The fiercest derbies away from the tops of London and Madrid

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"Derby you win and you don't play" is a popular phrase in Italy to describe the many derbies in the country that bring together two teams from the same city and express how important they are.

London, Manchester, Milan, Rome, Madrid, and other cities host the most famous and popular derbies in the world, but there are other derbies that are more fierce and less famous.

Basque Derby
It is the summit of Athletic Bilbao with Real Sociedad, the two poles of Basque football in Spain, and is characterized by the friendliness between the fans of the two teams, but the hostility towards the opponents.

Clásico de clásicos
The top of Mexican football between
Club America and Chivas Guadalajara, the two most successful and popular teams in the country, but the difference between them is that the first welcomes foreigners, while the other is based on the country's players only, hence the division and hostility.

Derby Avellaneda
The match between Racing and Independiente is one of the fiercest in Argentina between two teams from the same city, and two stadiums within meters of each other fueled hostility between two of the most successful clubs in the country. Only the match was stopped, or in 2006 when riots occurred in the stands and the match was stopped.

Mostar derby
The Bosnian derby combines HŠK Zrinjski, who was one of the most successful in the country's history but was suppressed by the Yugoslav government, and FK Velež, who was supported by the government, hence the great hostility between the two teams from Mostar.

El Salvador derby
No, not El Salvador, but the Brazilian city where Bahia meets Vitoria, two teams that are not among the top people in their countries and football was not even the first sport in the city until the fifties, at that time the rise of Vitoria began and with it the football hostility with Bahia flared up after cricket and rowing were the most popularity.

rune derby
Lyon's interview with neighbor Saint-Etienne has a special character due to the geographical proximity of the two teams and the fact that the two cities are located only 50 km away, and its heat increased with the rise of Lyon and the relegation of Saint-Etienne after the latter was the master of French football.

. Tyne Wear Derby
It is the Newcastle match with Sunderland, in which the reason for the hostility to politics is mainly between the fans of the first, who support the monarchy, and the fans of the second, who support Parliament more during the English Civil War, which moved to the fans of the two teams, who consider winning the meeting a separate championship, and attending the meeting is the most important, and the evidence is trying to attend 120 Thousands to attend the 1900-1901 season match in a stadium with a capacity of only 30,000!

1. The most successful derby in Istanbul
   Another Turkish Istanbul derby with Galatasaray, but this time with Besiktas, the two most crowned teams in Turkish football, both of which belong to the European side of the city, hence the great competition between the two clubs and the city’s neighborhoods, which are divided according to affiliations.

Intercontinental Derby
The one that brings together the poles of Turkey and Istanbul, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, the first representing the European side of the city and the other Asian, which witnessed several unfortunate incidents over more than 100 years of meetings, the most negative of which was the death of a Fenerbahce fan in 2013 stabbed.

Sicilian derby
It combines Catania and Palermo, which was not played much due to the multiple relegations of the two teams, but when it is held, the beautiful streets of Sicily are transformed into battlefields due to the great enmity between the two republics, which resulted in the death of a police officer in 2007, which caused the suspension of football competitions in Italy as a whole.

The great Andalusian derby
The position of Seville and Real Betis is one of the most competitive in Spain because of the great history of the two clubs in Andalusia, as Seville was founded first in 1890, then Betis came in 1914 by mixing the rest of the city’s clubs, hence the great hostility, which stopped on one occasion when the death of Antonio Puerta, player Seville in 2007, when the fans of both teams united to bid farewell to the young star.

romeo and juliet derby
The Verona derby between Chievo and Hellas Verona may be the quietest in the list we review, but the enmity between the two teams has a funny story, which is that Verona fans have always taunted their counterparts in Chievo for winning the Scudetto title in 1985, while the other is in the shadows of the lower ranks, and challenged them that the team would not rise First class unless donkeys fly, which is what happened in 2002, and since then the term "flying donkeys" has become the nickname of Chievo.

Immortal Enemies Derby
The match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the Greek capital, Athens, is called the “mother of all battles” because it is between two teams belonging to representatives of the Athens and Piraeus provinces, which led to always strong quarrels between the fans, the worst of which was in 2007 when a Panathinaikos fan was stabbed to death before a women's volleyball match between the two teams.

Immortal Bucharest Derby
Another derby with the same name, but this time in Romania between Dinamo and Steaua, which brings together the most successful teams in the country's history, European and domestic, and since the first match in 1948 and riots dominated, and continued even with the recent decline of Dynamo in sport.

Eternal derby
Or the derby of the Serbian capital Belgrade between the Red Star and its counterpart Partizan, the first, according to statistics, is loved by half the population of Serbia, and the second is very popular in the capital and the countries of the former Yugoslavia. A seat is always full to all other sports.

lighthouse derby
The Genoa derby, which bears the name of a famous tourist attraction between the team that bears the name of the city and its neighbor and archenemy Sampdoria, brings together two groups of fans with a strong competitive character, which is always reflected in the stands of the “Luigi Ferraris” stadium through the “tifo” of each team.