| # | Club | Spiele | Si. | Un. | Ni. | Tore+ | Tore- | Tore +/- | Punkte | |
| 1. |  |
Bavaria Aschaffenburg | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 81 | 23 | 58 | 84 |
| 2. |  |
FC Spree Berlin | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 80 | 23 | 57 | 81 |
| 3. |  |
FC Dynamo Riesa | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 24 | 38 | 74 |
| 4. |  |
FV Lichtenberg 62 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 65 | 25 | 40 | 68 |
| 5. |  |
Eintracht Hamburg | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 24 | 30 | 64 |
| 6. |  |
Schleswig Kiel | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 64 |
| 7. |  |
1. FC Oldenburg | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 30 | 23 | 64 |
| 8. |  |
Trafo Dresden | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 40 | -6 | 48 |
| 9. |  |
SC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 47 | -9 | 44 |
| 10. |  |
SpVgg Ruhr Bochum | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 41 |
| 11. |  |
FC Lübeck 04 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 68 | -29 | 39 |
| 12. |  |
Borussia Rheine | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 38 |
| 13. |  |
Kickers Nordhorn | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 34 |
| 14. |  |
Aachener BSC | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 58 | -33 | 33 |
| 15. |  |
1. FC Essen | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 50 | -29 | 31 |
| 16. |  |
Wuppertaler SpVgg | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 31 | 65 | -34 | 27 |
| 17. |  |
MSV Neugersdorf | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 56 | -34 | 21 |
| 18. |  |
FC Blau-Gelb Halle | 34 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 77 | -67 | 9 |
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