| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FK Saransk | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 35:8 | 27 | 45 | |
| 2. | Arsenal Tula | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36:11 | 25 | 41 | |
| 3. | Ufa | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 30:17 | 13 | 41 | |
| 4. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 31:9 | 22 | 39 | |
| 5. | Torpedo Moscow | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25:11 | 14 | 39 | |
| 6. | Orenburg | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32:11 | 21 | 36 | |
| 7. | Baltika | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22:9 | 13 | 36 | |
| 8. | Spartak Nalchik | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20:10 | 10 | 34 | |
| 9. | Yenisey | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26:19 | 7 | 33 | |
| 10. | Luch | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22:13 | 9 | 32 | |
| 11. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 21:22 | -1 | 31 | |
| 12. | FK Novosibirsk | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 21:17 | 4 | 31 | |
| 13. | SKA Khabarovsk | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23:14 | 9 | 28 | |
| 14. | Khimik | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21:17 | 4 | 27 | |
| 15. | R. Volgograd | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27:17 | 10 | 27 | |
| 16. | Dynamo Petersburg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23:16 | 7 | 26 | |
| 17. | Neftekhimik | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24:24 | 0 | 21 | |
| 18. | Energomash Belgorod | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17:25 | -8 | 20 | |
| 19. | Angust Nazran | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13:25 | -12 | 13 |