| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FK Rostov | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 28:15 | 13 | 40 | |
| 2. | Kuban | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30:25 | 5 | 36 | |
| 3. | Kamaz | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26:23 | 3 | 33 | |
| 4. | Nosta | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32:23 | 9 | 32 | |
| 5. | Ural | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33:29 | 4 | 26 | |
| 6. | SKA Rostov | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22:30 | -8 | 26 | |
| 7. | FK Anzi Makhackala | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23:23 | 0 | 25 | |
| 8. | Vityaz | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24:34 | -10 | 24 | |
| 9. | Baltika | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14:24 | -10 | 23 | |
| 10. | FC Novokuznetsk | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16:23 | -7 | 22 | |
| 11. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 21 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 16:22 | -6 | 21 | |
| 12. | FK Novosibirsk | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18:24 | -6 | 20 | |
| 13. | Torpedo Moscow | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16:36 | -20 | 20 | |
| 14. | Sportakademklub | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20:32 | -12 | 19 | |
| 15. | Energomash Belgorod | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16:30 | -14 | 19 | |
| 16. | SKA Khabarovsk | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24:37 | -13 | 18 | |
| 17. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21:35 | -14 | 15 | |
| 18. | Ulyanovsk | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 23:44 | -21 | 14 | |
| 19. | D. Bryansk | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15:47 | -32 | 11 | |
| 20. | Mashuk | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16:53 | -37 | 8 | |
| 21. | Zvezda Irkutsk | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11:52 | -41 | 8 | |
| 22. | Dynamo Barnaul | 21 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 9:49 | -40 | 4 |