| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FK Rostov | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 50:14 | 36 | 56 | |
| 2. | Kuban | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 54:11 | 43 | 51 | |
| 3. | Ural | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 36:10 | 26 | 49 | |
| 4. | FK Anzi Makhackala | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 40:12 | 28 | 47 | |
| 5. | Kamaz | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42:18 | 24 | 46 | |
| 6. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 29:12 | 17 | 44 | |
| 7. | SKA Khabarovsk | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 39:23 | 16 | 43 | |
| 8. | Baltika | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 29:10 | 19 | 42 | |
| 9. | Nosta | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 27:14 | 13 | 41 | |
| 10. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 35:16 | 19 | 40 | |
| 11. | Energomash Belgorod | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35:21 | 14 | 39 | |
| 12. | FK Novosibirsk | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 33:17 | 16 | 38 | |
| 13. | Sportakademklub | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35:25 | 10 | 38 | |
| 14. | FC Novokuznetsk | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28:19 | 9 | 35 | |
| 15. | Ulyanovsk | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 27:21 | 6 | 35 | |
| 16. | Vityaz | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25:23 | 2 | 34 | |
| 17. | SKA Rostov | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30:20 | 10 | 32 | |
| 18. | Torpedo Moscow | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31:33 | -2 | 29 | |
| 19. | Mashuk | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23:26 | -3 | 24 | |
| 20. | Dynamo Barnaul | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22:31 | -9 | 23 | |
| 21. | Zvezda Irkutsk | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25:43 | -18 | 21 | |
| 22. | D. Bryansk | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15:34 | -19 | 11 |