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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 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 42:10 | 32 | 66 |
| 2 |
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1. FC Köln | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 38:14 | 24 | 46 |
| 3 |
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Bayer Leverkusen | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34:18 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 |
|
VfL Bochum | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32:18 | 14 | 43 |
| 5 |
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Bor. Mönchengladbach | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 30:19 | 11 | 43 |
| 6 |
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 25:23 | 2 | 38 |
| 7 |
|
Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27:24 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 |
|
Wuppertaler SV | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 20:19 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 |
|
Bonner SC | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22:24 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 25:30 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 |
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Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 14:25 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 |
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Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15:34 | -19 | 23 |
| 13 |
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Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 14:38 | -24 | 18 |
| 14 |
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VfL Theesen | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13:55 | -42 | 9 |
| Playoffs | |
| Relegation |
