| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 16 | 12-4-0 12 | 4 | 0 | 38:14 | 24 | 40 | |
| 2 |
 |
Schalke FC Schalke 04 | 15 | 9-4-2 9 | 4 | 2 | 44:15 | 29 | 31 | |
| 3 |
 |
Gladbach Bor. Mönchengladbach | 16 | 9-3-4 9 | 3 | 4 | 36:19 | 17 | 30 | |
| 4 |
 |
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 9-3-3 9 | 3 | 3 | 35:19 | 16 | 30 | |
| 5 |
 |
Köln (P) 1. FC Köln (P) | 16 | 8-5-3 8 | 5 | 3 | 46:17 | 29 | 29 | |
| 6 |
 |
Bochum VfL Bochum | 16 | 9-2-5 9 | 2 | 5 | 33:22 | 11 | 29 | |
| 7 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 16 | 6-5-5 6 | 5 | 5 | 33:34 | -1 | 23 | |
| 8 |
 |
Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf | 16 | 5-4-7 5 | 4 | 7 | 23:25 | -2 | 19 | |
| 9 |
 |
Bonn (N) Bonner SC (N) | 16 | 5-2-9 5 | 2 | 9 | 21:31 | -10 | 17 | |
| 10 |
 |
Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 5-1-10 5 | 1 | 10 | 22:30 | -8 | 16 | |
| 11 |
 |
RW Essen Rot-Weiss Essen | 16 | 3-6-7 3 | 6 | 7 | 18:29 | -11 | 15 | |
| 12 |
 |
Wuppertal (N) Wuppertaler SV (N) | 16 | 3-5-8 3 | 5 | 8 | 19:28 | -9 | 14 | |
| 13 |
 |
VfL Theesen (N) VfL Theesen (N) | 16 | 3-0-13 3 | 0 | 13 | 12:64 | -52 | 9 | |
| 14 |
 |
RW Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 16 | 2-2-12 2 | 2 | 12 | 12:45 | -33 | 8 |