| 2nd September 2011, 18.00 CET | |||
 RUSSIA 1:0 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 1:0 | |||
| Goals: 41′ Igor Semshov | |||
| Stadium: Luzhniki in Moscow |
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| 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′  AFT |
| 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 Anatolyevich 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  |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım  |
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| Assistants: Erdinç Sezertam, Mustafa Eyisoy |
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| Fourth official: Tolga Özkalfa |
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