Best Regional Derby
The Revierderby is the historic football rivalry between FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund, two clubs based in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia. The competition draws its intensity from the close geographical proximity of Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund, as well as the shared working-class, in...
The Tyne-Wear derby is a regional football rivalry between Newcastle United and Sunderland, whose home cities lie approximately 12 miles apart in Northeast England. The first recorded meeting between the clubs occurred in 1883, making it one of the oldest continuous football rivalries in England. Th...
The Basque derby is a football rivalry contested by Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad, clubs from Bilbao and San Sebastián that first met officially in 1909. Both teams have historically maintained policies of fielding players from the Basque Country, distinguishing them within La Liga. Athletic Bil...
The Derby Rhône-Alpes is a major French football rivalry between AS Saint-Étienne and Olympique Lyonnais. The two clubs represent cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that are located approximately 50 kilometers apart. The rivalry is historically intense, driven by the clubs' periods of domesti...
The Nordderby is the football rivalry between Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen, two of northern Germany's most prominent football clubs. The cities of Hamburg and Bremen are approximately 100 kilometers apart, and both clubs have historically competed in the top tier of German football. The rivalry st...
The Derby du Nord is the football rivalry between Lille OSC and Racing Club de Lens, two clubs from the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The fixture contrasts Lille, identified with a large metropolitan center, with Lens, a smaller city historically associated with the region's coal-mining...
The Rheinderby is a football rivalry between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln, two clubs based in the Rhineland region of North Rhine-Westphalia. The fixture dates to the early 1960s and intensified during the 1970s, when both clubs were among West Germany's strongest sides. Geographical prox...
The South Wales Derby is a Welsh football rivalry between Cardiff City and Swansea City, the leading clubs from Wales's two largest cities.
The South Coast Derby is an English football rivalry between Portsmouth and Southampton, neighboring port cities separated by about 20 miles.
The Derby de la Côte d'Azur is a football rivalry between Monaco and Nice, neighboring clubs on the Mediterranean coast of France and Monaco.
