| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Kostroma | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Ural | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Fakel | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | FK Chelyabinsk | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Rotor Volgograd | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 6 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Rodina Moskva | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 11 |
| 13 | Ufa | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Sokol Saratov | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Torpedo Moscow | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -17 | 6 |
