Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the
2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were
1. FC Nürnberg,
Borussia Mönchengladbach and
FC St. Pauli. 1. FC Nürnberg and Borussia Mönchengladbach returned to the top flight after an absence of two years while FC St. Pauli returned to the top fight after an absence of four years. They replaced
SpVgg Unterhaching,
Eintracht Frankfurt and
VfL Bochum, ending their top flight spells of two, three and one years respectively. ==Team overview==