| # | Russian National League | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| * | Alania Vladikavkaz | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 55 | 46 | -26 | Relegated | |
| * | Salyut-Energiya Belgorod | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 56 | 27 | -33 | Relegated | |
| ^ | Mordovia Saransk | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 30 | 73 | 29 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Arsenal Tula | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 39 | 69 | 23 | Promoted | |
| - | Torpedo Moskva | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 22 | 65 | 23 | ||
| - | FK Ufa | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 35 | 61 | 11 | ||
| - | Gazovik Orenburg | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 28 | 61 | 18 | ||
| - | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 37 | 57 | 10 | ||
| - | SKA-Energy Khabarovsk | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 34 | 56 | 9 | ||
| - | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 25 | 55 | 15 | ||
| - | Baltika Kaliningrad | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 54 | 8 | ||
| - | Spartak Nalchik | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 34 | 51 | 2 | ||
| - | Sibir Novosibirsk | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 51 | -1 | ||
| - | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 47 | 45 | -7 | ||
| - | Dinamo Sankt-Peterburg | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 46 | 43 | -8 | ||
| - | Rotor Volgograd | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 3 | ||
| - | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 49 | 37 | -20 | ||
| * | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 33 | -7 | Relegated | |
| * | Angusht Nazran | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 78 | 14 | -55 | Relegated |