Uruguayan Clásico
A scene from the 2012 Uruguayan Clásico | |
| Other names | "Clásico Uruguayo" "El Clásico" "El Superclásico" |
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| Sport | Association football |
| Location | Montevideo |
| First meeting | 15 July 1900 Nacional 0–2 CURCC |
| Latest meeting | 20 January 2025 Nacional 3–1 Peñarol Friendly |
| Next meeting | 26 January 2025 Supercopa Uruguaya Estadio Centenario |
| Stadiums | Estadio Gran Parque Central Estadio Campeón del Siglo Estadio Centenario |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 562 |
| Most wins | Peñarol (196) |
| Most player appearances | José Piendibene (62) |
| Top scorer | Atilio García (35) |
| Largest victory | Nacional 6–0 Peñarol (14 Dec 1941) |
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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 and Club Atlético Peñarol (formerly known as CURCC), both based in Montevideo. As of 2018, the two teams have won 96 of the 115 Uruguayan Primera División 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. 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Founded as the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (CURCC) in 1891, it was originally made up of English immigrants representing the Central Uruguay Railway (Ferrocarril Central del Uruguay), and was based in the Peñarol district in the outskirts of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.