Top Football Derbies in the World - Part 1
Derby games always seem to capture the raw passion and the emotions of football and any one that follows these matches would know that they are a lot more than just another normal game.
Here are some reasons as to why these rivalries are set up and make up a derby contest.
Location
The location is without a doubt one of the most vital and common reasons for a rivalry.
With the clubs fighting over fans and the fans fighting over the clubs this makes a very interesting and deep relationship between a fan and his team.
A major example of such a rivalry is Liverpool and Everton.
Religious
Some of the most zealous derbies in the world are surprisingly created by religious differences.
A major example of this is the derby between the Rangers and the Celtics as the former are Protestants and the latter are Catholics.
Controversy
Another major factor to spark a rivalry is a contentious event between the two clubs and this can create a lot of hostility and hatred between teams.
Normally a single incident is not enough to sound such a rivalry between teams, still these incidents add fuel to the already set flames existing between the rival clubs.
Here is a list of clubs where the rivalry seems to run high in every match.
Dinamo Zagreb vs Hajduk Split
These two clubs are from Croatia and Hajduk Split has won six, where as Dinamo Zagreb has won twelve league titles.
This is an ‘eternal derby’ and is between two of the most popular and biggest Croatian clubs, Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb.
This derby is always full of anger and hatred and is bit of a bitter truth as the people fighting each other over this derby are the same people that were united against the Serbian inavsion
He used to play for Dinamo Zagreb from 2001-04 and before that he used to play for Hajduk Split during 2004-06.
These two clubs have played a hundred and eighty-three matches against each other and resulted in forty-six draws, seventy-three wins for Dinamo Zagreb while Hajduk Split have managed to have sixty-four wins.
Celtic Vs Rangers
Next in the list are two clubs from Scotland, ‘The Celtics’ who have won forty-two league titles where as ‘The Rangers’ have won fifty-three.
This derby is a very popular one and is known as the ‘Old Firm’ and both the clubs are based in Glasgow, Scotland.
This derby is a religious derby as the Rangers as previously mentioned are Protestants and the Celtics are Catholics so the religious factors definitely bring in a lot of heat in the derby.
The two teams have played two hundred and ninety-five matches against each other and from those matches the clubs have had ninety-three draws. The final count brings the Rangers wins to a hundred and fifty-five and the Celtics at a hundred and forty.
Galatasaray Vs Fenerbahce
Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are two clubs from Turkey and the two clubs have both won exactly seventeen league titles.
Article Continued In Part 2.
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