Derby Paulista
Football derby between Corinthians and Palmeiras
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- The Derby Paulista (English: Derby of São Paulo; Paulista is a gentilic for those born in São Paulo state), also called simply Dérbi , is an association football match between Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, two traditional football clubs in the city of São Paulo.
- The Dérbi Paulista is ranked among the ten greatest derbies in the world.
- 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.
- 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.
The Derby Paulista (English: Derby of São Paulo; Paulista is a gentilic for those born in São Paulo state), also called simply Dérbi, is an association football match between Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Sociedade Esportiva 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. Journalist Tomás Mazzoni was the one who named the rivalry "O Derby", in reference to the most important horse race in the world, the Epsom Derby.
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. 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, while the Brazilian magazine Trivela ranked it as the second biggest one in Brazil, behind the Grenal. 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 decisive encounters in major tournaments.
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