| Vorrundentabelle | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. | Pl. | Verein | Sp. | Ge | Un | Ve | Tore | Diff | Pkte |
| 1. | (1) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 40:16 | 24 | 41 |
| 2. | (2) | Eintracht Frankfurt (A) | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 41:17 | 24 | 38 |
| 3. | (3) | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36:14 | 22 | 36 |
| 4. | (4) | FC St. Pauli (A) | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36:20 | 16 | 36 |
| 5. | (5) | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24:13 | 11 | 33 |
| 6. | (6) | Eintracht Braunschweig (N) | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24:18 | 6 | 28 |
| 7. | (7) | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26:24 | 2 | 28 |
| 8. | (8) | 1860 München | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34:27 | 7 | 26 |
| 9. | (9) | Energie Cottbus | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18:27 | -9 | 22 |
| 10. | (10) | VfL Bochum | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22:28 | -6 | 20 |
| 11. | (11) | Dynamo Dresden (N) | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29:31 | -2 | 18 |
| 12. | (12) | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14:29 | -15 | 17 |
| 13. | (13) | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20:25 | -5 | 16 |
| 14. | (14) | FSV Frankfurt | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18:30 | -12 | 14 |
| 15. | (15) | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15:24 | -9 | 13 |
| 16. | (16) | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17:37 | -20 | 12 |
| 17. | (17) | Hansa Rostock (N) | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11:26 | -15 | 11 |
| 18. | (18) | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19:38 | -19 | 10 |