| # | Russian National League | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | Sokol Saratov | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | 89 | 51 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Torpedo-ZIL Moskva | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 28 | 80 | 34 | Promoted | |
| - | Rubin Kazan | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 28 | 78 | 33 | ||
| - | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 33 | 71 | 25 | ||
| - | Kristall Smolensk | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 63 | 49 | 61 | 14 | ||
| - | Amkar Perm | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 38 | 60 | 15 | ||
| - | Gazovik Gazprom Izhevsk | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 55 | 52 | 59 | 3 | ||
| - | Lokomotiv Chita | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 51 | 53 | -1 | ||
| - | Lada Togliatti | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 49 | 52 | 9 | ||
| - | Tom Tomsk | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 28 | 52 | 8 | ||
| - | Arsenal Tula | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 52 | 6 | ||
| - | Baltika Kaliningrad | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 46 | 51 | -6 | ||
| - | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 39 | 51 | 7 | ||
| - | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 49 | 50 | -9 | ||
| - | Spartak Nalchik | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 44 | 48 | -7 | ||
| * | Nosta Novotroitsk | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 51 | 46 | -7 | Relegated | |
| * | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 48 | 70 | 43 | -22 | Relegated | |
| * | Metallurg Lipetsk | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 43 | 53 | 39 | -10 | Relegated | |
| * | Spartak-Chukotka Moskva | 38 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 115 | 16 | -86 | Relegated | |
| * | Lokomotiv Sankt-Peterburg* | 38 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 30 | 87 | 7 | -57 | Relegated |