El Clasico !

El Clásico
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El Clásico (English: The Classic), also known as El derbi español, El derbi or "El SuperClásico!' 'El grande derbi or also as "El Goddardisanobio!" [1] is the football matche between rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The rivalry comes about as Madrid and Barcelona are the two largest cities in Spain, the capitals of the two often-conflicting Castillian and Catalan regions, whilst the clubs are the most successful and influential football clubs in the country. It is one of the biggest football matches in the world, watched by hundreds of millions of people in many countries. [2]

The clásico term came about in the mid-2000s, and is originally a name for any historical Argentine (or other South American) footballing rivalry. The new name came about due to the growing presence of Spanish football in the Americas, with the advent of global marketing of the game, and in America, thanks to widespread growth of football-only satellite channel GolTV.
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* 1 Rivalry culture
* 2 Matches
* 3 Head to Head
* 4 Players who played for both clubs
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Notes

[edit] Rivalry culture

From the early days of football in Spain the two clubs were seen as representatives of the two rival regions, Castile and Catalonia, as well as the two cities themselves which have moved in different directions culturally speaking. This interesting phenomenon, in sporting terms also has implications that stray deeply into the country's sociology and politics.

Madrid is the seat of the government and of the royal family. Especially during the Francoist era, it came to represent the conservative centripetal forces.On the other hand, almost all the ideas that have shaped Spain's modern history - republicanism, federalism, anarchism, syndicalism and communism - have been introduced in Spain -and become stronger- in Catalonia, namely in Barcelona. Fashions, whether in clothing, philosophy or art, used to enter via Barcelona before they gained greater acceptance in the rest of Spain.

During the dictatorships of Primo de Rivera and, especially, the one of Francisco Franco, all regional identities were frowned upon and restrained. FC Barcelona became more than a club (més que un club) for Catalonia because of its alleged connection to democratic ideas. On the contrary, for most of the Catalans, and many other Spaniards as well, Real Madrid was regarded as the establishment club.[2] However, during the Spanish Civil War itself, members of both clubs like Josep Sunyol and Rafael Sánchez Guerra, suffered at the hands of Franco supporters.

The rivalry was intensified during the 1950s when the clubs disputed the signing of Alfredo Di Stefano. Di Stefano had impressed both Barcelona and Real Madrid whilst playing for CD Millonarios Bogotá, during a players' strike in his native Argentina.[3] Both Madrid and Barcelona attempted to sign him and, due to confusion had emerged due to the di Stefano moving to Millonarios from River Plater due to the strike, as both clubs claimed to own his registration. [3] Subsequently, both Barcelona and Real Madrid believed that they had signed him. After intervention from the Spanish FA Barcelona backed down and di Stefano moved to Madrid;[3] rumour remains that Barca were forced to act by Franco, but Madrid maintained that they acted voluntarily.[2] Di Stefano became integral in the subsequent success achieved by the Madrid, scoring twice in his first game against Barcelona. With him, Madrid won the initial five European Champions Cup competitions. The 1960s saw the rivalry reach the European stage when they met twice at the European Cup, Real Madrid winning in 1960 and FC Barcelona winning in 1961.

The story of FC Barcelona top players defecting to arch-rival Real Madrid repeated in the 1980s with Bernd Schuster and in the 1990s with Michael Laudrup. In 2000 the rivalry reached its peak following the decision by Luís Figo to leave FC Barcelona and sign for Real Madrid. The two teams met again in the UEFA Champions League semi-final in 2002. Real Madrid, the eventual champion, won the clash dubbed by Spanish media as the Match of the Century.

[edit] Matches

These are only the league matches.
Game
↓ Date
↓ Round
↓ Home team
↓ Away team
↓ Score (H/T)
↓ Goals (home)
↓ Goals (away)
↓
1 17 February 1929 2 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-2 (0-1) Parera (70) Morera (10, 55)
2 9 May 1929 11 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 0-1 (0-0) Sastre (83)
3 26 January 1930 9 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-4 (0-3) Bestit (63) Rubio (10, 37), F. López (17), Lazcano (71)
4 30 March 1930 18 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 5-1 (3-0) Rubio (5, 23), Lazcano (42, 68, 72) Goiburu (84)
5 1 February 1931 9 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 0-0 (0-0)
6 5 April 1931 18 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 3-1 (2-1) Ramón (12, 35, 73) Eugenio (38)
7 31 January 1932 9 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 2-0 (2-0) Olivares (26, 40)
8 3 April 1932 18 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 2-2 (1-1)

Samitier (20), Arocha (p 87)
Lazcano (43), Regueiro (70)
9 1 January 1933 6 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-1 (0-0)

Arocha (68)
Regueiro (p 78)
10 5 March 1933 15 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 2-1 (1-0)

Samitier (35, 68)
Goiburu (89)
11 26 November 1933 4 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-2 (0-2)

Morera (46)
Olivares (9), Regueiro (26)
12 28 January 1934 13 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 4-0 (3-0)

Valle (7), Samitier (20), Regueiro (30), Eugenio (50)

13 3 February 1935 10 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 8-2 (5-1)

Lazcano (14, 42, 73), Sañudo (21, 35, 47, 81), Regueiro (29)
Escola (17), Guzmán (68)
14 21 April 1935 81 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 5-0 (1-0) Vantolra (43, 62, 68, 82), Escola (48)
15 26 December 1935 7 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 0-3 (0-2) Regueiro (21), Diz (40), Lecue (47)
16 22 March 1936 18 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 3-0 (2-0) Lecue (10, 47), Emilin (43)
17 28 January 1940 9 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 2-1 (1-1) Alonso (1'), Lecue (75') Pascual (3')
18 14 April 1940 20 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 0-0 (0-0)
19 1 December 1940 10 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 3-0 (0-0) Sospedra (49, 69), Valle Mas (53)
20 23 February 1941 21 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 1-2 (0-0) Barinaga (49) Bravo (60'), Martín (63')
21 19 October 1941 4 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 4-3 (2-1) Arbiza (17', 70'), Benito (o.g. 35'), Belmar (55') Calvet (25'), Raich (60'), Gracia (87)
22 25 January 1942 17 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 0-2 (0-0) Alday (63', 78')
23 27 September 1942 1 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 3-0 (1-0) Arbiza (7', 89'), Alsúa (52')
24 10 January 1943 14 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 5-5 (4-1) Martín (25', 40'), Escola (31'), Valle Mas (32', 62') Alonso (10'), Alday (27', 51'), Botella (74'), Mardones II (87')
25 2 January 1944 13 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 0-1 (0-0) Valle Mas (50')
26 9 April 1944 26 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-2 (1-0) Escola (31') Alsúa (62'), Rosalénch (o.g. 71')
27 9 November 1944 8 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 1-0 (1-0) Moleiro (21')
28 25 March 1945 21 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 5-0 (1-0) César (41', 46'), Bravo (52'), Escola (77'), Gonzalvo III (86')
48 26 October 1958 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 4-0 (1-0) Evaristo (22', 68', 70'), Tejada (84')
49 15 February 1959 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 1-0 (0-0) Herrera (79')
50 29 November 1959 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 2-0 (1-0) Mateos (5), Di Stéfano (82)
51 20 March 1960 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 3-1 (0-0) Kocsis (50), Martínez (60), Villaverde (62) Di Stéfano (58)
89 7 October 1973 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 0-0 (0-0)
90 17 February 1974 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 0-5 (0-2) Asensi (30, 54), Cruijff (39), Pérez (65), Sotil (69)
100 8 October 1986 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 1-1 (1-1) Hugo Sánchez (p 27) Pedraza (6)
101 31 January 1987 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 3-2 (2-0) Lineker (2, 5, 47) Valdano (61), Hugo Sánchez (p 80)
102 12 April 1987 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 0-0 (0-0)
103 23 May 1987 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 2-1 (1-0) Lineker (39), Roberto (p 60) Hugo Sánchez (53)
119 8 January 1994 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 5-0 (1-0) Romário (24, 56, 81), Koeman (47), Iván Iglesias (86)
120 7 May 1994 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 0-1 (0-0) Amor (77)
121 7 January 1995 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 5-0 (3-0) Zamorano (5, 21, 39), Luis Enrique (68), Amavisca (70)
122 27 May 1995 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-0 (0-0) Nadal (62)
143 7 December 2003 15 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 1-2 (0-1) Kluivert (83) Roberto Carlos (37), Ronaldo (75)
144 25 April 2004 34 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 1-2 (0-0) Solari (54) Kluivert (58), Xavi (85)
145 20 November 2004 12 FC Barcelona Real Madrid 3-0 (2-0) Eto'o (28), van Bronckhorst (42), Ronaldinho (p 76)