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.

Individual

Rivalries between players

Rivalries between players and managers

PlayerManagerTimespanNotesRef.
Louis van Gaal Guy Thys1973–1977
David Ginola Gérard HoullierMissed Cross
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Ricardo La Volpe1996–2016
Marcelinho Carioca Vanderlei Luxemburgo1999–present
Rivaldo Louis van Gaal1997–2002
Roy Keane Mick McCarthy2002–2007Saipan incident
Juan Román Riquelme Louis van Gaal2002–2003
Aleksandr Mostovoi Georgi Yartsev2004Mostovoi's criticism of Yartsev
Ivica Dragutinović Luiz Felipe Scolari2007–present
Zlatan Ibrahimović Pep Guardiola2009–presentIbrahimović controversies
Luca Toni Louis van Gaal2009–2017
Mark van Bommel Louis van Gaal2009–2017
Mounir El Hamdaoui Frank de Boer2010–2011
Iker Casillas José Mourinho2010–present
Adem Ljajić Delio Rossi2012–present
Adrian Mutu Victor Pițurcă2013–presentMutu international career
Landon Donovan Jürgen Klinsmann2014–presentDonovan international career
Hakim Ziyech Hervé Renard2017
Felipe Melo Cuca2017–present
Karim Benzema Didier Deschamps2017–present
Paul Pogba José Mourinho2018–present
Diego Alves Dorival Júnior2018–present
Mario Mandžukić Maurizio Sarri2019–present

Rivalries between managers

International

Intercontinental

AFC zone

Algeria

Clasico Ecuatoguineano: Leones Vegetarianos FC vs. Atletico Semu

Ghana

derby:
Esteghlal F.C. vs. Al Hilal SFC

Australia

A-League

Active derbies

Clubs in North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Aruba

New Zealand

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia