Basque football derbies

Basque derbies
LocationNavarre Navarra, Spain
TeamsDeportivo Alavés
Athletic Bilbao
SD Eibar
Real Sociedad
Navarre CA Osasuna[1]
(professional level)
Statistics
Meetings total576 (domestic league only)[1]
Most winsAthletic Bilbao (129)[1]

The term Basque derbies refers to the various local derbies between the football teams based in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Spain. This can also include the province of Navarre outside of the autonomous community. It specifically refers to individual matches between the teams, but can also be used to describe the general ongoing rivalry between the clubs and fans.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ a b c Osasuna are based in Navarre, considered to be part of the Greater Basque Country, the other clubs being in the Basque Autonomous Community. Stats here include Osasuna (see below for totals excluding them)
  2. ^ "Real Madrid remain top, Alaves beat Real Sociedad". Xinhua News Agency. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ^ "El Alavés se lleva el derby ante el Athletic" [Alavés takes the derby against Athletic]. Gasteiz Hoy (in Spanish). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (28 February 2017). "Real Sociedad-Eibar: Un derbi 'in extremis'" [Real Sociedad-Eibar: A derby 'in extremis']. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Athletic edge out Eibar in Basque derby". Football Espana. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ^ "El derbi vasco entre el Alavés y el Athletic promete máxima intensidad" [The Basque derby between Alava and Athletic promises maximum intensity]. Sport (in Spanish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Primer derbi en la élite entre Eibar y Alavés" [First derby among the elite between Eibar and Alavés] (in Spanish). Vavel. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Dani García: "Hay una gran rivalidad con nuestros vecinos, pero muy sana"" [Dani García: "There is a great rivalry with our neighbors, but very healthy"] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Eibar increase Alaves' woes with derby win". Marca. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.