Paulista Derby

Derby Paulista
Match between Palmeiras and Corinthians in 2010
Other namesDérbi
Dérbi Paulista
LocationSão Paulo, Brazil
TeamsCorinthians
Palmeiras
First meeting6 May 1917
Campeonato Paulista
Palestra Itália 3–0 Corinthians
Latest meeting1 July 2024
Campeonato Brasileiro
Palmeiras 2–0 Corinthians
StadiumsNeo Química Arena (Corinthians)
Allianz Parque (Palmeiras)
Statistics
Most winsPalmeiras (135 wins)
Most player appearancesAdemir da Guia (57)
Top scorerCláudio (21)
All-time seriesCorinthians: 129
Palmeiras: 135
Drawn: 116
Largest victoryPalestra Italia 8–0 Corinthians
5 November 1933
Corinthians
Palmeiras

The Derby Paulista (English: Derby of São Paulo), also called simply Dérbi,[1] is an association football match between Corinthians and Palmeiras, two traditional football clubs in the city of São Paulo. It is the rivalry between two of the oldest football clubs still active in the city of São Paulo. The Dérbi Paulista is ranked among the ten greatest derbies in the world.[2] Journalist Tomás Mazzoni was the one who named the rivalry "O Derby", in reference to the most important horse race in the world, the Epsom Derby.[3]

It is one of the biggest rivalries in world football: CNN considers it the ninth greatest derby in the world, the second in the Americas and the only one in Brazil to be among the main world rivalries.[4] The Football Derbies website has placed The Paulista Derby as the 4th biggest rivalry in the world (and the first in Brazil), now ranked 8th in its world ranking,[5] while the Brazilian magazine Trivela ranked it as the second biggest one in Brazil, behind the Grenal.[6] Corinthians and Palmeiras have already decided state (Campeonato Paulista), regional (Torneio Rio-São Paulo) and national (Campeonato Brasileiro) level championships, plus a Copa Libertadores semi-finals and quarter-finals. No other Brazilian football rivalry has this many major trophies involved.[7]

The rivalry between fans of the two clubs is also the biggest among the big fans in the state of São Paulo. A Datafolha survey in 2010 showed that 59% of Corinthians fans consider Palmeiras their biggest rival, while 77% of Palmeiras fans in the city consider Corinthians their biggest rival.[8] In February 2017, a Datafolha survey released by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper showed that the majority of the population in the city of São Paulo continued to consider the derby between Corinthians and Palmeiras as the one with the greatest rivalry in São Paulo. According to the survey, carried out between February 8 and 9, 2017, 35% of respondents rated the Derby Paulista as the biggest rivalry in the State of São Paulo.[9]

  1. ^ "Palmeiras x Corinthians: quem venceu mais vezes o Dérbi? | Goal.com Brasil". www.goal.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ^ "Football First 11: Do or die derbies". "CNN". Retrieved on 17 July 2011
  3. ^ ""Thomaz Mazzoni"". Museu do Futebol. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ "CNN coloca clássico Palmeiras x Timão entre os dez maiores do mundo" Globo Esporte, 23/10/2008
  5. ^ "FootballDerbies.com"
  6. ^ "Te odeio, logo existo", Gustavo Hofman, Trivela número 32, outubro de 2008, Trivela Comunicações, pág. 36
  7. ^ "100 Anos de Corinthians e Palmeiras". O Estado de S. Paulo. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Para 59% dos corintianos, Palmeiras é o adversário mais importante". Folha de S. Paulo. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Dérbi é a maior rivalidade paulista". Folha de S. Paulo. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

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