Paulista Derby
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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]
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Other names | Dérbi Dérbi Paulista |
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Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
Teams | Corinthians Palmeiras |
First meeting | 6 May 1917 Campeonato Paulista Palestra Itália 3–0 Corinthians |
Latest meeting | 18 February 2024 Campeonato Paulista Palmeiras 2–2 Corinthians |
Stadiums | Neo Química Arena (Corinthians) Allianz Parque (Palmeiras) |
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Most wins | Palmeiras (134 wins) |
Most player appearances | Ademir da Guia (57) |
Top scorer | Cláudio (21) |
All-time series | Corinthians: 129 Palmeiras: 134 Drawn: 116 |
Largest victory | Palestra Italia 8–0 Corinthians 5 November 1933 |
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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.[3] 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,[4] while the Brazilian magazine Trivela ranked it as the second biggest one in Brazil.[5] 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.
The rivalry between fans of the two clubs is also the biggest among the big fans in the state of São Paulo. Datafolha survey in 2010 showed that 59% of Corinthians fans consider Palmeiras as the biggest rival. For 77% of the fans in the city, the biggest rival is Corinthians. 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 classic 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 Derby as the biggest rivalry in the State of São Paulo.