Derby Paulista
Match between Palmeiras and Corinthians in 2010 | |
| Other names | Dérbi Dérbi Paulista |
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| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Teams | Corinthians Palmeiras |
| First meeting | 6 May 1917 Campeonato Paulista Palestra Itália 3–0 Corinthians |
| Latest meeting | 12 April 2025 Brazilian Série A Palmeiras 2–0 Corinthians |
| Next meeting | 30 July 2025 Copa do Brasil Round of 16 Corinthians v Palmeiras |
| Stadiums | Neo Química Arena (Corinthians) Allianz Parque (Palmeiras) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 385 |
| Most wins | Palmeiras (136) |
| Most player appearances | Ademir da Guia (57) |
| Top scorer | Cláudio (21) |
| All-time series | Corinthians: 131 Palmeiras: 136 Drawn: 118 |
| Largest victory | Palestra Itália 8–0 Corinthians 5 November 1933 |
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The Derby Paulista (English: Derby of São Paulo; Paulista is a gentilic for those born in São Paulo state), also called simply Dérbi, is an association football match between Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, two traditional football clubs in the city of São Paulo. It is the rivalry between two of the oldest football clubs still active in the city of São Paulo. The Dérbi Paulista is ranked among the ten greatest derbies in the world. Journalist Tomás Mazzoni was the one who named the rivalry "O Derby", in reference to the most important horse race in the world, the Epsom Derby.
It is one of the biggest rivalries in world football: CNN considers it the ninth greatest derby in the world, the second in the Americas and the only one in Brazil to be among the main world rivalries. The Football Derbies website has placed The Paulista Derby as the 4th biggest rivalry in the world (and the first in Brazil), now ranked 8th in its world ranking, while the Brazilian magazine Trivela ranked it as the second biggest one in Brazil, behind the Grenal. Corinthians and Palmeiras have already decided state (Campeonato Paulista), regional (Torneio Rio-São Paulo) and national (Campeonato Brasileiro) level championships, plus a Copa Libertadores semi-finals and quarter-finals. No other Brazilian football rivalry has this many decisive encounters in major tournaments.
The rivalry between fans of the two clubs is also the biggest among the big fans in the state of São Paulo. A Datafolha survey in 2010 showed that 59% of Corinthians fans consider Palmeiras their biggest rival, while 77% of Palmeiras fans in the city consider Corinthians their biggest rival. In February 2017, a Datafolha survey released by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper showed that the majority of the population in the city of São Paulo continued to consider the derby between Corinthians and Palmeiras as the one with the greatest rivalry in São Paulo. According to the survey, carried out between February 8 and 9, 2017, 35% of respondents rated the Derby Paulista as the biggest rivalry in the State of São Paulo.