El Clásico is the name given to any football match between FC
Barcelona and Real Madrid. Some editor use the name Super Clasico as
well. Another one use Super Clasico, only for competition final games
between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. It is described as more than a
match, because it is not only FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid. The rivalry
starts as about Barcelona and Madrid are the two biggest cities in
Spain, the two football clubs are two of the richest, most successful
and influential football clubs, not only in Spain, but all over the
world.
Apart from this, the rivalry also has political
significance. Through the years Barcelona had the reputation as a symbol
of Catalan pride, traditions and identity, against the centralising
tendencies of Madrid. In El Clasico the whites are
representing Spanish nationalism, while Barcelona representing the
Catalanism. Madridists were under the protection of Franco's
dictatorship. Barcelona was resentful because Franco made it illegal to
speak Catalan, even arrested and executed Barcelona president Josep
Sunyol(also a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia and Deputy to
The Cortes) without a trial.
The first ever El Clásico
was played on 13 May 1902. It was played for Copa de la Coronación, the
forerunner of the Copa del Rey, but the Spanish Football Assosiation
does not recognize the competition as official. Barcelona had won the
game 3-1. There are 221 official Barcelona vs Real games.The whites
leads with 88 wins, Barcelona 86 and 47 draws. Barcelona had score 358
goals, against 372 for Real in Clasicos.
El Clasico statistics by tournament:
- FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid had been played 165 times in La Liga. Real Madrid win 69 of the matches. 64 wins for FC Barcelona in Primera Division and there are 32 draws
- Spanish SuperCup - this is a championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. 6 wins for Real, 4 for Barca and 2 draws. SuperCup Clasicos are also known as Super Clasico
- FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid in UEFA Champions league - there is a bit advance for Real Madrid in Champions League. 3 wins for Real, 2 for Barcelona and 3 draws
- There were 30 El Clasicos in Copa Del Rey. Catalans' Copa Del Rey wins are 14 against 10 for The King's Club and 6 draws. In 2010-2011 season was the last played Super Clasico in the tournament. Real won 1-0 after extra time
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