Talk:List of association football rivalries
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afc champions league derby
editThe Asian derby is a football match between the two prominent clubs Esteghlal Tehran of Iran and Al Hilal Riyath of Saudi. Mohamad12344321 (talk) 00:41, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Split + forking
editThe article was approaching nearly 300,000 characters (!) and that was with European clubs already split (into List of association football club rivalries in Europe). Therefore I have split out the article as per WP:SIZESPLIT and precedent into:
- List of association football club rivalries in Africa
- List of association football club rivalries in Asia and Oceania
- List of association football club rivalries in the Americas
I put the two Americas together because:
- Mexican and Costa Rican clubs sometimes participate in South American club competitions
- Guyana, Suriname, and French Guyana compete in Caribbean competitions despite being geographically in South America
- There is a large gap between the Caribbean and Central American clubs anyway, with their own competitions
- The two sections weren't big enough on their own
I put Asia and Oceania together as:
- It solves the Australia issue, being geographically, curturally and politically not part of Asia, but they moved from OFC to AFC for footballing/sporting reasons
- Only New Zealand was listed in the OFC section
- New Zealand clubs (or club at the moment) participate in the A-league anyway, making them eligible for AFC competitions.
Ferguson-Mourinho
editMostly friendly, initially hotly contested and bitter. One considered other as potential successor apparently, that which was eventually fulfilled. Overlap substantial with United Chels rivalry. 41.58.252.179 (talk) 12:42, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Other Mou rivalries
editAlmost every successor/predecessor. And almost every other Italian manager! 41.58.252.179 (talk) 12:47, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Other Fergie rivalries
editBenitez, Keegan etc. 41.58.252.179 (talk) 12:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
July 2025 cleanup
editPer recent discussions at WikiProject football, the article has been trimmed of anything that does not have a standalone article, ensuring the rivalries that remain on the list meet general notability guidelines. Any discussion can be directed towards the WikiProject talk page or here. Thanks. Haj (talk) 16:42, 5 July 2025 (UTC)