| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 33 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 32 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moscow | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 35 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Rostov | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | FK Khimki | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Fakel | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -7 | 12 |