List of association football rivalries

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Individual

Rivalries between players
1st party2nd partyTimespanNotesRef.
Lorenzo Buffon Giorgio Ghezzi1959–1965[1]
Peter Shilton Ray Clemence1972–1984[2]
Johan Cruyff Franz Beckenbauer1974–1983Germany–Netherlands football rivalry[2]
Diego Maradona Peter Shilton1986–2020"Hand of God" goal controversy (part of the Argentina–England football rivalry)[3]
Andy Cole Teddy Sheringham1990–present[2]
Roy Keane Patrick Vieira1996–2005Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry[4]
Alf-Inge Håland1997–2003Håland–Keane feud[5]
Romário Edmundo 1998–present [6]
Ruud van Nistelrooy Thierry Henry2001–2006Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry, Premier League Golden Boot rivalry[7]
Jens Lehmann Oliver Kahn2002–2011Competition for the starting goalkeeping position for Germany [8][9]
Zlatan Ibrahimović Rafael van der Vaart2004–2014A rivalry that resulted in an injury and a transfer, the two settled their differences in 2014.[10]
Steven Gerrard El Hadji Diouf2005–present
Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo2009–presentMessi–Ronaldo rivalry (formerly part of El Clásico from 2009–2018 until Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus)[2]
Mauro Icardi Maxi López2011–presentThe current and the former husband of Wanda Nara[11]
Luis Suárez Patrice Evra2011–2015Luis Suárez alleged racial abuse incident (part of the Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry at large)[11]
Giorgio Chiellini2014–2017Luis Suárez–Giorgio Chiellini 2014 World Cup incident[12]
Neymar Juan Camilo Zúñiga2014–2015Neymar–Zúñiga 2014 World Cup incident[13]
David Villa Bradley Wright-Phillips 2015–2018 Hudson River Derby

Rivalries between players and managers
PlayerManagerTimespanNotesRef.
Louis van Gaal Guy Thys1973–1977[14]
David Ginola Gérard Houllier1994–2020Missed Cross[15]
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Ricardo La Volpe1996–2016[16]
Marcelinho Carioca Vanderlei Luxemburgo1999–present[17]
Rivaldo Louis van Gaal1997–2002[14]
Roy Keane Mick McCarthy2002–2007Saipan incident[18]
Juan Román Riquelme Louis van Gaal2002–2003[19]
Diego Maradona2008–2020[20]
Aleksandr Mostovoi Georgi Yartsev2004Mostovoi's criticism of Yartsev[21]
Ivica Dragutinović Luiz Felipe Scolari2007–present[22]
Zlatan Ibrahimović Pep Guardiola2009–presentIbrahimović controversies[23]
Luca Toni Louis van Gaal2009–2017[14]
Mark van Bommel[14]
Mounir El Hamdaoui Frank de Boer2010–2011[24]
Iker Casillas José Mourinho2010–2013[25]
Artur Boruc Franciszek Smuda2010–present[26]
Adem Ljajić Delio Rossi2012–present[27]
Adrian Mutu Victor Pițurcă2013–presentMutu international career[28]
Landon Donovan Jürgen Klinsmann2014–presentDonovan international career[29]
Hakim Ziyech Hervé Renard2017[30]
Felipe Melo Cuca2017–present[31]
Karim Benzema Didier Deschamps2017–present[32]
Paul Pogba José Mourinho2018–present[33][34][35]
Diego Alves Dorival Júnior2018–present[36]
Mario Mandžukić Maurizio Sarri2019–2020

Rivalries between managers
1st partyTeam(s)2nd partyTeam(s)TimespanNotesRef.
Brian Clough Derby County Don Revie Leeds United 1968–1974 The Damned Utd [37]
Hugo SánchezPumas, Mexico Ricardo La VolpeAtlas, Toluca, Mexico1979–present[38]
Louis van GaalAjax, Barcelona Johan CruyffAjax, Barcelona1989–2016[39]
Ajax, Barcelona, Manchester United Ronald KoemanAjax, Barcelona, Southampton2004–2016[40]
Bruce ArenaLA Galaxy Sigi SchmidSeattle Sounders FC1996–2016[41]
Arsène WengerArsenal Alex FergusonManchester United1996–2013Ferguson and Wenger[42]
José MourinhoChelsea, Manchester United2004–2018Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry, Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry, North London Derby[43]
Pep GuardiolaBarcelona, Manchester CityReal Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur2010–presentEl Clásico, 2013 UEFA Super Cup, Manchester derby[44]
Bayern Munich, Manchester City Jürgen Klopp Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool 2013–present Der Klassiker, Liverpool F.C.–Manchester City F.C. rivalry [45]
Graham Arnold Sydney FC Kevin Muscat Melbourne Victory 2013–present The Big Blue (A-League) [46]

International

Intercontinental
Country 1 Country 2 Article World Cup games
(as of May 2018)		 Source
 Argentina  England Argentina–England 5 [47]
 Germany Argentina–Germany 7 [47]
 Netherlands Argentina–Netherlands 5 [47]
 Nigeria Argentina–Nigeria 5 [47]
 Australia  New Zealand Australia–New Zealand
 Brazil  France [48]
 Germany Brazil v Germany (2014 World Cup) [49]
 Italy Brazil–Italy 5 [47]
 Netherlands Brazil–Netherlands 5 [47]
 Spain Brazil–Spain 5 [47]
 Sweden Brazil–Sweden 7 [47]
 France  Algeria [50][51]

AFC zone

CAF zone

CONCACAF zone

CONMEBOL zone

OFC zone

UEFA zone

Club rivalries

Clubs in Africa (CAF)
Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Africa

Clubs in Asia (AFC)
Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Asia and Oceania

Clubs in Europe (UEFA)
Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Europe

Clubs in North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Main article: List of association football club rivalries in the Americas § Clubs in North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Clubs in Oceania (OFC)
Main article: List of association football club rivalries in Asia and Oceania

Clubs in South America (CONMEBOL)
Main article: List of association football club rivalries in the Americas § Clubs in South America (CONMEBOL)

See also

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