| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 51:24 | 27 | 73 | |
| 2. | FK Saransk | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67:44 | 23 | 73 | |
| 3. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 61:42 | 19 | 69 | |
| 4. | FC N. Novgorod | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 53:40 | 13 | 68 | |
| 5. | FK Novosibirsk | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 61:39 | 22 | 61 | |
| 6. | Ural | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 51:35 | 16 | 60 | |
| 7. | Torpedo Moscow | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50:30 | 20 | 60 | |
| 8. | D. Bryansk | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 48:40 | 8 | 60 | |
| 9. | Kamaz | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 48:36 | 12 | 59 | |
| 10. | Yenisey | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 45:43 | 2 | 53 | |
| 11. | Khimki | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47:61 | -14 | 48 | |
| 12. | Volgar-Astrakhan | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 35:49 | -14 | 47 | |
| 13. | SKA Khabarovsk | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 46:56 | -10 | 47 | |
| 14. | Vladimir | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 45:61 | -16 | 43 | |
| 15. | Luch | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 30:33 | -3 | 42 | |
| 16. | Baltika | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 31:45 | -14 | 41 | |
| 17. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 32:36 | -4 | 41 | |
| 18. | Orenburg | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 40:48 | -8 | 38 | |
| 19. | Fakel Voronezh | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 26:46 | -20 | 30 | |
| 20. | Zhemchuzhina | 38 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 22:81 | -59 | 26 |