| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FK Baltika Kaliningrad | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moscow | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Ural | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 38 |
| 5 | PFC Sochi | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 36 |
| 6 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Rodina Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 34 |
| 9 | Rotor Volgograd | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| 12 | Neftekhimik | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Ufa | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Sokol Saratov | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 10 |
| 18 | Tyumen | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 13 |