| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fakel | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 48 |
| 2 | Ural | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 41 |
| 3 | Rodina Moskva | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Spartak Kostroma | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | FK Chelyabinsk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Rotor Volgograd | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Neftekhimik | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 22 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moscow | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 21 |
| 16 | Ufa | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 17 | Sokol Saratov | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -26 | 12 |