| Date |
Venue |
Opponents |
Score1 |
Comp. |
Russia scorers |
Report |
| 8 February |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (A) |
 Netherlands |
1–4 |
F |
Vladimir Bystrov |
soccernet |
| 24 March |
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (A) |
 Estonia |
2–0 |
ECQ |
Vladimir Bystrov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov |
uefa |
| 2 June |
Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg (H) |
 Andorra |
4–0 |
ECQ |
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (3), Dmitri Sychev |
uefa |
| 6 June |
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (A) |
 Croatia |
0–0 |
ECQ |
|
uefa |
| 22 August |
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H) |
 Poland |
2–2 |
F |
Dmitri Sychev, Roman Pavlyuchenko |
soccernet |
| 8 September |
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow (H) |
 FYR Macedonia |
3–0 |
ECQ |
Vasili Berezutskiy, Andrei Arshavin, Aleksandr Kerzhakov |
uefa |
| 12 September |
Wembley Stadium, London (A) |
 England |
0–3 |
ECQ |
|
uefa |
| 17 October |
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (H) |
England |
2–1 |
ECQ |
Roman Pavlyuchenko (2) |
uefa |
| 17 November |
Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv (A) |
 Israel |
1–2 |
ECQ |
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov |
uefa |
| 21 November |
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella (A) |
Andorra |
1–0 |
ECQ |
Dmitri Sychev |
uefa |
