The football community is no doubt the biggest sports community in the entire world.

It has over a billion viewers all over the world.

Men, women and children watch and enjoy football whenever there is a football match fans of the clubs come out in numbers to support their clubs.

Rivalries are a common thing in this world, even siblings tend to develop rivalries amongst themselves.

Football is no exception many football clubs develop rivalries amongst themselves.

Below are the best football rivalries and the clubs associated;

El CLASSICO

This is between the two Spanish giants Barcelona and Real madrid.

This rivalry started as a result of different political views, the first match was played in 1902 and till this day over 200 matches has been played and Barcelona has won more matches than Madrid.

Superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi,Luis Figo,Ronaldo (Brazilian) have all represented these football giants and many mesmerizing highlights have been created from them.

This is without doubt the biggest football derby. In one of these matches Lionel Messi scored a late winner against Madrid in their own Stadium.

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DERBY DELLA MADONNIA( MILAN DERBY)

This one is between the two Milan clubs in Italy.

Things always get heated whenever these titans lock horns. Zlatan Ibrahimovic,Paolo Maldini,Samuel Eto'o,Ronaldo,Javier Zanetti,Nesta etc have all represented their different clubs in these milan derby, over one hundred matches has been played and Inter Milan leads the way.

One of the most notable was when fans threw fire torches at the players.

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DER KLASSIKER

This is between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

Robert Lewandoski,Erling Haaland, Manuel Neur,P.E Aubameyang etc have all participated in these and with over a hundred matches played, Bayern Munich leads as expected.

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MANCHESTER DERBY

Manchester United and Manchester City are the two english clubs that participate in this.

It is always very intense when these two clubs play, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo,Vincent Kompany,Wayne Rooney,Mario Ballotelli etc have played parts for their different clubs.
Manchester United leads the way in terms of wins and with over hundred matches played.

The most notable was when man city thrashed man utd 6-1 in old trafford, many highlights were created like Mario Ballotelli's why always me goal celebration and Wayne Rooney's powerful overhead kick.

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SUPERCLASSICO

Last but definitely not the least is the Superclassico.

This is between Boca Juniors and River Platte in Argentina, things are always heated up when they meet. The matches played are taken as serious business and with over hundred matches played, Boca Juniors lead the way.

The likes of Carlos Tevez,Juan Roman Riquelme,Diego Maradona etc have all taken part in these.

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The list definitely does not end here, there is the Madrid Derby, Meryside Derby,North London derby,Rome derby,Derby d' italia etc.

Whenever these clubs meet, fights, history, magical moments etc are the highlights you would see and that is why fans come out in their numbers to support their various teams and in return, the teams produce magical moments for the fans.