List of association football rivalries

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

Individual

Rivalries between players

1st party 2nd party Timespan Article Source
England Peter Shilton England Ray Clemence 1972–1984 [1]
Netherlands Johan Cruyff Germany Franz Beckenbauer 1974–1983 Germany–Netherlands football rivalry [1]
Brazil Pelé Argentina Diego Maradona 1982–present Argentina–Brazil football rivalry [1]
England Andy Cole England Teddy Sheringham 1990s-present [1]
Italy Francesco Totti Italy Alessandro Del Piero 1990s–2010s [2]
Republic of Ireland Roy Keane France Patrick Vieira 1996–2005 [3]
Sweden Olof Mellberg Sweden Fredrik Ljungberg 2001–2008 [1]
France Zinedine Zidane Italy Marco Materazzi 2006-present [1]
Uruguay Gustavo Munúa Israel Dudu Aouate 2008–present [2]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Argentina Lionel Messi 2009–present Cristiano Ronaldo–Lionel Messi rivalry [1]
England John Terry England Wayne Bridge 2010–present [2]
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović United States Oguchi Onyewu 2010–2011 [2]
Argentina Mauro Icardi Argentina Maxi López 2011–present [2]

Rivalries between players and coaches

1st party 2nd party Timespan Article Source
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Netherlands Louis Van Gaal 2002–2003 [4]
Serbia Ivica Dragutinović Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 2007–present [5]
United States Landon Donovan Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 2014–present [6]
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Luis Enrique 2015–present [7]

International

Inter continental

CONMEBOL zone

UEFA zone

AFC zone

CONCACAF zone

Clubs in Africa (CAF)

Algeria

Angola

Botswana

Cape Verde

Egypt

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Libya

Morocco

Namibia

Nigeria

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Zimbabwe

Clubs in Asia (AFC)

Australia

Bangladesh

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Iran

Japan

Jordan

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Active derbies

Defunct derbies

Clubs in Europe (UEFA)

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

Canada

See also: MLS rivalry cups, Category:Major League Soccer rivalries and Category: Soccer rivalries in Canada

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Haiti

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Puerto Rico

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

See also: MLS rivalry cups, Category:Major League Soccer rivalries and Category: Soccer rivalries in the United States

Clubs in Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

Clubs in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

See also

References

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