Derby of the Eternal Enemies

Derby of the Eternal Enemies
Ντέρμπι των αιωνίων αντιπάλων
Other namesMother of All Battles
Μητέρα των μαχών
LocationAthens and Piraeus, Greece
TeamsOlympiacos
Panathinaikos
First meeting28 June 1925
Friendly
Panathinaikos 3–3 Olympiacos
Latest meeting11 May 2025
Super League Greece
Panathinaikos 0–1 Olympiacos
Next meetingTBD
StadiumsKaraiskakis Stadium (Olympiacos)
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium/Athens Olympic Stadium (Panathinaikos)
Statistics
Meetings total227 (official matches)
Most winsOlympiacos (90)
Top scorerDimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos)
(16)
Largest victoryPanathinaikos 8–2 Olympiacos
Panhellenic Championship
(1 June 1930)
Largest goal scoringOlympiacos (290 goals)

The Derby of the Eternal Enemies (Greek: Ντέρμπι των αιωνίων αντιπάλων), also known among fans as the Mother of All Battles (Greek: μητέρα όλων των μαχών), is an association football derby contested between two of the most successful clubs of Greece, Olympiacos from Piraeus and Panathinaikos from Athens, the two main cities in the major Athens urban area. The derby is traditionally included among the world's top 10 greatest football derbies by the international media, along with rivalries such as Real MadridBarcelona, LiverpoolManchester United and Boca JuniorsRiver Plate. American network CNN has ranked the Olympiacos–Panathinaikos derby among the ten greatest football rivalries of all-time. In October 2014, BBC named the Olympiacos–Panathinaikos derby as "Europe's maddest derby" and in September 2019, Daily Mirror ranked the derby of the eternal enemies as the fifth most important derby in the world.