| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fakel Voronezh | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 30:12 | 18 | 53 | |
| 2. | Rodina Moscow | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 42:22 | 20 | 49 | |
| 3. | Ural | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 36:27 | 9 | 45 | |
| 4. | R. Volgograd | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 32:21 | 11 | 39 | |
| 5. | Kamaz | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 41:28 | 13 | 38 | |
| 6. | S. Kostroma | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 36:31 | 5 | 38 | |
| 7. | Chelyabinsk | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34:28 | 6 | 37 | |
| 8. | Neftekhimik | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 30:27 | 3 | 35 | |
| 9. | Arsenal Tula | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 36:31 | 5 | 35 | |
| 10. | Yenisey | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 22:29 | -7 | 34 | |
| 11. | Torpedo Moscow | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27:32 | -5 | 33 | |
| 12. | SKA Khabarovsk | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28:34 | -6 | 33 | |
| 13. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 22:23 | -1 | 32 | |
| 14. | Ulyanovsk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30:39 | -9 | 30 | |
| 15. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 30:36 | -6 | 28 | |
| 16. | Ufa | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28:34 | -6 | 26 | |
| 17. | FK Chayka | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25:54 | -29 | 19 | |
| 18. | Saratov | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 11:32 | -21 | 16 |