Tabelle
| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
Schalke FC Schalke 04 | 18 | 14-2-2 14 | 2 | 2 | 45:12 | 33 | 44 | |
| 2 |
 |
Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 18 | 13-5-0 13 | 5 | 0 | 42:14 | 28 | 44 | |
| 3 |
 |
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 13-3-2 13 | 3 | 2 | 54:15 | 39 | 42 | |
| 4 |
 |
Paderborn SC Paderborn 07 | 18 | 11-4-3 11 | 4 | 3 | 47:20 | 27 | 37 | |
| 5 |
 |
Bochum VfL Bochum | 18 | 9-5-4 9 | 5 | 4 | 36:19 | 17 | 32 | |
| 6 |
 |
Gladbach Bor. Mönchengladbach | 18 | 9-3-6 9 | 3 | 6 | 34:23 | 11 | 30 | |
| 7 |
 |
Essen Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 | 6-4-8 6 | 4 | 8 | 39:38 | 1 | 22 | |
| 8 |
 |
Köln 1. FC Köln | 18 | 6-3-9 6 | 3 | 9 | 24:32 | -8 | 21 | |
| 9 |
 |
Duisburg MSV Duisburg | 18 | 5-4-9 5 | 4 | 9 | 23:41 | -18 | 19 | |
| 10 |
 |
Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 4-5-9 4 | 5 | 9 | 14:30 | -16 | 17 | |
| 11 |
 |
Vikt. Köln (N) FC Viktoria Köln (N) | 18 | 3-5-10 3 | 5 | 10 | 28:53 | -25 | 14 | |
| 12 |
 |
Oberhausen (N) Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (N) | 18 | 4-1-13 4 | 1 | 13 | 20:38 | -18 | 13 | |
| 13 |
 |
Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 4-1-13 4 | 1 | 13 | 23:51 | -28 | 13 | |
| 14 |
 |
Waltrop (N) VfB Waltrop (N) | 18 | 1-3-14 1 | 3 | 14 | 10:53 | -43 | 6 |