| 7th September 2012, 20.15 CET | |||
 CROATIA 1:0 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 0:0 | |||
| Goals: 69′ Nikica Jelavić | |||
| Stadium: Maksimir in Zagreb |
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| Attendance: 13.883 | |||
| CRO | MKD | ||
| 1. | Stipe Pletikosa (GK) | 1. | Martin Bogatinov (GK) |
| 2. | Ivan Strinić | 2. | Daniel Georgievski  89′ |
| 3. | Josip Šimunić 40′ |
3. | Goran Popov |
| 5. | Vedran Ćorluka  80′ |
4. | Nikolche Noveski |
| 7. | Ivan Rakitić 46′ |
6. | Vanche Shikov |
| 8. | Ognjen Vukojević 59′ |
7. | Ivan Trichkovski 73′ |
| 10. | Luka Modrić | 9. | Stevica Ristikj 80′ |
| 11. | Darijo Srna (C) | 10. | Goran Pandev (C) |
| 17. | Mario Mandžukić | 16. | Nikola Gligorov 82′ |
| 20. | Ivan Perišić | 18. | Muhamed Demiri 60′ |
| 22. | Eduardo da Silva 63′ |
19. | Agim Ibraimi |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 4. | Josip Radošević | 5. | Boban Grncharov |
| 6. | Manuel Pamić | 11. | Ferhan Hasani |
| 9. | Nikica Jelavić  63′ 90’+3 |
12. | Tome Pachovski (GK) |
| 12. | Ivan Kelava (GK) | 13. | Ostoja Stjepanovikj |
| 13. | Gordon Schildenfeld | 14. | Aleksandar Lazevski |
| 14. | Nikola Kalinić | 15. | Daniel Mojsov |
| 15. | Ivo Iličević | 17. | Darko Tasevski 82′ |
| 16. | Ante Vukušić | 20. | Dragan Gjorgiev 73′ |
| 18. | Ivica Olić | 21. | Mirko Ivanovski 80′ |
| 19. | Niko Kranjčar 46′ 56′ |
22. | Kristijan Naumovski (GK) |
| 21. | Domagoj Vida 80′ |
23. | Aleksandar Trajkovski |
| 23. | Danijel Subašić (GK) | / | |
| Coaches: | |||
| Igor Štimac |
Chedomir Janevski |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Alon Yefet  |
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| Assistants: Amihay Moses, Abel Al Ramili |
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| Fourth official: Menashe Mesiah |
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