| # | Team | PL | W | D | L | +/- | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 100-26 | 74 | 101 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 78-33 | 45 | 94 |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 67-28 | 39 | 88 |
| 4 | FC Alania Vladikavkaz | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 74-40 | 34 | 77 |
| 5 | Baltika | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 49-35 | 14 | 73 |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 65-41 | 24 | 72 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 64-44 | 20 | 70 |
| 8 | Veles Moscow | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 54-46 | 8 | 66 |
| 9 | Fakel | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 57-43 | 14 | 64 |
| 10 | FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 52-54 | -2 | 63 |
| 11 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 52-47 | 5 | 60 |
| 12 | Chayka | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 44-53 | -9 | 56 |
| 13 | FC Volgar | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47-45 | 2 | 54 |
| 14 | Spartak Moscow II | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 53-77 | -24 | 49 |
| 15 | Tekstilshchik | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 32-51 | -19 | 47 |
| 16 | FC Krasnodar II | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 46-68 | -22 | 45 |
| 17 | Akron Togliatti | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 35-54 | -19 | 42 |
| 18 | Tom Tomsk | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32-50 | -18 | 41 |
| 19 | Irtysh | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33-61 | -28 | 35 |
| 20 | Dinamo Briansk | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 24-66 | -42 | 32 |
| 21 | Chertanovo Moscow | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 35-80 | -45 | 27 |
| 22 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 39-90 | -51 | 25 |
- Dinamo Briansk has been deducted 3 points