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Football (or soccer to many), the
beautiful game, can become a matter
of life & death for some clubs & its
supporters. Cultural, as well as
regional, differences contribute to the
fierceness of these clashes &
performances of players in such
matches decide whether they will be
eternally loved or hated. A mistake or
a moment of magic can create history,
but can also result in brawls, fights,
clashes & riots. Here are the 10 most
fierce & important rivalries in the
world of football. Have I missed any?
Feel free to add your own.



(#10) Corinthians vs Palmeiras

Derby Paulista is a name that is known
among the traditional São Paulo
soccer clubs, Sport Club Corinthians
Paulista and Sociedade Esportiva
Palmeiras. It is the rivalry between
two football clubs still active in the
oldest city of São Paulo. The Derby
Paulista is among the 10 greatest
classics of the world. Corinthians and
Palmeiras have already decided state
championships (Campeonato Paulista),
regional (Torneio Rio-São Paulo),
national (Campeonato Brasileiro) and
wave to the end of continental
competition (Libertadores Cup of
America). No other classic has decided
so many major championships.
A big rivalry in the Brazilian state of
São Paulo, SE Palmeiras and
Corinthians have always drawn a lot of
attention when they face off against
each other. There have been books
written and movies shot about this
rivalry, including a version of Romeo
and Juliet where Palmeiras and
Corinthians take the place of the
Montagues and Capulets.

(#9) Nacional vs Penarol

One of football’s classic derbies, since
the late 19th century, the Uruguayan
Clásico is the confrontation between
the two greatest teams of Montevideo:
Nacional and Peñarol. Both teams
have played a big part in developing
South American football, and are
respected in the Americas and
worldwide, despite their recent lack of
international success. Together they
make up 8 Copa Libertadores and 6
Intercontinental Cups.
The 0-0 draw of 14 April, 1990, was
not for lacking a good fight, 22 red
cards, 11 each side, (Nacional-9 field
players and 2 bench players). The
match ended at 85′ for the rule of less
than 7 players. Then the 1-1 match of
26 November, 2000, ended in another
confrontation with several boxing and
karate kicks and chops, in which 9
players had to spend a month in jail,
along with one of the coaches. Two
editions of the match were played
abroad, one in La Plata (Argentina) in
1960, the other in La Coruña (Spain)
in 2005, due to the risk of local crowd
interruption & brawling.

(# Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray

Fenerbahçe SK versus Galatasaray SK
is a Turkish football rivalry involving
two of the most successful clubs in the
Süper Lig. It is also a local derby, one
of many involving Istanbul clubs. The
rivalry is more than a century in
existence, and has developed into an
intense and often bitter one,
traditionally attracting large
attendances. Both clubs compete
against each other for the title of the
most successful football club in
Turkey, as well as the greatest Turkish
sports club overall. Their football
departments have always been the
most attractive among their fans, but
the rivalry also extends into other
team sports such as basketball,
volleyball, athletics, rowing.
Galatasaray SK is the more successful
of the two, having won 68 official titles
compared to Fenerbahçe SK’s 66
titles. Fenerbahe SK is the most
successful in their head-to-head
fixtures, while Galatasaray SK boasts
of their achievement in winning the
2000 UEFA Cup Final and the 2000
UEFA Super Cup, being the only
Turkish side to have won them so far.

(#7) Internazionale vs Milan

Derby della Madonnina, or the Milan
Derby as it is sometimes known, is a
football match between the Italian
clubs Associazione Calcio Milan and
Football Club Internazionale Milano. It
is a hotly contested local derby and is
one of the most followed derbies in the
football world. Along with the Rome
and Turin derbies, it is widely
considered one of the major cross-
town derbies in the Serie A, so much
so that only selected referees may
officiate whenever these teams meet.
It is a biannual fixture in the Italian
football league Serie A; however, the
derby has also taken place in the
Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions
League. It is the only derby in Europe
played by two teams which have been
champions of Europe and the world. It
is called “Derby della Madonnina” in
honor of one of the main sights of the
city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin
Mary on the top of the Duomo, which
is usually called “Madonnina”.

(#6) Liverpool vs Manchester United

The history between Liverpool and
Manchester United is one of the most
significant sporting rivalries in
football, sometimes referred to as the
North West derby. Both clubs hail
from the North West of England, they
are also the two most successful teams
in England, and between them they
have won 115 honors. With
Manchester United’s victory in the
Premier League season 2008-09, the
two clubs are tied with 18 league titles
in England. Despite Liverpool’s
success in England, they have failed to
win the Premier League, since its
founding in 1992. Winning the League
Cup in 2010, Manchester United set a
new English record of 33 domestic
honors – moving one clear of the
Merseysiders for the first time. As
well as competing on the football
pitch, both teams are also two of the
biggest-earning, and widely-supported,
football clubs in the world. The rivalry
has extended to the players as well.

(#5) Internazionale vs Juventus

The name Derby d’Italia (Italian for
“Derby of Italy”) was coined back in
1967, by the famous Italian sports
journalist Gianni Brera, as the
biannual football fixture in Italian
football between Internazionale of
Milan and Juventus of Turin. The
name was also given to this fixture as
Inter and Juventus were (as in 1967)
the two teams with the highest
number of international (the first) and
national (the latter) honors.
The matchup between Juventus and
Inter is one of the most intense derby
matches in Italy, between two teams
not from the same city. The two teams
are also ranked first and second in
wins and goals in Serie A history. The
match features two clubs who have
never been relegated from the Serie A
(prior to the Calciopoli scandal in
which Juventus were forcefully
relegated for their role in it).

(#4) Boca Juniors vs River Plate

Superclásico is the name used to
describe the football match in
Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals
Boca Juniors and River Plate. It
derives from the Spanish usage of
“clásico” to mean derby, with the
prefix “super” used as the two clubs
are the most popular and successful
clubs in Argentine football. Due to
their huge fan bases (Boca has 40% of
the Argentine population and River
33%), and remarkable success, the
enmity encompasses a major part of
the country’s populace. Known
worldwide for the passion of the fans,
the stands of both teams are loaded
with passionate songs (often based on
popular Argentine rock band tunes)
against their rivals, fireworks, flags
and rolls of paper, and sometimes end
in riots between the most ardent
supporters of both sides, or against
the police. Tourists from around the
globe come to Argentina to watch the
match, sometimes even with packages
that include a ticket to the
Superclásico.

The Superclásico is known worldwide
as one of the fiercest and most
important derbies. In April 2004, the
English newspaper, The Observer, put
the Superclásico at the top of their list
of “50 sporting things you must do
before you die”, saying that “Derby
day in Buenos Aires makes the Old
Firm game look like a primary school
kick-about.”

(#3) Celtic vs Rangers

One of the biggest and most intense
derbies in the world, the Old Firm
derby between Scottish teams Celtic
and Rangers, is more than a football
match – it pits religion, politics and
opposing social attitudes against each
other. Both clubs play in Glasgow,
Scotland, and the match is one of the
oldest derbies in the world, dating
back to 1888. The Old Firm derby is
also one of the most contested
matches in the world, with over 370
games having been played. The
matches are played at either Ibrox
Stadium with 51,000 fans, or Celtic
Park in front of 60,000. In some cases,
the match is played at Hampden Park,
if the tie happens to be a Scottish Cup
or Scottish League Cup final or semi-
final. Both teams have won many
titles, but currently Rangers are ahead
of Celtic with 53 league titles to 42.
The most recent Old Firm ended Celtic
2-1 Rangers.
This rivalry is considered by many to
be one of the most fervent in the
world, with amazing atmospheres and
loud chanting, it is easy to understand
why it is. Millions tune in to the Old
Firm derby across the globe. Rangers
are considered a Protestant club with
Unionist and loyalist supporters, while
Celtic are considered a Catholic club
with Republican and Nationalist
supporters. It has long had
connections with the political conflict
in Northern Ireland, with thousands of
fans from Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland making the trip to
Scotland for these matches. There is
even violence in Northern Ireland
following Old Firm games. Indeed, the
rivalry between the two clubs is so
great that only five players have ever
moved between clubs. In 1980, around
9,000 fans fought an on-pitch battle in
the aftermath of Celtic’s 1-0 victory in
the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden.
This remains the worst invasion onto a
football pitch ever reported. The Old
Firm rivalry fuels many assaults and
many deaths on Old Firm Derby days;
an activist group that monitors
sectarian activity in Glasgow has
reported that on Old Firm weekends,
admissions to hospital emergency
rooms increase nine fold over normal
levels, and journalist Franklin Foer
noted that in the period from 1996 to
2003, eight deaths in Glasgow were
directly linked to Old Firm matches,
and hundreds and thousands of
assaults.

(#2) Lazio vs Roma

The Derby della Capitale (English:
Derby of the capital) is the local
football derby in Rome, Italy, between
the two major teams of the city, Lazio
and Roma. It is considered to be the
fiercest derby in the country ahead of
the other major local derbies, Derby
della Madonnina (Milan derby) and
Derby della Mole (Turin derby), and
one of the greatest and hotly contested
capital derbies in Europe. The derby
has been historically marked by
massive crowds, excitement, violence
and – recently – racist banners in the
crowd.
Some extreme incidents in particular
have left their mark on the history of
this fixture. In 1979, Lazio fan
Vincenzo Paparelli was hit in the eye
and killed by a flare fired by a Roma
fan from the opposite end of the
stadium, becoming the first fatality in
Italian football due to violence. In
2004 an unprecedented event
occurred when the Roma ultras forced
the game to be suspended after
spreading false rumors among the
crowd that a child had been killed by
the police prior to the beginning of the
game. In the recent derby, in
December 2009, the referee stopped
play for some seven minutes, just 13
minutes into the first half, due to
fireworks being thrown onto the pitch.
The derby on March 21, 2004, was
abandoned four minutes into the
second half, with the score tied at 0–0,
when a riot broke out in the stands
and the president of the Italian
Football League, Adriano Galliani,
ordered referee Roberto Rosetti to
suspend the match. After the match
was postponed a prolonged battle
among fans and between fans and
police ensued, with stands being set
on fire and people fleeing the stadium,
eventually resulting in over 13 arrests
and over 170 injured among the police
alone.

(#1) Real Madrid vs Barca

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The rivalry between FC Barcelona and
Real Madrid, in Spain, is generally
considered to be the biggest in
football, and is similar in context to
Celtic – Rangers. From the start the
clubs were seen as representatives of
two rival regions in Spain, Catalonia
and Castile respectively, as well as the
two cities themselves. In the 1950s,
the rivalry was intensified further
when the clubs disputed the signing of
Alfredo Di Stéfano, who finally played
for Real Madrid and was key in the
subsequent success achieved by the club.

As Barcelona and Real Madrid are the
two biggest, and most successful,
clubs in Spain, the rivalry impacts the
league championship on an almost
annual basis. The flash-points of this
rivalry are the twice-a-season clásicos,
which draw vast audiences from
around the world. Real has won more
La Liga and Champions League titles
than Barça, but Barça has won more
Spanish Cups, Cup Winners Cups and
UEFA Cups. Also Barça became the
first Spanish team to win the treble
(2008–2009). In 2009, they won six
competitions, becoming the first team
to win all competitions they entered in
a calendar year. The rivalry has also
been strengthened throughout time by
Real Madrid and Barcelona top
players who have defected to their
arch-rival. Notable Barcelona players
who have later played for Real Madrid
include Bernd Schuster (1988),
Michael Laudrup (1994) and Luís Figo
(2000). Luis Enrique switched from
Real Madrid to Barcelona in 1996 and
went on to captain the Blaugrana.
A 2007 survey by the Centro de
Investigaciones Sociológicas
determined that Real Madrid was the
team with the largest following in
Spain with 32.8% of football fans,
while Barcelona had 25.7%. The next
team, Valencia CF, was 5.3%.
Barcelona in turn seems to be the
most popular team in Europe.
According to a survey made by SPORT
+MARKT in 2009, Barcelona have
about 44.2 million supporters
throughout Europe, which is about 2.9
million more than the number of Real
Madrid supporters.

Madrid vs Barca is more than football.......

U 4got 2 add d arewa derby kano pillars vs kaduna united, marked by a crow of 50 touts with knives, d derby is regarded as d fiercest in norther nigeria, although kano pillars always wins,d match is usually marked with irregularities by d refree nd his officials, it attracts a crowd as large as 50 hausa touts, criminals,etc. If u lyk ur lyf dnt ever go close 2 d stadium wen diz 2 abokis r playing

op has derby clubs finish with above mentioned. pls can u list more derby matches, because am interested. thanks

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mainheart: op has derby clubs finish with above mentioned. pls can u list more derby matches, because am interested. thanks

I will work on a few more in ur interest.

@Seun, honeric01. U should understand that a thread like dis will attract comments as we are awaiting one d most interesting derby games in England 2day. Chelsae fc Vs Arsenal Fc. I will be extremely surprise if dis thread isn't on FP in the morning.

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