| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24:20 | 4 | 33 | |
| 2. | Alania Vladikavkaz | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19:15 | 4 | 30 | |
| 3. | FK Saransk | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25:21 | 4 | 29 | |
| 4. | Ural | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24:17 | 7 | 28 | |
| 5. | D. Bryansk | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24:22 | 2 | 28 | |
| 6. | FC N. Novgorod | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22:20 | 2 | 28 | |
| 7. | Torpedo Moscow | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27:18 | 9 | 27 | |
| 8. | Yenisey | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24:26 | -2 | 27 | |
| 9. | Kamaz | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22:20 | 2 | 25 | |
| 10. | FK Novosibirsk | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27:24 | 3 | 22 | |
| 11. | Luch | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21:21 | 0 | 20 | |
| 12. | Baltika | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18:27 | -9 | 20 | |
| 13. | Orenburg | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21:22 | -1 | 19 | |
| 14. | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21:31 | -10 | 18 | |
| 15. | Volgar-Astrakhan | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13:26 | -13 | 18 | |
| 16. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14:20 | -6 | 15 | |
| 17. | Vladimir | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17:33 | -16 | 15 | |
| 18. | Khimki | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20:36 | -16 | 14 | |
| 19. | Zhemchuzhina | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13:39 | -26 | 13 | |
| 20. | Fakel Voronezh | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10:25 | -15 | 11 |