| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Kostroma | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Ural | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Fakel | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | FK Chelyabinsk | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Rotor Volgograd | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | Rodina Moskva | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | FK Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Ufa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Sokol Saratov | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -17 | 7 |
