| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 33 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moscow | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Rostov | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 14 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | FK Khimki | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -20 | 10 |
| 13 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -17 | 11 |
| 14 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -15 | 8 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -23 | 5 |
| 16 | Fakel | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -21 | 6 |