| # | Ukrainian First League | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | Olimpik Donetsk | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 55 | 12 | Promoted | |
| - | FC Olexandria | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 52 | 19 | ||
| - | Stal Alchevsk | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 33 | 51 | 8 | ||
| - | FC Poltava | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 34 | 46 | 2 | ||
| - | Desna Chernihiv | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 27 | 44 | 6 | ||
| - | Zirka-NIBAS Kyrovohrad | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 44 | 2 | ||
| - | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 35 | 43 | 5 | ||
| - | UkrAhroKom Holovkivka | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 42 | 0 | ||
| - | Helios Kharkiv | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 41 | -6 | ||
| - | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 1 | ||
| - | FC Sumy | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 39 | -10 | ||
| * | Tytan Armyansk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 38 | -9 | Relegated | |
| - | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 36 | -10 | ||
| - | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 30 | 32 | -1 | ||
| * | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 31 | -4 | Relegated | |
| * | MFC Mykolaiv | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 49 | 31 | -15 | Relegated |