| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | FC Krasnodar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moscow | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Rostov | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 12 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | FC Akhmat Grozny | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Fakel | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | FC Orenburg | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 13 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -21 | 6 |
| 14 | Ural | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| 15 | FK Baltika Kaliningrad | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | PFC Sochi | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
- Qualification for relegation play-offs
- Russia - 1. Division