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| Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round | » First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 32:7 | 25 | 54 |
| 2 |
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1. FC Köln | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 33:11 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 |
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Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 28:12 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26:26 | 0 | 37 |
| 5 |
|
Bor. Mönchengladbach | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 22:15 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 |
|
Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 21:20 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 |
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Bayer Leverkusen | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18:15 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 |
|
VfL Bochum | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 19:16 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 |
|
Wuppertaler SV | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11:16 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 |
|
Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 18:18 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 |
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11:20 | -9 | 29 |
| 12 |
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Bonner SC | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14:26 | -12 | 25 |
| 13 |
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Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8:28 | -20 | 20 |
| 14 |
|
VfL Theesen | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 9:40 | -31 | 10 |
| Playoffs | |
| Relegation |
