Division 2 table (turn 42)
| Honours | | Champions: | Aston Villa | | Runners-up: | Espanyol | | Promoted: | Benfica
| | Promoted (via play-offs): | | | Relegated: | Deportivo
PSV
Newcastle United
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| Overall | Home | Away |
| Pos. | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 83 |    | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 49 | | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 34 | |
| 2 | Espanyol | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 80 | 52 | +28 | 80 | | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 44 | | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 36 | |
| 3 | Benfica | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 77 | | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 37 | | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 40 | |
| 4 | Manchester City | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 71 | | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 49 | | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 22 | |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 66 | | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 42 | | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 66 | | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 35 | | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 31 | |
| 7 | AEK | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 57 | -1 | 62 | | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 29 | | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 33 | |
| 8 | Independiente | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 61 | | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 41 | | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 20 | |
| 9 | Villarreal | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 56 | -1 | 59 | | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 31 | | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 28 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 58 | | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 34 | | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 24 | |
| 11 | Valencia | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 57 | | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 32 | | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 25 | |
| 12 | Paris SG | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 67 | -8 | 56 | | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 34 | | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 38 | -15 | 22 | |
| 13 | Real Betis | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 65 | -6 | 53 | | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 33 | | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 20 | |
| 14 | Roma | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 54 | -3 | 52 | | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 29 | | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 23 | |
| 15 | Spartak | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 69 | -14 | 50 | | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 34 | | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 45 | -19 | 16 | |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 56 | 57 | -1 | 48 | | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 21 | | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 27 | |
| 17 | Udinese | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 55 | -7 | 47 | | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 26 | | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 21 | |
| 18 | Feyenoord | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 66 | -11 | 47 | | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 24 | | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 23 | |
| 19 | Bayern München | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 61 | 75 | -14 | 46 | | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 28 | | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 46 | -17 | 18 | |
| 20 | Deportivo | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 48 | 67 | -19 | 45 | | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 35 | | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 44 | -29 | 10 | |
| 21 | PSV | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 79 | -20 | 42 | | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 23 | | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 36 | -12 | 19 | |
| 22 | Newcastle United | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 87 | -43 | 34 | | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 28 | | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 57 | -40 | 6 | |
| | Top goalscorers | | 32 | Didier DROGBA (AEK)
| | 27 | Boubacar SANOGO (Independiente, 1p)
| | 25 | Aiyegbeni YAKUBU (Hamburger SV, 3p)
| | 24 | Anatoliy TYMOSCHUK (Shakhtar)
| | 23 | Raúl TAMUDO (Espanyol, 6p)
| | 22 | Stewart DOWNING (Middlesbrough)
Ebi SMOLAREK (Benfica, 2p)
| | 19 | FRED (Spartak, 3p)
Roque SANTA CRUZ (Bayern München, 3p)
| | 18 | XISCO (Deportivo, 2p)
| | 17 | Mark VIDUKA (Middlesbrough, 1p)
ALEX (PSV)
| | 16 | Ibrahim AFELLAY (Roma)
| | 15 | Hernán CRESPO (Manchester City, 3p)
Steven PIENAAR (Feyenoord)
Alan SMITH (Aston Villa, 3p)
Christian GIMÉNEZ (Villarreal)
MISTA (Fiorentina)
| | 14 | Stefano MAURI (Roma)
ELANO Blumer (Real Betis)
John CAREW (Real Betis, 2p)
Jan KOLLER (PSV, 4p)
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