| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FK Baltika Kaliningrad | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 69 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 64 |
| 4 | Ural | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 59 |
| 5 | PFC Sochi | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 57 |
| 6 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 53 |
| 7 | Rodina Moskva | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 50 |
| 8 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 49 |
| 9 | Rotor Volgograd | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 47 |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 34 | 8 | 17 | 9 | -5 | 41 |
| 11 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 38 |
| 12 | Neftekhimik | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 38 |
| 13 | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | -12 | 38 |
| 14 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Ufa | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -16 | 35 |
| 16 | Sokol Saratov | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 32 |
| 17 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -26 | 27 |
| 18 | Tyumen | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -21 | 27 |