| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fakel Voronezh | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 29:11 | 18 | 48 | |
| 2. | Ural | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 30:18 | 12 | 41 | |
| 3. | Rodina Moscow | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 28:16 | 12 | 36 | |
| 4. | S. Kostroma | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30:24 | 6 | 34 | |
| 5. | Kamaz | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 36:24 | 12 | 32 | |
| 6. | Chelyabinsk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27:20 | 7 | 32 | |
| 7. | R. Volgograd | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24:17 | 7 | 30 | |
| 8. | SKA Khabarovsk | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21:21 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9. | Neftekhimik | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 25:24 | 1 | 28 | |
| 10. | Arsenal Tula | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29:25 | 4 | 28 | |
| 11. | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18:19 | -1 | 26 | |
| 12. | Chernomorets Novorossijsk | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25:27 | -2 | 24 | |
| 13. | Yenisey | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14:25 | -11 | 23 | |
| 14. | Ulyanovsk | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24:34 | -10 | 22 | |
| 15. | Torpedo Moscow | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17:29 | -12 | 21 | |
| 16. | Ufa | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24:29 | -5 | 20 | |
| 17. | Saratov | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10:22 | -12 | 16 | |
| 18. | FK Chayka | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18:44 | -26 | 12 |