| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fakel | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Ural | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 39 |
| 3 | Rodina Moskva | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Spartak Kostroma | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 6 | FK Chelyabinsk | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Ufa | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Sokol Saratov | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -10 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -24 | 11 |