| 2nd September 2011, 18.00 CET |
 RUSSIA 1:0 MACEDONIA  |
| HT 1:0 |
| Goals: 41′ Igor Petrovich Semshov |
| Stadium: Luzhniki in Moscow |
| Attendance: 30.000 |
| RUS |
MKD |
| 1. |
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev (GK) |
1. |
Martin Bogatinov (GK) |
| 2. |
Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov |
2. |
Vanche Shikov |
| 3. |
Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski |
3. |
Goran Popov |
| 4. |
Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski |
4. |
Nikolche Noveski  90′ |
| 5. |
Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov |
7. |
Ivan Trichkovski |
| 6. |
Igor Petrovich Semshov  46′ |
8. |
Veliche Shumulikoski 76′ 85′ |
| 7. |
Igor Vladimirovich Denisov 56′ |
9. |
Muhamed Demiri |
| 8. |
Roman Nikolaevich Shirokov 71′ |
10. |
Goran Pandev (C) 42′  90’+5 |
| 9. |
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov 61′ 88′ |
13. |
Agim Ibraimi |
| 10. |
Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin (C) |
19. |
Daniel Georgievski 66′ |
| 11. |
Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov 60′ |
22. |
Mirko Ivanovski 75′ |
| Substitutes: |
| 12. |
Anton Vladimirovich Shunin (GK) |
5. |
Igor Mitreski |
| 14. |
Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak |
11. |
Muarem Muarem  85′ |
| 15. |
Dmitri Evgenyevich Torbinski 60′ |
12. |
Tome Pachovski (GK) |
| 16. |
Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko 46′ |
14. |
Aleksandar Trajkovski 75′ |
| 18. |
Denis Borisovich Glushakov 88′ |
15. |
Daniel Mojsov |
| 19. |
Roman Aleksandrovich Shishkin |
16. |
Ferhan Hasani 66′ |
| 20. |
Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev |
17. |
Robert Petrov |
| Coaches: |
Dirk “Dick” Nicolaas Advocaat  |
John Benjamin Toshack  |
| Officials: |
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım 
|
| Assistants: Erdinç Sezertam, Mustafa Eyisoy |
| Fourth official: Tolga Özkalfa |
