| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FK Novosibirsk | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 37:20 | 17 | 41 | |
| 2. | Akhmat Grozny | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 29:18 | 11 | 37 | |
| 3. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25:21 | 4 | 34 | |
| 4. | Ural | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28:24 | 4 | 30 | |
| 5. | Kamaz | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20:21 | -1 | 28 | |
| 6. | D. Bryansk | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22:34 | -12 | 24 | |
| 7. | Nosta | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 28:29 | -1 | 23 | |
| 8. | Mashuk | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22:32 | -10 | 23 | |
| 9. | Zvezda Irkutsk | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28:33 | -5 | 22 | |
| 10. | Baltika | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20:27 | -7 | 22 | |
| 11. | Torpedo Moscow | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22:37 | -15 | 20 | |
| 12. | FC Novokuznetsk | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22:44 | -22 | 18 | |
| 13. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19:39 | -20 | 17 | |
| 14. | FK Anzi Makhackala | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11:25 | -14 | 16 | |
| 15. | Kursk | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 26:37 | -11 | 15 | |
| 16. | SKA Rostov | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16:38 | -22 | 15 | |
| 17. | Tekstilshtik | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13:38 | -25 | 15 | |
| 18. | SKA Khabarovsk | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17:32 | -15 | 13 | |
| 19. | Sodovik | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14:42 | -28 | 13 | |
| 20. | FK Saransk | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14:54 | -40 | 9 | |
| 21. | Energomash Belgorod | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10:33 | -23 | 8 | |
| 22. | Spartak-MZK Ryazan | 21 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6:59 | -53 | 4 |