| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubin Kazan | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 69 |
| 2 | FK Baltika Kaliningrad | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 67 |
| 3 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 62 |
| 4 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 54 |
| 5 | Rodina Moskva | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 46 |
| 8 | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 46 |
| 9 | FK Akron Tolyatti | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 46 |
| 10 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 44 |
| 11 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 44 |
| 12 | Volgar Astrakhan | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 44 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 41 |
| 14 | PFC Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Veles Moskva | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 33 |
| 16 | Ufa | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 32 |
| 17 | FC Krasnodar II | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 31 |
| 18 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -18 | 30 |