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 29:20 | 9 | 28 |
| 3. | (3) | Hertha BSC Berlin | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27:18 | 9 | 28 |
| 4. | (4) | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20:11 | 9 | 27 |
| 5. | (5) | SV Meppen | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22:19 | 3 | 26 |
| 6. | (6) | Fortuna Köln | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30:22 | 8 | 24 |
| 7. | (7) | Stuttgarter Kickers (N) | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21:18 | 3 | 24 |
| 8. | (8) | SpVgg Unterhaching | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 14:12 | 2 | 24 |
| 9. | (9) | VfB Leipzig | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28:27 | 1 | 24 |
| 10. | (10) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22:21 | 1 | 23 |
| 11. | (11) | KFC Uerdingen 05 (A) | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25:23 | 2 | 21 |
| 12. | (12) | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25:29 | -4 | 20 |
| 13. | (13) | FSV Zwickau | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18:22 | -4 | 19 |
| 14. | (14) | Eintracht Frankfurt (A) | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23:28 | -5 | 19 |
| 15. | (15) | FC Gütersloh (N) | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18:23 | -5 | 19 |
| 16. | (16) | VfB Oldenburg (N) | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20:36 | -16 | 16 |
| 17. | (17) | Rot-Weiss Essen (N) | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22:39 | -17 | 16 |
| 18. | (18) | VfB Lübeck | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12:29 | -17 | 13 |
| FC Gütersloh 3 Punkte Abzug wegen Unstimmigkeiten im Lizenzverfahren | |||||||||