| Clubs | P | W | D | L | FA | Point | |
| 1 | Rostov | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 48-16 | 68 |
| 2 | Ural | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 51-23 | 56 |
| 3 | Anzhi | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 50-24 | 55 |
| 4 | Kuban | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 49-25 | 54 |
| 5 | KAMAZ | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 35-26 | 50 |
| 6 | Nosta | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 41-30 | 47 |
| 7 | Baltica | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27-18 | 45 |
| 8 | Sibir | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 41-28 | 44 |
| 9 | SKA-Energia | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 48-46 | 43 |
| 10 | Metallurg-Kuzbass | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 26-20 | 40 |
| 11 | SKA Rostov | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40-38 | 40 |
| 12 | Alania | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 32-31 | 39 |
| 13 | Volga | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 38-47 | 37 |
| 14 | Salyut-Energia | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 30-36 | 36 |
| 15 | Chernomorets | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 26-25 | 35 |
| 16 | Vityaz | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 29-40 | 34 |
| 17 | Sportakademclub | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 32-41 | 32 |
| 18 | Zvezda | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 33-51 | 29 |
| 19 | Torpedo | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22-42 | 29 |
| 20 | Mashuk-KMV | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26-47 | 22 |
| 21 | Dinamo Barnaul | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22-52 | 18 |
| 22 | Dynamo Br | 29 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 20-60 | 14 |