List of association football rivalries


This list of association football rivalries catalogues football rivalries around the world. This includes rivalries at the club and international level, including local derby and intercontinental competitions.

International

This list uses the geographic confederation classifications issues by International Association Football Federation : CAF, AFC, UEFA, CONCACAF, OFC and CONMEBOL.

Intercontinental

Country 1Country 2ArticleWorld Cup games
Argentina–England5
Argentina–Mexico4
Argentina–Netherlands6
Australia–New Zealand
Australia–Uruguay
Brazil–Italy5
Japan–United States4

Asia and Australia (AFC)

Country 1Country 2ArticleWorld Cup games
Afghanistan–Pakistan
Australia–Japan2
Australia–South Korea
Hong Kong–Macau
China–Hong Kong
China–Japan
China–South Korea
Indonesia–Malaysia
Iran–Iraq
Iran–Saudi Arabia
Iraq–Kuwait
Iraq–Saudi Arabia
Japan–South Korea
North Korea–South Korea
Qatar–UAE
Thailand–Vietnam

Africa (CAF)

Country 1Country 2ArticleWorld Cup games
Source
Algeria–Egypt
Algeria–Morocco
Algeria–Tunisia
Egypt–Tunisia
Ghana–Nigeria

Europe (UEFA)

North & Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

South America (CONMEBOL)

Country 1Country 2ArticleWorld Cup games
Argentina–Brazil4
Argentina–Uruguay2
Brazil–Uruguay2
Chile–Peru
Ecuador–Peru

Club

Africa (CAF)

Asia and Oceania (AFC) and (OFC)

Europe (UEFA)

North, Central America and the Caribbean and South America (CONCACAF) and (CONMEBOL)