| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Krasnodar | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moscow | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 16 |
| 8 | Rostov | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 12 | FK Khimki | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -15 | 9 |
| 13 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 14 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 11 |
| 15 | FC Orenburg | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | -21 | 5 |
| 16 | Fakel | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | -21 | 5 |