| 12th October 2012, 20.30 CET | |||
 MACEDONIA 1:2 CROATIA  |
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| HT 1:1 | |||
| Goals: 16′ Agim Ibraimi – 33′ Vedran Ćorluka, 60′ Ivan Rakitić | |||
| Stadium: National Arena Philip II of Macedon in Skopje |
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| Attendance: 32.000 | |||
| MKD | CRO | ||
| 1. | Martin Bogatinov (GK) | 1. | Stipe Pletikosa (GK) |
| 2. | Daniel Georgievski | 2. | Ivan Strinić |
| 3. | Goran Popov  82′ |
3. | Josip Šimunić |
| 4. | Nikolche Noveski | 5. | Vedran Ćorluka  64′ |
| 6. | Vanche Shikov 74′ |
7. | Ivan Rakitić |
| 7. | Ivan Trichkovski | 8. | Ognjen Vukojević 69′ |
| 8. | Veliche Shumulikoski 55′ |
9. | Nikica Jelavić 65′ |
| 9. | Stevica Ristikj 8′ |
10. | Luka Modrić 74′ 83′ |
| 10. | Goran Pandev (C) 90′ |
11. | Darijo Srna (C) |
| 14. | Muhamed Demiri | 17. | Mario Mandžukić 72′ |
| 19. | Agim Ibraimi | 20. | Ivan Perišić |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 5. | Boban Grncharov  74′ |
4. | Dejan Lovren |
| 11. | Ferhan Hasani 82′ |
6. | Manuel Pamić |
| 12. | Tome Pachovski (GK) | 12. | Dario Krešić (GK) |
| 13. | Bojan Markoski | 13. | Gordon Schildenfeld |
| 15. | Stefan Ristovski | 14. | Nikola Kalinić 72′ |
| 16. | Nikola Gligorov 55′ |
15. | Jorge Sammir Cruz Campos 65′ |
| 17. | Darko Tasevski | 16. | Milan Badelj 83′ |
| 18. | Aleksandar Lazevski | 18. | Josip Radošević |
| 20. | Ostoja Stjepanovikj | 19. | Niko Kranjčar |
| 21. | Mirko Ivanovski | 21. | Domagoj Vida |
| 22. | Kristijan Naumovski (GK) | 22. | Eduardo da Silva |
| 23. | Dragan Gjorgiev | 23. | Danijel Subašić (GK) |
| Coaches: | |||
| Chedomir Janevski |
Igor Štimac |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Peter Rasmussen  |
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| Assistants: Henrik Sønderby, Lars Rix |
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| Fourth official: Michael Johansen |
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