| Pos. | Team | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 18 | 60 | 76 |
| 2 | Metalist Kharkiv | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 24 | 34 | 65 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kiev | 29 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 59 |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 53 |
| 5 | Metalurh Donetsk | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 49 |
| 6 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 43 |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Illichivets Mariupol | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 38 |
| 9 | Arsenal Kiev | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Tavria Simferopol | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 35 |
| 11 | Zarja Lugansk | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 34 |
| 12 | Vorskla Poltava | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | SK Karpaty L'viv | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 51 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | Volyn Lutsk | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 45 | -22 | 26 |
| 15 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 54 | -25 | 22 |
| 16 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 29 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 61 | -49 | 11 |