List of association football rivalries

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This list deals with football rivalries around the world. This includes club teams who compete in local derbies as well as matches between club teams further afield. It also lists international rivalries and rivalries between individual players.

Individual[]

Rivalries between players[]

1st party 2nd party 3rd party (if appl) Timespan Notes Ref.
Italy Lorenzo Buffon Italy Giorgio Ghezzi 1959–1965 [1]
England Peter Shilton England Ray Clemence 1972–1984 [2]
Netherlands Johan Cruyff Germany Franz Beckenbauer 1974–1983 Germany–Netherlands football rivalry [2]
Argentina Diego Maradona England Peter Shilton 1986–2020 "Hand of God" goal controversy (part of the Argentina–England football rivalry) [3]
England Andy Cole England Teddy Sheringham 1990–present [2]
Republic of Ireland Roy Keane France Patrick Vieira 1996–2005 Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry [4]
Norway Alf-Inge Håland 1997–2003 [5]
Brazil Romário Brazil Edmundo 1998–present [6]
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy France Thierry Henry 2001–2006 Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry, Premier League Golden Boot rivalry [7]
Germany Jens Lehmann Germany Oliver Kahn 2002–2011 Competition for the starting goalkeeping position for Germany [8][9]
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart 2004–2014 A rivalry that resulted in an injury and a transfer, the two settled their differences in 2014. [10]
Belgium Romelu Lukaku 2020–2021 Rivalry over supposed "King of Milan" title. Part of the Derby della Madonnina until Lukaku's transfer to Chelsea. [11][12]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2019–present Formally part of Derby d'Italia from 2019–2021 until Lukaku's and Ronaldo's transfers to Chelsea and Manchester United.
England Steven Gerrard Senegal El Hadji Diouf 2005–present
Argentina Lionel Messi Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2009–present Messi–Ronaldo rivalry (formerly part of El Clásico from 2009–2018 until Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus) [2]
Argentina Mauro Icardi Argentina Maxi López 2011–present The current and the former husband of Wanda Nara [13]
Uruguay Luis Suárez France Patrice Evra 2011–2015 Luis Suárez alleged racial abuse incident (part of the Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry at large) [13]
Italy Giorgio Chiellini 2014–2017 Luis Suárez–Giorgio Chiellini 2014 World Cup incident [14]
Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Marc-André ter Stegen 2012–present Competition for the starting goalkeeping position for Germany, FC Barcelona 2–8 FC Bayern Munich [15]
Brazil Neymar Colombia Juan Camilo Zúñiga 2014–2015 Neymar–Zúñiga 2014 World Cup incident [16]
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Spain Iker Casillas 2000-2016 Both considered best goalkeepers of all time, also see Italy–Spain football rivalry
England Paul Scholes England Frank Lampard England Steven Gerrard 2000-2014 Competition for the starting midfield position for England, Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry between Scholes and Gerrard

Rivalries between players and managers[]

Player Manager Timespan Notes Ref.
Netherlands Louis van Gaal Belgium Guy Thys 1973–1977 [17]
France David Ginola France Gérard Houllier 1994–2020 Missed Cross [18]
Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco Argentina Ricardo La Volpe 1996–2016 [19]
Brazil Marcelinho Carioca Brazil Vanderlei Luxemburgo 1999–present [20]
Brazil Rivaldo Netherlands Louis van Gaal 1997–2002 [17]
Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy 2002–2007 Saipan incident [21]
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Netherlands Louis van Gaal 2002–2003 [22]
Argentina Diego Maradona 2008–2020 [23]
Russia Aleksandr Mostovoi Russia Georgi Yartsev 2004 Mostovoi's criticism of Yartsev [24]
Serbia Ivica Dragutinović Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 2007–present [25]
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Spain Pep Guardiola 2009–present Ibrahimović controversies [26]
Italy Luca Toni Netherlands Louis van Gaal 2009–2017 [17]
Netherlands Mark van Bommel [17]
Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui Netherlands Frank de Boer 2010–2011 [27]
Spain Iker Casillas Portugal José Mourinho 2010–2013 [28]
Poland Artur Boruc Poland Franciszek Smuda 2010–present [29]
Serbia Adem Ljajić Italy Delio Rossi 2012–present [30]
Romania Adrian Mutu Romania Victor Pițurcă 2013–present Mutu international career [31]
United States Landon Donovan Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 2014–present Donovan international career [32]
Morocco Hakim Ziyech France Hervé Renard 2017 [33]
Brazil Felipe Melo Brazil Cuca 2017–present [34]
France Karim Benzema France Didier Deschamps 2017–2021 [35]
France Paul Pogba Portugal José Mourinho 2018–present [36][37][38]
Brazil Diego Alves Brazil Dorival Júnior 2018–present [39]
Croatia Mario Mandžukić Italy Maurizio Sarri 2019–2020

Rivalries between managers[]

1st party Team(s) 2nd party Team(s) Timespan Notes Ref.
England Matt Busby Manchester United England Don Revie Leeds United 1964–1971 [40]
England Bill Shankly Liverpool 1964–1974 [41]
England Brian Clough Derby County 1968–1974 The Damned Utd [42]
Mexico Hugo Sánchez Pumas, Mexico Argentina Ricardo La Volpe Atlas, Toluca, Mexico 1979–present [43]
Netherlands Louis van Gaal Ajax, Barcelona Netherlands Johan Cruyff Ajax, Barcelona 1989–2016 [44]
Ajax, Barcelona, Manchester United Netherlands Ronald Koeman Ajax, Barcelona, Southampton 2004–2016 [45]
United States Bruce Arena LA Galaxy United States Germany Sigi Schmid Seattle Sounders FC 1996–2016 [46]
France Arsène Wenger Arsenal Scotland Alex Ferguson Manchester United 1996–2013 Ferguson and Wenger [47]
Portugal José Mourinho Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur 2004–2018 Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry, Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry, North London Derby [48]
Spain Pep Guardiola Barcelona, Manchester City, Bayern Munich Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur 2010–present El Clásico, 2013 UEFA Super Cup, Manchester derby [49]
Bayern Munich, Manchester City Germany Jürgen Klopp Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool 2013–present Der Klassiker, Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry [50]
Germany Jürgen Klopp Mainz 05, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool Germany Thomas Tuchel Mainz 05, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea 2009– present Chelsea F.C.–Liverpool F.C. Rivalry
Australia Graham Arnold Sydney FC Australia Kevin Muscat Melbourne Victory 2013–2018 The Big Blue (A-League) [51]
Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær Manchester United Spain Pep Guardiola Manchester City 2019– present Manchester derby
Australia Steve Corica Sydney FC Australia Tony Popovic Melbourne Victory 2021– present The Big Blue (A-League)

International[]

Intercontinental[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Argentina  England Argentina–England 5 [52]
 Germany 7 [52]
 Netherlands 5 [52]
 Nigeria 5 [52]
 Australia  New Zealand Australia–New Zealand
 Brazil  France 4 [53]
 Germany Brazil v Germany (2014 World Cup) 2 [54]
 Italy Brazil–Italy 5 [52]
 Netherlands 5 [52]
 Spain 5 [52]
 Sweden 7 [52]
 France  Algeria [55][56]

AFC[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Australia  Japan Australia–Japan 1 [52]
 South Korea Australia–South Korea – [52]
 China PR  Hong Kong China–Hong Kong – [57]
 Japan China–Japan – [52]
 South Korea China–South Korea –
 India  Pakistan – [58][59]
 Indonesia  Malaysia Indonesia–Malaysia – [60]
 Iran  Iraq Iran–Iraq – [61][62]
 South Korea Iran–South Korea – [61][62]
 Saudi Arabia Iran–Saudi Arabia – [63]
 Iraq  Iran Iraq–Iran – [64]
 Saudi Arabia Iraq–Saudi Arabia –
 Japan  South Korea Japan–South Korea – [65]
 Malaysia  Philippines Malaysia vs. Philippines – [66]
 Myanmar  Thailand Myanmar–Thailand –
 North Korea  Japan North Korea vs. Japan – [67][68][69]
 South Korea North Korea–South Korea –
 Kuwait  Saudi Arabia Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia – [70][71]
 Qatar  United Arab Emirates Qatar–UAE – [72][73][74]
 Syria  Jordan – [75]
 Thailand  Vietnam Thailand–Vietnam – [57][66]

CAF zone[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Algeria  Egypt Algeria–Egypt – [65][76]
 Senegal – [65][76]
 Tunisia Algeria–Tunisia –
 Burkina Faso  Ivory Coast – [77]
 Cameroon  Egypt – [78]
 Cameroon  Nigeria – [60]
 DR Congo  Ghana – [79]
 Rwanda – [80]
 Ghana  Ivory Coast Ghana vs. Ivory Coast –
 Ghana  Nigeria Ghana–Nigeria – [76]
 Ivory Coast  Senegal Ivory Coast vs. Senegal – [76]
 Morocco  Algeria Morocco vs. Algeria – [76]
 Egypt Morocco vs. Egypt – [76]
 Tunisia Morocco vs. Tunisia – [76]
 South Africa  Zambia South Africa–Zambia – [70][71]

CONCACAF zone[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Costa Rica  Honduras Costa Rica–Honduras – [81]
 Mexico Costa Rica vs. Mexico –
 United States Costa Rica vs. United States [82][83][84][85][86]
 Aruba  Bonaire Aruba vs. Bonaire – [87]
 Canada  United States Canada–United States – [78]
 Honduras Canada vs. Honduras – [88]
 Curaçao  Suriname Curacao vs. Suriname – [89]
 Honduras  Mexico Honduras vs. Mexico – [90][91][92]
 El Salvador  Honduras El Salvador–Honduras – [93][94]
 Haiti  Jamaica Haiti vs. Jamaica – [95][96]
 Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica vs. Trinidad and Tobago – [97]
 Mexico  United States Mexico–United States 1 [65]

CONMEBOL zone[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Argentina  Brazil Argentina–Brazil 4 [98]
 Chile Argentina vs. Chile 1 [99][100]
 Uruguay Argentina–Uruguay 2 [101]
 Brazil Brazil–Uruguay 2 [102][103][104][105][106]
 Chile  Peru Chile–Peru – [107][108]
 Colombia  Venezuela Colombia vs. Venezuela – [109]

OFC zone[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Fiji  New Zealand Fiji vs. New Zealand –
 Samoa  Tonga Samoa vs. Tonga –
 Solomon Islands  Vanuatu Solomon Islands vs. Vanuatu – [110]

UEFA zone[]

Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018) 		Source
 Albania  Kosovo Albania–Kosovo – [111][112]
 Serbia Albania–Serbia – [65]
 Austria  Hungary Austria–Hungary 1
  Switzerland Austria vs. Switzerland 1
 Belgium  Netherlands Belgium–Netherlands 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Greece – [113]
 Croatia  Italy Croatia–Italy 1
 Serbia Croatia–Serbia – [114]
 Czech Republic  Slovakia Czech Republic–Slovakia –
 Denmark  Norway Denmark vs. Norway[65] –
 Sweden Denmark–Sweden – [115]
 England  France England vs. France 2
 Germany England–Germany 5 [115]
 Republic of Ireland England–Ireland 1 [116]
 Scotland England–Scotland – [115]
 Wales England vs. Wales –
 Finland  Russia Finland vs. Russia –
 France  Germany France–Germany 4
 Italy France–Italy 5 [117]
 Spain France vs. Spain 1
 Germany  Italy Germany–Italy rivalry 5
 Netherlands Germany–Netherlands 3
 Poland Germany vs. Poland 3
 Greece  Turkey Greece–Turkey rivalry – [118]
 Hungary  Romania Hungary–Romania – [119][120]
 Italy  Spain Italy–Spain 3
 Northern Ireland  Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland –
 Norway  Sweden Norway vs. Sweden –
 Poland  Russia Poland vs. Russia 1 [121][122]
 Portugal  France Portugal–France 1
 Spain Portugal–Spain 1
 Russia  Turkey Russia vs. Turkey –
 Ukraine Russia–Ukraine –
 Scotland  Wales Scotland vs. Wales –
 Turkey  Israel Turkey vs. Israel –

Club rivalries[]

Clubs in Africa (CAF)[]

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Africa

Clubs in Asia (AFC)[]

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

Clubs in Europe (UEFA)[]

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Europe

Clubs in North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)[]

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in the Americas § Clubs in North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Clubs in Oceania (OFC)[]

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

Clubs in South America (CONMEBOL)[]

Main article: List of association football club rivalries in the Americas § Clubs in South America (CONMEBOL)

See also[]

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