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| Tables | First round | » Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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FC Schalke 04 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20:11 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 |
|
Bor. Mönchengladbach | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17:8 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 |
|
1. FC Köln | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31:16 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 |
|
Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28:14 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 |
|
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22:11 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 |
|
Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23:13 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 |
|
Preußen Münster | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24:17 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 |
|
Alemannia Aachen | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19:27 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 |
|
VfL Bochum | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20:20 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14:16 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 |
|
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18:26 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 |
|
SC Paderborn 07 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14:22 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 |
|
Rot-Weiss Essen | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8:27 | -19 | 6 |
| 14 |
|
SV Rödinghausen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7:37 | -30 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |
| Relegation |
