List of association football rivalries

This list of association football rivalries catalogues football rivalries around the world. This includes rivalries at the club and international level, including local derby and intercontinental competitions.

International

This list uses the geographic confederation classifications issues by International Association Football Federation (FIFA): CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America).

Intercontinental

Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Argentina	England	Argentina–England	5 (2002)	[1]
	Mexico	Argentina–Mexico	4 (2022)
	Netherlands	Argentina–Netherlands	6 (2022)	[2]
Australia	New Zealand	Australia–New Zealand	—	[3]
	Uruguay	Australia–Uruguay	—
Brazil	Italy	Brazil–Italy	5 (1994)	[1]
Japan (women)	United States (women)	Japan–United States	4 (2015)

Asia and Australia (AFC)

Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Afghanistan	Pakistan	Afghanistan–Pakistan	—	[4] [5]
Australia	Japan	Australia–Japan	1	[1]
	South Korea	Australia–South Korea	—	[1]
Macau	Hong Kong	Hong Kong–Macau	—
China		China–Hong Kong	—	[6]
	Japan	China–Japan	—
	South Korea	China–South Korea	—
India	Pakistan	India–Pakistan	—	[7] [8] [9]
Indonesia	Malaysia	Indonesia–Malaysia	—	[6] [10]
Iran	Iraq	Iran–Iraq	—	[11] [12]
	Saudi Arabia	Iran–Saudi Arabia	—	[13]
Iraq	Kuwait	Iraq–Kuwait	—	[14]
	Saudi Arabia	Iraq–Saudi Arabia	—
Japan	South Korea	Japan–South Korea	—	[15]
North Korea		North Korea–South Korea	—
Qatar	United Arab Emirates	Qatar–UAE	—	[16] [17] [18]
Vietnam	Thailand	Vietnam–Thailand	—	[6] [19]
	Indonesia	Vietnam–Indonesia	—

Africa (CAF)

Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Source
Algeria	Egypt	Algeria–Egypt	—	[15] [20] [21]
	Tunisia	Algeria–Tunisia	—
Egypt	Tunisia	Egypt–Tunisia	—
Ghana	Nigeria	Ghana–Nigeria	—	[21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

Europe (UEFA)

Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Albania	Kosovo	Albania–Kosovo	—	[26] [27]
	Serbia	Albania–Serbia	—	[15]
Austria	Hungary	Austria–Hungary	1
Belgium	Netherlands	Belgium–Netherlands	2
Croatia	Serbia	Croatia–Serbia	2	[28] [29] [30]
Czech Republic	Slovakia	Czech Republic–Slovakia	—
Denmark	Sweden	Denmark–Sweden	—	[31]
England	Germany	England–Germany	5	[31]
	Republic of Ireland	England–Republic of Ireland	1	[32]
	Scotland	England–Scotland	—	[31]
France	Germany	France–Germany	4
	Italy	France–Italy	5	[33]
	Spain	France–Spain	1
Germany	Netherlands	Germany–Netherlands	4
	Italy	Germany–Italy	5
Hungary	Romania	Hungary–Romania	—	[34] [35]
Italy	Spain	Italy–Spain	3
Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland	Irish derby	—
Portugal	Spain	Portugal–Spain	2

North & Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Honduras	Costa Rica	Clásico centroamericano	—	[36]
	El Salvador	El Salvador–Honduras	—	[37] [38]
Mexico	United States	Mexico–United States	1	[15]

South America (CONMEBOL)

Country 1	Country 2	Article	World Cup games (as of 2022)	Ref
Argentina	Brazil	Argentina–Brazil	4	[39]
	Uruguay	Argentina–Uruguay	2	[40]
Brazil	Uruguay	Brazil–Uruguay	2	[41] [42] [43] [44] [45]
Chile	Peru	Chile–Peru	—	[46] [47]

Club

Africa (CAF)

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Africa

Asia and Oceania (AFC) and (OFC)

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Asia and Oceania

Europe (UEFA)

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Europe

North, Central America and the Caribbean and South America (CONCACAF) and (CONMEBOL)

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in the Americas

See also

• List of sports rivalries
• List of association football competitions

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External links

• FootballDerbies.com
• FIFA.com
• EuroRivals.net – fixtures, results and videos of football derbies
• 50 Greatest Rivalries in World Football – Bleacher Report
• Top 10 Greatest Rivalries Soccer Teams All Time – Listvia