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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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VfL Bochum | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 42:13 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 |
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Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 39:11 | 28 | 53 |
| 3 |
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 26:8 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 |
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FC Schalke 04 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 36:13 | 23 | 49 |
| 5 |
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1. FC Köln | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 24:10 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 |
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Bor. Mönchengladbach | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 25:22 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 |
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Bayer Leverkusen | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 19:17 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 |
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Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13:16 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 |
|
Preußen Münster | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 13:29 | -16 | 29 |
| 10 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14:25 | -11 | 25 |
| 11 |
|
Wuppertaler SV | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12:26 | -14 | 23 |
| 12 |
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Fortuna Köln | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16:36 | -20 | 23 |
| 13 |
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1. FC Mönchengladbach | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8:31 | -23 | 17 |
| 14 |
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TSG Sprockhövel | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 8:38 | -30 | 14 |
| Playoffs | |
| Relegation |
