This week’s football list features the five most evil football derbies. Five football matches your glad to watch in the television!

1. Red Star Belgrade – FK Partizan (Serbia)
   Also known as The Belgrade Derby or the
   Enternal Derby

The Belgrade Derby is not only one of the most violent and evil derbies in Serbia, but in the world. The origin of the derby went out of political institutions as Red start was formed by the United Alliance of anti-fascist Youth of Serbians in Yugoslavia, while Partizan was formed as a club of Yougoslav People’s Army. This Derby is not only a political clash, but also a battle of being the most popular club in Serbia. A race Red star is winning at the moment.

The violence in this derby is not only taken place outside the stadiums. In 1999, on Red Start fan was killed when Partizan Ultras fired a handheld flare launcher against the Red Star end of the stadium. As late as in November 2011, Red Start fans bombarded Partizan players during a match.



1.     2.     River Plate – Boca Juniors (Argentina)
      Also known as Superclasico

Violence is a part of the head to head between Argentina’s most popular teams, River Plate and Boca Juniors. The rivalry between the clubs is a result of the social gap in Buenos Aries, as Boca is known as the club of the city’s working class, while River Plate is known as an upper-class club.

Post match fights are more than often a part of the derby and have given the match a bad reputation. The Superclasico has also had one of the worst incidents in football, when 71 fans were killed and 150 injured in a crushing stamped in the away end of River Plate’s stadium in 1968. It was reported that Boca fans had dropped burning flags from the upper-tier and thereby started the crush.



3.    Cracovia – Wisla Krakow (Poland)
      Also known as The Holy War

As most rivalries, politic or religion is behind. In Poland, Wisla Krakow was originally owned by the communist police, while Cracovia has jewish roots. The stadiums are only 500 meters apart, and fans of both clubs live sides by side. This gives tensions.

The two combating firms have several murders on their conscience, and they are not only fighting between them. In 2007, Wisla Krakow hooligans killed a Korona Kielce fan because the club had been allied with Cracovia.


 4.    Fenerbache – Galatasaray (Turkey)
       Also known as The Istanbul Derby

The Istanbul Derby divides the city in two; those who are Fenerbache fans and those who are Galatasaray fans. The derby is a clash between social classes as Fenerbache is representing the working class, while Galatasaray is representing the wealthy elite in the city.

As many other derbies, The Istanbul is often violent and have claimed several lives through time as well as started riots. In May 2000, Galatasaray and Arsenal fans started a riot, in Copenhagen, Denmark after the UEFA Cup Final.


5.    Flamengo – Fluminense (Brazil)
      Also known as Fla-Flu
The rivalry between the two clubs started when a group of players from Fluminense left the club to start Flamengo in 1911. Ever since, the rivalry has been going on, and the derby is known as one of the fiercest football derbies in South America.

The matches between the two teams  are often followed up by violent clashes between the two fan groups, as well as pitch invasions and riots on the stands.