Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 | 21-5-0 21 | 5 | 0 | 74:17 | 57 | 68 | |
| 2 |
 |
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 21-3-2 21 | 3 | 2 | 89:18 | 71 | 66 | |
| 3 |
 |
Schalke FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 18-3-5 18 | 3 | 5 | 61:24 | 37 | 57 | |
| 4 |
 |
Paderborn SC Paderborn 07 | 26 | 15-6-5 15 | 6 | 5 | 62:33 | 29 | 51 | |
| 5 |
 |
Gladbach Bor. Mönchengladbach | 26 | 14-4-8 14 | 4 | 8 | 55:38 | 17 | 46 | |
| 6 |
 |
Bochum VfL Bochum | 26 | 11-7-8 11 | 7 | 8 | 46:31 | 15 | 40 | |
| 7 |
 |
Köln 1. FC Köln | 26 | 11-5-10 11 | 5 | 10 | 50:47 | 3 | 38 | |
| 8 |
 |
Essen Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | 7-5-14 7 | 5 | 14 | 45:56 | -11 | 26 | |
| 9 |
 |
Oberhausen (N) Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (N) | 26 | 7-4-15 7 | 4 | 15 | 31:50 | -19 | 25 | |
| 10 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 26 | 6-7-13 6 | 7 | 13 | 35:64 | -29 | 25 | |
| 11 |
 |
Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 5-9-12 5 | 9 | 12 | 25:45 | -20 | 24 | |
| 12 |
 |
Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 6-2-18 6 | 2 | 18 | 37:72 | -35 | 20 | |
| 13 |
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Vikt. Köln (N) FC Viktoria Köln (N) | 26 | 4-6-16 4 | 6 | 16 | 36:78 | -42 | 18 | |
| 14 |
 |
Waltrop (N) VfB Waltrop (N) | 26 | 1-4-21 1 | 4 | 21 | 16:89 | -73 | 7 |