El Clásico (Mexico)

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El Clásico
Teams		Club América
	Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Victories	America: 73[citation needed]
	Chivas: 62[citation needed]
Draws	Draws: 65[citation needed]

El Clásico^[1] (English: the classic), also known as El Súper Clásico^[2] (superclassic), is the name for the rivalry between two Mexican football teams: América and Chivas de Guadalajara. The two teams are among the most successful clubs in Mexico, Chivas has won eleven championships, the most by any team, with America following closely with ten^[3].

Contents 1 History 2 Current Games 3 Most Recent Results 4 References

[edit] History

Club América and Chivas de Guadalajara are considered the two most popular teams in Mexico. The first time both teams confronted one another was during the 1943-1944 season, were Guadalajara obtained the first victory with the score of 1-0^[4]. The rivalry surged a little later on when América in the second game between both teams, took the win with a score of 7-2. With the passing of the years, the rivalry continued growing and in 1957, Guadalajara took their revenge by beating América with a score of 7-0, the largest win between all the games disputed by these two teams. Throughout the 60's, Guadalajara had a continuous dominium over América, but again, revenge would soar and during the 70's, América turned the cards on Chivas. By the 1982-1983 season in the Mexican League, América had broken all the season records. They turned into the favorite team to win the championship but Chivas crashed all their hopes in Semifinals, coming out victorious in the second leg with a score of 3-0. América soon took revenge. In the first leg of the Final in the 1983-1984 season (the only final to ever be disputed between both teams), América tied with Chivas by the score of 2-2 in the Estadio Jalisco. Everything was to be defined in the second leg set to be played in the Estadio Azteca, which proved to be crucial as América took the win by beating Chivas 3-1. Only two meets are known to have ended in unfortunate disorderly conduct, one on May 22, 1983 in which players of both teams stage an all-out war (Fight) that left many suspended from activity and another on August 17, 1986 in which Club América's Carlos Hermosillo and Guadalajara's Fernando Quirarte staged another all-out war that bought Hermosillo himself a 12 game suspension. Other Club América players like Alfredo Tena and for Guadalajara's side Fernando Quirarte were given a 4 game suspension. 22 were suspended that day.^{[citation needed][neutrality disputed]}

[edit] Current Games

One of the most memorable games played between Chivas and América was disputed during the Clausura 2005 tournament taking place on March 13th in the legendary Estadio Azteca. The game iniated with a goal of Pável Pardo at the 15th minute of the game, América would then attempt to solidify the game when in the 38th minute Óscar Rojas scored the second goal taking advantage of a pass by Cuauhtémoc Blanco. During the 42nd minute of the game, with the first half about to conclude, Héctor Reynoso scored one of the most beautiful goals of his career and left the score 2-1. Francisco Palencia would score the 100th goal of his career in the minute 58th of the second half tying the score 2-2. But América would again take the lead when at the 78th minute, Pável Pardo gave an excellent pass to Claudio López who didn't waste the opportunity to penetrated the goalpost of Oswaldo Sánchez. However, things wouldn't end there, three minutes before the game ended Paco Palencia would make his 101 goal as a result of a magnificent play between Ramón Morales and Alberto Medina. The score was equalized 3-3, although Chivas attempted yet another goal that came from Palencia. Guillermo Ochoa dressed himself as a superhero and prevented the last minute score. Nevertheless, the 105,000 crowd of people who presented themselves at the Colossus of Santa Ursula and the millions of people watching the game at home, were not disappointed.

To this day, El Súper Clásico continues to raise huge excitement in the whole country as well as in other parts of the world were there are fans of either team. The intensity of the game is lived so passionately that every time these two teams dispute a game, regardless of what position they are on the charts or what level they show throughout the league, it is always considered the most important game of the season. The players know it is unforgivable to lose this game because it is more than just 3 points that are played for on the field, it is the honor and the pride that is to be achieved after coming out victorious over your biggest rival.

[edit] Most Recent Results

Total of 200 games disputed between both teams.

Tournament	Jornada	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Stadium	Date
1994-1995 Season	11	Chivas	3-4	América	Estadio Jalisco	November 13, 1994
1994-1995 Season	30	América	0-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	March 19, 1995
1995-1996 Season	9	Chivas	0-2	América	Estadio Jalisco	October 22, 1995
1995-1996 Season	26	América	2-3	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	February 18, 1996
Invierno 1996	3	Chivas	5-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	August 25, 1996
Verano 1997	3	América	0-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	January 27, 1997
Invierno 1997	4	Chivas	1-2	América	Estadio Jalisco	August 10, 1997
Invierno 1997	Quarterfinals	Chivas	1-3	América	Estadio Jalisco	November 18, 1997
Invierno 1997	Quarterfinals	América	1-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	November 21, 1997
Verano 1998	4	América	0-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	January 15, 1998
Invierno 1998	8	Chivas	1-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	September 20, 1998
Verano 1999	8	América	0-1	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	March 7, 1999
Invierno 1999	5	América	2-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	September 12, 1999
Invierno 1999	Quarterfinals	Chivas	0-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	December 2, 1999
Invierno 1999	Quarterfinals	América	1-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	December 5, 1999
Verano 2000	5	Chivas	3-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	February 13, 2000
Invierno 2000	7	América	0-3	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	September 10, 2000
Verano 2001	7	Chivas	1-2	América	Estadio Jalisco	February 14, 2001
Invierno 2001	14	Chivas	1-1	América	Estadio Jalisco	October 21, 2001
Verano 2002	14	América	2-3	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	March 31, 2002
Apertura 2002	2	Chivas	0-1	América	Estadio Jalisco	August 11, 2002
Clausura 2003	2	América	1-1	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	January 19, 2002
Apertura 2003	17	América	1-2	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	November 9, 2003
Clausura 2004	17	Chivas	0-1	América	Estadio Jalisco	May 1, 2004
Apertura 2004	9	Chivas	1-1	América	Estadio Jalisco	October 2, 2004
Clausura 2005	9	América	3-3	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	March 13, 2005
Apertura 2005	7	América	0-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	September 11, 2005
Clausura 2006	7	Chivas	1-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	February 26, 2006
Apertura 2006	11	Chivas	2-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	September 30, 2006
Apertura 2006	Semifinals	Chivas	2-0	América	Estadio Jalisco	November 30, 2006
Apertura 2006	Semifinals	América	0-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	December 3, 2006
Clausura 2007	11	América	1-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	March 18, 2007
Clausura 2007	Semifinals	América	1-0	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	May 17, 2007
Clausura 2007	Semifinals	Chivas	0-1	América	Estadio Jalisco	May 20, 2007
Apertura 2007	14	América	2-1	Chivas	Estadio Azteca	October 28, 2007
Clausura 2008	14	Chivas	3-2	América	Estadio Jalisco	April 13, 2008

Primera División, Apertura 2008& Clausura 2009 v • d • e

Group 1 Santos Laguna Atlante Pachuca Monterrey Puebla Juárez Group 2 Guadalajara Cruz Azul U.N.A.M. Morelia América U.A.G. Group 3 Toluca San Luis Chiapas Necaxa Atlas U.A.N.L. League Levels Primera División | Primera División A | Segunda División | Tercera División | Super Liga Miscellaneous List of champions | El Clásico | Clásico Regiomontano | InterLiga | SuperLiga | Campeón de Campeones | Champions League Primera División short tournaments Invierno 1996 • Verano 1997 • Invierno 1997 • Verano 1998 • Invierno 1998 • Verano 1999 • Invierno 1999 • Verano 2000 • Invierno 2000 • Verano 2001 • Invierno 2001 • Verano 2002 • Apertura 2002 • Clausura 2003 • Apertura 2003 • Clausura 2004 • Apertura 2004 • Clausura 2005 • Apertura 2005 • Clausura 2006 • Apertura 2006 • Clausura 2007 • Apertura 2007 • Clausura 2008 • Apertura 2008 •

[edit] References

• El Clásico de Clásicos Club América vs Chivas
• Chivas-America football derby info.
• Esmas Futbol

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