| 1 | |  Kaiserslautern | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 74 | 28 | 46 | 68 | G19:00 | 10/05/97  Oldenburg 0 Kaiserslautern 1 G19:00 | 18/05/97 Kaiserslautern 7 Lubeck 0 M19:00 | 22/05/97 FSV Zwickau 2 Kaiserslautern 1 G19:00 | 26/05/97 Kaiserslautern 5 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 0 B19:00 | 01/06/97 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Kaiserslautern 0 G19:00 | 11/06/97 Kaiserslautern 7 SV Meppen 1912 6 |
| 2 | |  Wolfsburg | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 58 | B19:00 | 09/05/97 SV Meppen 1912 0 Wolfsburg 0 B19:00 | 16/05/97 Wolfsburg 0 Unterhaching 0 B19:00 | 21/05/97 Stuttgart Kickers 0 Wolfsburg 0 G19:00 | 01/06/97 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 0 Wolfsburg 3 G19:00 | 11/06/97 Wolfsburg 5 Mainz 05 4 |
| 3 | |  Hertha Berlin | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 38 | 19 | 58 | M19:00 | 12/05/97 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 Hertha Berlin 1 G19:00 | 19/05/97 Hertha Berlin 3 SV Meppen 1912 0 G19:00 | 22/05/97 Unterhaching 1 Hertha Berlin 2 M19:00 | 25/05/97 Hertha Berlin 0 Stuttgart Kickers 1 M19:00 | 01/06/97 Jena 2 Hertha Berlin 1 M19:00 | 08/06/97 Hertha Berlin 0 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 2 |
| 4 | |  Mainz 05 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 54 | B19:00 | 11/05/97 Unterhaching 0 Mainz 05 0 G19:00 | 18/05/97 Mainz 05 1 Stuttgart Kickers 0 G19:00 | 25/05/97 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 0 Mainz 05 1 G19:00 | 01/06/97 Mainz 05 2 Fortuna Cologne 0 M19:00 | 11/06/97 Wolfsburg 5 Mainz 05 4 |
| 5 | |  Stuttgart Kickers | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 53 | G19:00 | 11/05/97 Stuttgart Kickers 1 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 0 M19:00 | 18/05/97 Mainz 05 1 Stuttgart Kickers 0 B19:00 | 21/05/97 Stuttgart Kickers 0 Wolfsburg 0 G19:00 | 25/05/97 Hertha Berlin 0 Stuttgart Kickers 1 G19:00 | 01/06/97 Stuttgart Kickers 3 VfB Leipzig 1 M19:00 | 11/06/97 FC Gutersloh 2000 1 Stuttgart Kickers 0 |
| 6 | |  Unterhaching | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 49 | B19:00 | 11/05/97 Unterhaching 0 Mainz 05 0 B19:00 | 16/05/97 Wolfsburg 0 Unterhaching 0 M19:00 | 22/05/97 Unterhaching 1 Hertha Berlin 2 M19:00 | 25/05/97 VfB Leipzig 3 Unterhaching 0 G19:00 | 01/06/97 Unterhaching 3 FC Gutersloh 2000 1 G19:00 | 11/06/97 Rot Weiss Essen 1 Unterhaching 2 |
| 7 | |  Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 48 | G19:00 | 12/05/97 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 Hertha Berlin 1 G19:00 | 17/05/97 VfB Leipzig 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 G19:00 | 22/05/97 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 FC Gutersloh 2000 0 M19:00 | 25/05/97 Rot Weiss Essen 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 B19:00 | 01/06/97 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Kaiserslautern 0 G19:00 | 11/06/97 Oldenburg 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 |
| 8 | |  VfB Leipzig | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 54 | -1 | 46 | B19:00 | 10/05/97 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 1 VfB Leipzig 1 M19:00 | 17/05/97 VfB Leipzig 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 B19:00 | 22/05/97 SV Meppen 1912 0 VfB Leipzig 0 G19:00 | 25/05/97 VfB Leipzig 3 Unterhaching 0 M19:00 | 01/06/97 Stuttgart Kickers 3 VfB Leipzig 1 |
| 9 | |  FC Gutersloh 2000 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 45 | M19:00 | 11/05/97 FSV Zwickau 3 FC Gutersloh 2000 1 B19:00 | 18/05/97 FC Gutersloh 2000 0 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 0 M19:00 | 22/05/97 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 FC Gutersloh 2000 0 G19:00 | 25/05/97 FC Gutersloh 2000 4 SV Meppen 1912 2 M19:00 | 01/06/97 Unterhaching 3 FC Gutersloh 2000 1 G19:00 | 11/06/97 FC Gutersloh 2000 1 Stuttgart Kickers 0 |
| 10 | |  Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 44 | M19:00 | 11/05/97 Stuttgart Kickers 1 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 0 B19:00 | 16/05/97 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 2 Jena 2 G19:00 | 21/05/97 Fortuna Cologne 1 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 2 M19:00 | 25/05/97 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 0 Mainz 05 1 M19:00 | 01/06/97 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 0 Wolfsburg 3 G19:00 | 08/06/97 Hertha Berlin 0 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 2 |
| 11 | |  SV Meppen 1912 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 44 | B19:00 | 09/05/97 SV Meppen 1912 0 Wolfsburg 0 M19:00 | 19/05/97 Hertha Berlin 3 SV Meppen 1912 0 B19:00 | 22/05/97 SV Meppen 1912 0 VfB Leipzig 0 M19:00 | 25/05/97 FC Gutersloh 2000 4 SV Meppen 1912 2 B19:00 | 01/06/97 SV Meppen 1912 1 Rot Weiss Essen 1 M19:00 | 11/06/97 Kaiserslautern 7 SV Meppen 1912 6 |
| 12 | |  Fortuna Cologne | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 42 | G19:00 | 09/05/97 Fortuna Cologne 2 Jena 0 B19:00 | 17/05/97 Oldenburg 1 Fortuna Cologne 1 M19:00 | 21/05/97 Fortuna Cologne 1 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 2 M19:00 | 25/05/97 Fortuna Cologne 0 Lubeck 3 M19:00 | 01/06/97 Mainz 05 2 Fortuna Cologne 0 G19:00 | 11/06/97 Fortuna Cologne 2 FSV Zwickau 1 |
| 13 | |  Jena | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 49 | -5 | 42 | M19:00 | 09/05/97 Fortuna Cologne 2 Jena 0 B19:00 | 16/05/97 Krefelder FC Uerdingen 05 2 Jena 2 G19:00 | 01/06/97 Jena 2 Hertha Berlin 1 |
| 14 | |  FSV Zwickau | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 48 | -14 | 42 | G19:00 | 11/05/97 FSV Zwickau 3 FC Gutersloh 2000 1 G19:00 | 18/05/97 Rot Weiss Essen 1 FSV Zwickau 2 G19:00 | 22/05/97 FSV Zwickau 2 Kaiserslautern 1 G19:00 | 25/05/97 Oldenburg 1 FSV Zwickau 2 G19:00 | 01/06/97 FSV Zwickau 2 Lubeck 0 M19:00 | 11/06/97 Fortuna Cologne 2 FSV Zwickau 1 |
| 15 | |  SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 56 | -11 | 40 | B19:00 | 10/05/97 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 1 VfB Leipzig 1 B19:00 | 18/05/97 FC Gutersloh 2000 0 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 0 B19:00 | 22/05/97 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 3 Rot Weiss Essen 3 M19:00 | 26/05/97 Kaiserslautern 5 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 0 G19:00 | 01/06/97 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 2 Oldenburg 0 G19:00 | 11/06/97 Lubeck 2 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 3 |
| 16 | |  Lubeck | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 53 | -21 | 36 | G19:00 | 11/05/97 Lubeck 3 Rot Weiss Essen 2 M19:00 | 18/05/97 Kaiserslautern 7 Lubeck 0 G19:00 | 25/05/97 Fortuna Cologne 0 Lubeck 3 M19:00 | 11/06/97 Lubeck 2 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 3 |
| 17 | |  Rot Weiss Essen | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 47 | 74 | -27 | 29 | M19:00 | 11/05/97 Lubeck 3 Rot Weiss Essen 2 M19:00 | 18/05/97 Rot Weiss Essen 1 FSV Zwickau 2 B19:00 | 22/05/97 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 3 Rot Weiss Essen 3 G19:00 | 25/05/97 Rot Weiss Essen 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 B19:00 | 01/06/97 SV Meppen 1912 1 Rot Weiss Essen 1 M19:00 | 11/06/97 Rot Weiss Essen 1 Unterhaching 2 |
| 18 | |  Oldenburg | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 67 | -34 | 27 | M19:00 | 10/05/97 Oldenburg 0 Kaiserslautern 1 B19:00 | 17/05/97 Oldenburg 1 Fortuna Cologne 1 M19:00 | 25/05/97 Oldenburg 1 FSV Zwickau 2 M19:00 | 01/06/97 SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 2 Oldenburg 0 M19:00 | 11/06/97 Oldenburg 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 |
