ACCORDING to FootballDerbies.com, South Africa's showdown between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates is not as important as South Africans like to think.
Using a points system based on atmosphere, coverage and attendance, they rate the Turkish showdown between Istanbul's arch-rivals Fenerbahce and Galatasary as the number one local footballing rivalry in the world, just ahead of Argentina's Boca Juniors v River Plate (SuperClasico) and the Old Firm derby in Glasgow between the Roman Catholics of Celtic and the Protestant Rangers (who have just been sent to the bottom tier of Scottish football after financial problems).
El Clasico? Nowhere. That's because they're not LOCAL rivals. They don't both come from the same CITY. The first list below comprises only derbies between NEIGHBOURING sides. In fact, Barcelona SC v Emelec - the big "El Clásico del Astillero" clash in Ecuador - slots in at 11th.
AmaKhosi taking on the Buccaneers rates at just 30th on the FootballDerbies list - but that's still way ahead of the Manchester derby (44) and the Merseyside derby (49). Given the game on Saturday is a sell out and Soccer City has a capacity of 94,736, there is no question where the BIGGEST game will be this weekend.
The North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs, like the Real v Atletico Madrid clash, doesn't make the top 50.
Liverpool v Manchester United ranks top of their LOCAL DERBIES, while predictably El Clasico tops the list of national rivalries.
Here's their list... see what you think.
City Derbies
Using a points system based on atmosphere, coverage and attendance, they rate the Turkish showdown between Istanbul's arch-rivals Fenerbahce and Galatasary as the number one local footballing rivalry in the world, just ahead of Argentina's Boca Juniors v River Plate (SuperClasico) and the Old Firm derby in Glasgow between the Roman Catholics of Celtic and the Protestant Rangers (who have just been sent to the bottom tier of Scottish football after financial problems).
El Clasico? Nowhere. That's because they're not LOCAL rivals. They don't both come from the same CITY. The first list below comprises only derbies between NEIGHBOURING sides. In fact, Barcelona SC v Emelec - the big "El Clásico del Astillero" clash in Ecuador - slots in at 11th.
AmaKhosi taking on the Buccaneers rates at just 30th on the FootballDerbies list - but that's still way ahead of the Manchester derby (44) and the Merseyside derby (49). Given the game on Saturday is a sell out and Soccer City has a capacity of 94,736, there is no question where the BIGGEST game will be this weekend.
The North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs, like the Real v Atletico Madrid clash, doesn't make the top 50.
Liverpool v Manchester United ranks top of their LOCAL DERBIES, while predictably El Clasico tops the list of national rivalries.
Here's their list... see what you think.
City Derbies
1 Fenerbahce
- Galatasaray 9.4
2 Boca
Juniors - River Plate 9.3
3 Celtic
FC - Rangers FC 9.1
4 Olympiakos
Piraeus - Panathinaikos 8.6
5 AS
Roma - Lazio Roma 8.5
6 Flamengo
- Fluminense 8.5
7 Red
Star Belgrade - Partizan Belgrade 8.5
8 Al
Ahly - Zamalek 8.4
9 Penarol
- Nacional Montevideo 8.3
10 Sevilla
FC - Betis Sevilla 8.2
11 Barcelona
SC - Emelec 8
12 Benfica
- Sporting Lisbon 8
13 CSKA
Sofia - Levski Sofia 8
14 Genoa
- Sampdoria 8
15 Gremio
- Internacional 8
16 Independiente
- Racing Club 8
17 Olimpia
- Cerro Porteno 8
18 Palmeiras
- Corinthians 8
19 Universidad
de Chile - Colo Colo 8
20 AC
Milan - Inter Milan 7.8
21 Aris
Saloniki - PAOK Saloniki 7.8
22 Aston
Villa - Birmingham City 7.8
23 Bolivar
- The Strongest 7.8
24 Esteghlal
- Perspolis 7.8
25 Vasco
da Gama - Flamengo 7.8
26 Wydad -
Raja 7.8
27 Zeljeznicar
- FK Sarajevo 7.8
28 Dinamo
Bucharest - Steaua Bucharest 7.7
29 East
Bengal - Mohun Bagan 7.7
30 Orlando
Pirates - Kaizer Chiefs 7.7
31 Rosario
Central - Newell's Old Boys 7.7
32 Sao
Paulo - Palmeiras 7.7
33 Atletico
Mineiro - Cruzeiro 7.6
34 Besiktas
JK - Fenerbahce 7.6
35 Alianza
Lima - Universitario 7.5
36 Fluminense
- Botafogo 7.5
37 Galatasaray
- Besiktas JK 7.5
38 Panathinaikos
- AEK Athens 7.5
39 Velez
Mostar - Zrinjski Mostar 7.5
40 Atletico
Paranaense - Coritiba 7.4
41 Ferencvaros
- Ujpest 7.4
42 Gimnasia
- Estudiantes 7.4
43 Hearts
- Hibernian 7.4
44 Manchester
United - Manchester City 7.4
45 Universidad
Catolica - Universidad de Chile 7.4
46 AEK
Athens - Olympiakos Piraeus 7.3
47 Boavista
- Porto 7.3
48 Club
Africain - Esperance 7.3
49 Everton
- Liverpool FC 7.3
50 San
Lorenzo - Huracan 7.3
51 Wisla
Krakow - Cracovia Krakow 7.3
52 Arsenal
- Tottenham Hotspur 7.2
53 Atletico
Nacional - Independiente Medellin 7.2
54 America
de Cali - Deportivo Cali 7.1
55 Karsiyaka
- Goztepe 7.1
56 LKS
Lodz - Widzew Lodz 7.1
57 Santa
Fe - Millonarios 7.1
58 AIK
Stockholm - Djurgardens IF 7
59 Atletico
Madrid - Real Madrid 7
60 Bahia
- Vitoria 7
61 Brentford
FC - QPR 7
62 Djurgardens
IF - Hammarby 7
63 Maccabi
Haifa - Hapoel Haifa 7
64 Saprissa
- Alajuelense 7
65 Spartak
Moscow - CSKA Moscow 7
66 West
Ham United - Millwall FC 7
67 Apoel
Nicosia - Omonia Nicosia 6.8
68 Sheffield
Wednesday - Sheffield United 6.8
69 Lyn -
Valerenga 6.7
70 Dundee
FC - Dundee United 6.6
Local
Derbies
1 Liverpool
FC - Manchester United 8
2 Saint
Etienne - Olympique Lyon 8
3 Sunderland
AFC - Newcastle United 8
4 Schalke
04 - Borussia Dortmund 7.8
5 Ipswich
Town - Norwich City 7.7
6 Southampton
- Portsmouth 7.6
7 Cardiff
City - Swansea City 7.5
8 Deportivo
de la Coruna - Celta de Vigo 7.4
9 West
Bromwich Albion - Aston Villa 7.1
19 Wolves - West Bromwich Albion 7.1
20 Blackburn
Rovers - Burnley 7
Rivalries
1 Barcelona
- Real Madrid 8.9
2 Hajduk
Split - Dinamo Zagreb 8.6
3 Ajax
- Feyenoord 8.4
4 Paris
St. Germain - Olympique Marseille 8.3
5 Chivas
- America 8
6 Arsenal
- Manchester United 7.8
7 Trabzonspor
- Fenerbahce 7.6
8 Porto
- Benfica 7.5
9 Panathinaikos
- PAOK Saloniki 7.3
10 PAOK
Saloniki - Olympiakos Piraeus 7.3
11 PSV
Eindhoven - Ajax 7.3
12 Anderlecht
- Club Brugge 7.2
13 Feyenoord
- PSV Eindhoven 7
14 PAOK
Saloniki - AEK Athens 7
15 Sporting
Lisbon - Porto 7
16 Olimpija
Ljubljana - NK Maribor 6.5
17 Sydney
FC - Melbourne Victory 6
18 Kapaz
- Neftci 5.8
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