The Uruguayan Clásico (Spanish: ''Clásico del fútbol uruguayo'') is the most important rivalry in
Uruguayan football and one of the best on the American continent. It is contested between the two most popular football clubs in Uruguay,
Club Nacional de Football
Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo.
The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mon ...
and
Club Atlético Peñarol
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
(formerly known as CURCC), both based in
Montevideo. As of 2018, the two teams have won 96 of the 115
Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uru ...
titles, and many international tournaments, including a combined eight
Copa Libertadores. The first meeting between the two teams was at the turn of the century in 1900, making it one of the oldest
football rivalries outside Great Britain.
[The date of the first match is given as either 15 July or 15 September 1900] CURCC won the first match 2–0.
Founded as the ''Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club'' (CURCC) in 1891, it was originally made up of English immigrants representing the Central Uruguay Railway (''Ferrocarril Central del Uruguay''), and was based in the Peñarol district in the outskirts of the city. Nacional was formed in 1899 as a club for purely native players at a time when football clubs were almost exclusively the domain of European immigrants.
CURCC won the first match 2–0.
Match history
Nacional v CURCC
Nacional v Peñarol
Nacional v Peñarol/CURCC
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RSSSF updated as of 21 January 2019.
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References
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Association football rivalries
Football in Uruguay
1900 establishments in Uruguay
Club Nacional de Football