| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FK Saransk | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 59:30 | 29 | 73 | |
| 2. | Arsenal Tula | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 62:39 | 23 | 69 | |
| 3. | Torpedo Moscow | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 45:22 | 23 | 65 | |
| 4. | Ufa | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 46:35 | 11 | 61 | |
| 5. | Orenburg | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 46:28 | 18 | 61 | |
| 6. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 47:37 | 10 | 57 | |
| 7. | SKA Khabarovsk | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 43:34 | 9 | 56 | |
| 8. | Luch | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40:25 | 15 | 55 | |
| 9. | Baltika | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 39:31 | 8 | 54 | |
| 10. | Spartak Nalchik | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36:34 | 2 | 51 | |
| 11. | FK Novosibirsk | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 38:39 | -1 | 51 | |
| 12. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 29:55 | -23 | 46 | |
| 13. | Yenisey | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40:47 | -7 | 45 | |
| 14. | Dynamo Petersburg | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 38:46 | -8 | 43 | |
| 15. | R. Volgograd | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 43:40 | 3 | 41 | |
| 16. | Khimik | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 29:49 | -20 | 37 | |
| 17. | Neftekhimik | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 38:45 | -7 | 33 | |
| 18. | Energomash Belgorod | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 23:56 | -30 | 27 | |
| 19. | Angust Nazran | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23:78 | -55 | 14 |