Superclásico
Sign in to saveThe Superclásico (Superderby) is the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby, with the prefix "super" used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. In fact, the term 'Clásico' originated in Argentina, particularly with this match up and it was later exported to other countries such as Spain and Mexico. According to some statistics, they command more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them.
Key facts
- Sports rivalry.wide
- 250
- Sports rivalry.name
- Superclásico
- Sports rivalry.image
- Mourzo_v_ramondiaz.jpg
- Sports rivalry.image_size
- 250
- Sports rivalry.caption
- Roberto Mouzo (Boca) and Ramón Díaz (River)during a Superclásico in 1981
- Sports rivalry.team2logo
- Club Atlético River Plate logo.svg
- Sports rivalry.team1logo
- Boca Juniors logo18.svg
- Sports rivalry.team2
- River Plate
- Sports rivalry.team1
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- Sports rivalry.city or region
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Sports rivalry.first contested
- 24 August 1913Primera División
- Sports rivalry.most player appearances
- 20px Reinaldo Merlo(42 matches)
- Sports rivalry.top scorer
- 20px Angel Labruna(16 goals)
- Sports rivalry.mostrecent
- 9 November 2025Argentine Primera División
- Sports rivalry.total
- 265
- Sports rivalry.series
- Boca Juniors: 93Draw: 84River Plate: 88
- Sports rivalry.most wins
- Boca Juniors (93)
- Sports rivalry.largestvictory
- Boca Juniors 6–0 River Plate (23 December 1928) River Plate 5–1 Boca Juniors(19 October 1941)
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Article
29 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and background
- Puerta 12 tragedy
- River's 2011 relegation to 2018 Greater Final
- Statistics
- Overall record
- Primera División matches
- Head-to-head statistics in Primera División
- National cups
- Head-to-head statistics in national cups
- Copa Libertadores
- Head-to-head statistics in the Copa Libertadores
- Other international cups
- Head-to-head statistics in other international cups
- Friendly matches
- Head-to-head statistics in Friendlies matches
- Single eliminations between the two rivals
- Match records
- Player records
- Players who have played for both clubs
- Players who played for one club in youth career and for rival club in senior career
- Coaches who worked at both clubs
- Played for one club and coached the rival club
- River's greatest moments
- Boca's greatest moments
- Honours
- Official titles
- References
- External links
The Superclásico (Superderby) is the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby, with the prefix "super" used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. In fact, the term 'Clásico' originated in Argentina, particularly with this match up and it was later exported to other countries such as Spain and Mexico. According to some statistics, they command more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them.
The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of the fiercest and most important derbies. In April 2004, the English newspaper The Observer put the Superclásico at the top of their list of "50 sporting things you must do before you die", saying that "Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about", and in 2016 the British football magazine FourFourTwo considered it the "biggest derby in the world". That same year The Daily Telegraph ranked this match as the "biggest club rivalry in world football", and the Daily Mirror placed it number one in the top 50 football derbies in the world, above El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, in 2017.