| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moscow | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Rostov | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | FK Khimki | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Fakel | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -6 | 11 |