2. Bundesliga 
Holstein Kiel will play the Promotion Playoff against Bundesliga 16th-placed team, VfL Wolfsburg.
Eintracht Braunschweig and 1. FC Kaiserslautern are relegated to 3. Liga.
Erzgebirge Aue will play the Relegation Playoff against 3. Liga 3rd-placed team, Karlsruher SC.
2. Bundesliga Standings
Team | Games | Pts | W | D | L | GS | GA | GS-GA | |
| 1 | Düssldorf | 34 | 63 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 44 | 13 |
| 2 | Nürnberg | 34 | 60 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 39 | 22 |
| 3 | Kiel | 34 | 56 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 44 | 27 |
| 4 | Bielefeld | 34 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 4 |
| 5 | Regensbg | 34 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 |
| 6 | Bochum | 34 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | -3 |
| 7 | Duisburg | 34 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 56 | -4 |
| 8 | U Berlin | 34 | 47 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 46 | 8 |
| 9 | Ingolstad | 34 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 45 | 2 |
| 10 | Darmstadt | 34 | 43 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 45 | 2 |
| 11 | Sandhausn | 34 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 33 | 2 |
| 12 | St Pauli | 34 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -13 |
| 13 | Heidenhm | 34 | 42 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 56 | -6 |
| 14 | Dresden | 34 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 52 | -10 |
| 15 | Fürth | 34 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 48 | -11 |
| 16 | Erzgb Aue | 34 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | -14 |
| 17 | Braunschw | 34 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 43 | -6 |
| 18 | Kslautern | 34 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 55 | -13 |
Standings home
Team | Games | Pts | W | D | L | GS | GA | GS-GA | |
| 1 | Düssldorf | 17 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| 2 | Kiel | 17 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 17 |
| 3 | Fürth | 17 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 |
| 4 | Regensbg | 17 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 4 |
| 5 | Heidenhm | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 5 |
| 6 | Bochum | 17 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 |
| 7 | Nürnberg | 17 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 9 |
| 8 | U Berlin | 17 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 11 |
| 9 | Bielefeld | 17 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| 10 | Erzgb Aue | 17 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -2 |
| 11 | Sandhausn | 17 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| 12 | Braunschw | 17 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | Duisburg | 17 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 28 | -1 |
| 14 | St Pauli | 17 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 15 | Darmstadt | 17 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 |
| 16 | Dresden | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -8 |
| 17 | Kslautern | 17 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -2 |
| 18 | Ingolstad | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 26 | -2 |
Standings away
Team | Games | Pts | W | D | L | GS | GA | GS-GA | |
| 1 | Nürnberg | 17 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Düssldorf | 17 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Ingolstad | 17 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 |
| 4 | Kiel | 17 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 10 |
| 5 | Duisburg | 17 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -3 |
| 6 | Dresden | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | -2 |
| 7 | Bielefeld | 17 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | -1 |
| 8 | Darmstadt | 17 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 |
| 9 | St Pauli | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -13 |
| 10 | U Berlin | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | -3 |
| 11 | Bochum | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -9 |
| 12 | Regensbg | 17 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -4 |
| 13 | Sandhausn | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -2 |
| 14 | Kslautern | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -11 |
| 15 | Braunschw | 17 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -8 |
| 16 | Erzgb Aue | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -12 |
| 17 | Heidenhm | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -11 |
| 18 | Fürth | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 30 | -19 |