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Clásico Capitalino

Other names	Derbi de la Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City derby)
Location	Mexico City
Teams	América UNAM
First meeting	1 July 1962 UNAM 0–2 América Liga MX
Latest meeting	29 September 2024 América 0–1 UNAM Liga MX
Next meeting	TBD
Statistics
Most wins	América (58)
Largest victory	América 6–1 UNAM 9 December 2018 Liga MX Quarter-final
AztecaOlímpico UniversitarioCoapaCanteraLocation of the teams' stadia and training bases in Mexico City

América

UNAM

El Clasico Capitalino (Capital derby), refers to football matches between América and UNAM, both from Mexico City. América play at the Estadio Azteca, while UNAM play at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, with the two grounds separated by approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km).

Background

In México the match is often perceived as the representation of a struggle between two antagonistic powers and institutions: Club América has always been regarded as the club of the establishment and the wealthy. The fact that the club is owned by the multimedia mass media company Televisa has further intensified this image. UNAM, representing the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, identifies itself as the club of the intellectuals and middle-class.

Indeed, both are clubs with very contrasting identities and policy, Club Universidad Nacional was originally an amateur club of college students from the University's several schools and then developed into a professional team competing in the Mexican football league, the nickname Pumas "Cougars" was inspired by Roberto 'Tapatio' Mendez, who coached the team from 1946–64 and whose motivational speeches often compared his players to pumas. The nickname stayed with the public, and all the athletic teams representing the University have been called Pumas; Club América self-proclaimed Las Águilas "The Eagles" wanted to have a representation of an animal that would show pride and domination of its environment. However, they are also called Los millonetas, a derogatory reference or version of the word millionaire, started when businessman Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, owner of Telesistema Mexicano, bought América from Isaac Bessudo in 1959. Following the acquisition, Azcárraga told his players, "I do not know much about football, but I do know a lot about business, and this, gentlemen, will be a business". Azcarraga hired the successful president of the Club Zacatepec, Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena, and started to hire other notable national and foreigner figures, focusing on money, to form a powerful team, Universidad Nacional instead have employed "La cantera universitaria", a youth development system with football academies and farm teams to success through its history.

The rivalry is particularly fierce from UNAM's side: according to surveys the majority of their supporters consider América as their main rival, however, most of América's fans see it as an important match but deem the match against Chivas as more important.

History and rivalry

During the 1961–62 season in the Segunda División de México, UNAM were able to get promotion into top flight football, the Primera División de México. The first match for the team "benjamín" (newbie) of that season was América meeting on 1 July 1962 where América won 2–0 with goals by Francisco Moacyr and Antonio Jasso.

For the 1966–67 season, América, Atlante and Necaxa moved to a new stadium, the Estadio Azteca, and the first meeting between América and UNAM on 19 August 1966, América won 5–1. This defeat really hurt the pride of the fans "Universitarios" and playing at home on 1 December 1966, UNAM defeated América 4–1 in the Estadio Olímpico.

Years later, in the 1969–70 season, América were able to get international forward Enrique Borja, news which caused a lot of controversy and shocked the football world due to the strong rivalry between the teams. This transaction caused such an outrage that when the player found out of the transfer he opted not to play because he did not agree. However, the directors of the club were able to convince him and would play and later become an idol for América .

The rivalry increased with the years and came at a high point during the 1980s when these clubs disputed three finals during that decade. The first final was during the season 1984–85 which after 2 games tied, they had to play a third match on 28 May 1985 which caused great controversy of the performance of the referee Joaquín Urrea, the final score was 3–1 in favor of las Águilas with two goals by Daniel Brailovsky and one by Carlos Hermosillo, with this victory América was able to obtain their 5th title. They again met each other in the final during the season 1987–88 where once again América was victorious witch a favorable score of 4–1 during the second leg on 3 July 1988 and an aggregate score of 4–2. The last final disputed among the clubs was during the season 1990–91 in which UNAM was finally able to break its losing streak against América. The first game was won by América at home 3–2 on 19 July 1991 and the second leg on 22 July 1991 the game was decided by a free kick which was taken by Brazilian Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti, this signified the third title in the history for the club "auriazul".

Records

All-time goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luís Roberto Alves	América	14
2	Jesús Olalde	UNAM	8
3	Manuel Negrete	UNAM	6
4	Alberto García Aspe	UNAM/América	5
	Evanivaldo Castro	UNAM
	Ricardo Ferretti	UNAM
	Carlos Hermosillo	América
	Luis García	UNAM/América
	Darío Verón	UNAM

All-time most appearances

Rank	Player	Club	Appearances	Years	Position
1	Sergio Bernal	UNAM	50	1989–2010	Goalkeeper

Statistics

Matches summary

As of 20 April 2024

Honours

Results

Notes

1. Includes final phase matches.

References

1. ^ "FIFA". FIFA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
2. "Tom Marshall: Mexico City derby highlight of Liga MX weekend as "big four" face off". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
3. "Mexico City's grudge game". Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
4. "Centenario Club América: El Tigre los salvó – Capítulo 4". Futboltotal.com.mx. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. "Pumas vs América 2015 Un clásico". Scme.com.mx. 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
6. ^ Héctor Roberto Hernández (2008). "Aguilas y Pumas, casi un Clásico". RealidadAmericanista.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
7. Óscar Ignacio Guevara Salinas (2005). "Pumas vs. América, centenaria rivalidad". Esmas.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
8. Alejandro Mayorga (2008). "Enrique Borja". mundosoccer.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2008.

External links

• Sitio web oficial Club América Archived 2009-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Sitio web oficial Club Universidad Nacional

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