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 Köln,
MSV Duisburg and
Eintracht Frankfurt. 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while MSV Duisburg returned in the top flight after an absence of six years. They replaced
VfL Bochum,
Hansa Rostock and
SC Freiburg, ending their top flight spells of three, ten and two years respectively. ==Team overview==